Constituent service

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   Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov One of the most important parts of my job is to assist constituents with any issues or problems they are facing when dealing with federal government agencies. The caseworkers in my offices in Charlottesville, Danville, Farmville, and Martinsville helped nearly 800 Fifth District residents in 2009 cut through government…

Focus | From the Queen City to Oxford

Chris Graham

Staunton native named Rhodes Scholar Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Many, one would assume, do it for the prestige. Tyler Spencer applied for a Rhodes Scholarship as a matter of practicality. “I have wanted to get a masters to strengthen my nonprofit work, but I have been frustrated by how much most good programs cost,”…

Focus | Morton: A ‘principled conservative’

Chris Graham

Fifth District GOP candidate builds support toward run for party nod Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Fifth District is a living laboratory to Fluvanna County biology teacher Feda Morton, a veteran Republican Party activist seeking the GOP nomination to run for Congress in the Fifth. All Morton has to do over the course of…

Creampuffs, my …

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Cut Seth Greenberg some slack on early-season schedule Column by Chris Graham [email protected] I get tired of hearing how if you’re, say, Virginia Tech, you’d better put together a marquee nonconference schedule, because if you don’t, you know, you’re committing some grand sin. Case in point: an article by Roanoke Times Virginia Tech beat writer…

Fifth District Report

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  Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov As we close out 2009, here is a summary of all that we have accomplished during my first year in office. When I was sworn in almost a year ago, our economy was on the brink of collapse. While we still have a long way to go toward complete…

Morton offers free-market alternatives to health-care reform

Chris Graham

   Column by Feda Morton www.fedaforcongress.com I am deeply upset over the sweetheart deals that have been cut by the Senate’s Democratic leadership. At a time in our history when millions of American people are crying out for their voices to be heard around this great nation, our leaders are cutting back room deals with…

Collegiate Baseball: UVa. #3 in preseason rankings

Chris Graham

    Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The Virginia baseball team is ranked No. 3 nationally in Collegiate Baseball’s “Fabulous 40” NCAA Division I Preseason Poll, which was released today. It marks the first of the preseason polls to be released for the upcoming college baseball season.

Fifth District Report

Letters

Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov As this year winds to a close, I continue to focus on economic recovery and the fiscal discipline to bring our deficit under control. First, I have once again signed on as co-sponsor of a measure to block members of Congress from receiving automatic pay increases, this time for the…