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Chris Graham: The erosion of America from within
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So much ink and code has been devoted to the biggest problem facing America being Democrats and Republicans not being able to get along.
Robert Sarvis: Ferguson crisis highlights race disparities, militarization of law enforcement
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In response to the ongoing crisis in Ferguson, Mo., Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate of Virginia, Robert Sarvis, released the following statement.
Litmus test for Obama on whistleblowers
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Whistleblowers, often revered and feared by the Obama administration, have received a special place since the 2011 initiation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a global transparency campaign.
Warner, Kaine call for action against abusive debt collections against servicemembers
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U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine wrote letters to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez calling their attention to recent reports published inProPublica and the Washington Post that detail abusive debt collection practices against servicemembers undertaken by a Virginia-based retailer.
Marriage amendment sponsor Bob Marshall on court ruling
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Nations and cultures around the world have recognized for millennia that marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman.
Andy Schmookler: We see now more clearly all that the Supreme Court stole from the American people in Bush v. Gore
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The decision in Bush v. Gore was so disgraceful on the face of it that the Court itself warned against using its “reasoning” in other cases. The five conservative justices elected Bush president.
SunTrust settlement to address mortgage, foreclosure abuses
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring today announced that Virginia borrowers will receive an estimated $33.85 million of loan modifications or other relief as part of a $550 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer SunTrust Mortgage Inc.
House GOP praises passage of USA Freedom Act
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The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 302-121 the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361), a bipartisan bill authored by Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.).
Appeals court hears arguments in marriage ban case
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A federal appeals court will hear extended arguments today in a challenge to Virginia’s constitutional and statutory bans on marriage for same-sex couples.
