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Obama: Sequestration demands a compromise
President Barack Obama made a late appeal for compromise to stave off across-the-board cuts Tuesday in a speech at Newport News Shipbuilding. He called sequestration – the budgetary term for the cuts – an ugly word, and an even uglier...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, White House, Government Debt
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Gun control group says poll shows most voters in VA 2nd Congressional Dist. favor mandatory background checks
A poll released Tuesday by the gun-control advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns showed that voters in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District favor mandatory background checks for all firearms purchases. When asked, "Do you favor or oppose requiring...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Elections
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Obama rejects GOP call to appropriate sequester cuts
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- President Obama rejected Republican suggestions Tuesday that he should have more power to carry out $85 billion in pending budget cuts, and instead urged Congress to work out a better solution that involves raising revenue through...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, White House
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Rigell to travel with president during shipyard visit
It comes as no surprise that President Barack Obama will be joined on his visit to Newport News Shipbuilding by Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, a Democratic stalwart and the shipyard's congressman. The second congressman in the presidential entourage is...Tags: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Barack Obama, Manufacturing and Engineering, Shipbuilding
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Suspicious letters sent to Virginia congressmen pose no threat
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Officials say suspicious letters sent to two Virginia congressmen on Friday were harmless and were sent by the same person, who is cooperating with police. Authorities reported Friday that letters containing a white, powder...
Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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Suspicious powder found inside letters to two Virginia congressmen
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Officials say the offices of two Virginia congressmen received letters with a suspicious powder inside, though the material does not appear to be hazardous. Virginia Beach Fire Battalion Chief Tim Riley says the substance...
Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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Members of VA Congressional delegation unite against sequestration cuts
Nine of Virginia's 13 members of Congress sent a letter to President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Friday expressing their unified support of averting the arbitrary sequestration cuts...Tags: Barack Obama, Gerald E. Connolly, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Harry Reid
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Army wants state to buy portions of Fort Monroe
The guns and guards are gone, but Fort Monroe remains in the military's hands more than 15 months after the Army decomissioned the base and moved its personnel and equipment from the historic property. The Army is keeping tight-fisted control of the...
Tags: G. Glenn Oder, U.S. Army, Fort Monroe
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Cummings to push bipartisan gun control bill
Responding to gun control loopholes that have proved vexing for police in Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will introduce bipartisan legislation Tuesday to impose tougher penalties for people who traffic guns across state borders or buy...
Tags: Anthony W. Batts, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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U.S. Rep. Rigell named to House Budget Committee
U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, will serve on the House of Representatives Budget Committee in the 113th Congress. Rigell, who was sworn in for his second term in the House Thursday, was an outspoken advocate as a freshman for increasing revenue...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives
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Congress approves Chinese drywall bill, but Hampton Roads victims aren't cheering
The clock almost ran out, but Chinese drywall legislation was overwhelmingly approved by Congress this week, sending the bill to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law. Had the bill not been approved by Jan. 2, legislators would have had...
Tags: Politics, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Barack Obama, China, Hampton Roads
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McManus: Grover Norquist the has-been
Grover Norquist is losing his grip. It once seemed as if Washington's most powerful anti-tax crusader had the Republican Party firmly in hand. Signing Norquist's public pledge not to raise taxes was almost mandatory in GOP politics. Nine of the 10...Tags: Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, John McCain, Tom Coburn, Elections
Feb 26, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Mar 5, 2013
| Daily Press
Feb 26, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 26, 2013
| Daily Press
Feb 25, 2013
|Story| WDBJ7
Feb 22, 2013
|Story| WDBJ7
Feb 15, 2013
| Daily Press
Feb 5, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Feb 4, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 4, 2013
| Daily Press
Jan 3, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Nov 21, 2012
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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