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With President Obama being re-elected, now is the time for the President and Congress to get back to work. The 2012 campaigns have ended and now it is time to stop the name calling, bickering and double talk and instead to work together to solve problems that our country faces.
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Members of Staunton’s Booker T. Washington High School Class of ’65 are all turning 65 years old this year. They will gather together in Staunton, then Washington, D.C., for an extended reunion and birthday celebration.
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George and Martha Washington were America’s first First Couple. From their beloved Mount Vernon they offered up 18th-century hospitality to statesmen and commoners alike in the manner appropriate for Virginia plantation owners. On Saturday, Feb. 25, Staunton’s own culinary historian, Nancy Carter Crump, will talk about the new book that she was a part of,…
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Eastern Mennonite closed the game on a 20-4 run, and Bianca Ygarza (Conestoga, PA/Penn Manor) gave the women their first lead of the second half with the game-winning layup, securing a 64-62 ODAC victory at Washington & Lee Wednesday night. With the game tied, Ygarza drove to the hoop from the free throw line and…
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Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was “surprised” when U.S. Sen. Jim Webb announced in Feburary 2011 that he would not seek re-election. Kaine had hinted after finishing out his term as governor in 2010 that he might be done with electoral politics, even as he stepped at the time into the job of chairman of…
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Every day our office receives hundreds of phone calls, e-mails, faxes, and letters from people across the 5th District regarding the pressing issues that affect Central and Southside Virginians and all Americans. Hearing from and listening to constituents on a daily basis is a constant reminder that our top priority in Washington is to serve…
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Over the past several weeks Washington has been seized with the issue regarding the President’s request to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. The dynamics of the potential economic ramifications, my commitment to cutting government spending, and the political realities of a divided government in Washington underlined this debate. After listening to and communicating with many…
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Outside it was beautiful. It was one of those clear sunny days in summer. Tourists were on every street corner. From my table I could see yachts slowly moving into the Washington Channel to go sailing out on to the Potomac River and maybe down to the Chesapeake Bay. Our Nation’s Capital never looked better….
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The current discussion in Washington regarding the President’s request to once again increase our nation’s debt limit is a timely reminder of the federal government’s consistent disregard for fiscal discipline. Given the importance of this issue, I spoke on the House floor this week about our debt crisis and the need to put an end…
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Democrat Tim Kaine is in a dead heat in his 2012 U.S. Senate race with Republican George Allen. This qualifies as good news for Kaine given his run of close political races. “I’ve never seen myself tied in a poll until about seven days before an election, so for me, it’s like, Wow, this is…
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