AFP Focus | Checking homework in 20th

Chris Graham

Two issues to delve into the 20th District race today, both involving homework. First, regarding Adrian Rogers and Dickie Bell being a “Republican for a Reason.” The website for Bell, the Republican nominee, featured a quote from the late Rogers, the former head of the American Southern Baptist Convention, on socialism on a webpage titled…

Letter | John Horejsi

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Why is Virginia ranked last in stimulus spending? Gov. Kaine, as reported in the media – that Virginia Ranked Last in Stimulus Spending – is apparently in no hurry to spend stimulus money, money given to the state of Virginia that could create and sustain jobs. The stimulus money is available, but is not being…

New Deeds TV ad: ‘Elections determine who’s got the power’

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Today the Deeds campaign released a new television spot in which Bob McDonnell says exactly what elections are for and why he is running. In the ad, McDonnell addresses the 2008 National Right to Life Committee, telling them “elections determine who’s got the power.” McDonnell continues that “those policymakers with the votes determine whether or…

Website to provide important family nutritional information

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The Virginia Department of Health has awarded James Madison University a $3.4 million grant to produce content and design for an interactive website full of nutrition information for children and their families. The future “Health Bites” site is primarily designed to assure success of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)…

President Barack Obama | Remarks on federal stimulus

Chris Graham

Speech at National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Md. Wednesday, Sept. 30 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you so much. Francis, thank you for the extraordinary introduction. I want to echo what has just been said about my Secretary of HHS. She is, I just think, outstanding. She hit the ground running, and with all the…

Kaine issues executive orders on sexual assault, domestic violence issues

Chris Graham

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced two executive orders that build on recent successes in improving the Commonwealth’s response to sexual assault and domestic violence. The Governor announced these actions at a domestic violence conference sponsored by the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protective Orders (GEAP) partnership.