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Col. Van T. Barfoot has gained another powerful ally in his fight to keep flying the American flag from a front-yard pole.U.S. Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th., today introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives resolving that any recipient of the Medal of Honor be permitted to “properly display” the flag from the recipient’s property.While the resolution notes that Barfoot, who lives in ...
Citing improving but still weak U.S. jobs data, President Barack Obama appeals to congressional leaders to follow through with measures aimed at putting more Americans back to work amid soaring unemployment.
President Obama convened a rare meeting with top congressional leaders from both parties Wednesday morning to discuss job creation as unemployment continues in the double digits and a new poll shows his approval rating at an all-time low. Mr. Obama said he hoped for bipartisan agreement on measures he outlined in an address Tuesday, including a one-year elimination of the capital gains tax for ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as he prepares to argue for action at the international climate conference, President Barack Obama is getting some reminders of the domestic political divide — and anxiety — over climate change.
WASHINGTON----Calling the decision of the Sussex Square Homeowners’ Association Board in Va. to withdraw legal action against a WWII hero, “a great decision,” the leader of The American Legion congratulated all parties involved.
Forget Sarah Palin, whose fine Alaskan whine has replanted her firmly in the middle of the 2008 race that the failed vice presidential nominee’s book should have put behind her.
In asking Congress for a second major stimulus effort in a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, President Obama showed a new partisan edge
Congressman Brett Guthrie joined a handful of Republican representatives for a GOP press conference on job growth.
President Obama outlined a series of initiatives Tuesday aimed at spurring job growth through aid for small businesses, despite mounting pressures to reduce a record federal budget deficit. Judy Woodruff speaks with Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and former presidential economic adviser Bruce Bartlett for their takes on the plan.
Ten of 11 of Virginia's U.S. Reps. today joined 25 House members to send a letter to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Gary Roughead urging the Defense Department not to scale back submarine production.
Col. Van T. Barfoot has gained another powerful ally in his fight to keep flying the American flag from a front-yard pole.U.S. Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th., today introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives resolving that any recipient of the Medal of Honor be permitted to “properly display” the flag from the recipient’s property.While the resolution notes that Barfoot, who lives in ...
HENRICO, VA (WWBT) - A flag fight in Henrico County is now the subject of federal legislation. This debate centers on Colonel Van Barfoot, a veteran at odds with his homeowners association over a pole he uses to fly the U.S. flag.
TASLEY — Melody Scalley will be returning to the air on Thursday evenings from 6-9 p.m.
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer on Monday said Republicans have failed the test of leadership by refusing to come to the table on the big issues facing the country, offering a preview of a line of attack in next year's campaigns. The Maryland Democrat, in a speech to the Center for American Progress Action Fund, said Republicans are making all of Congress less effective by deadlocking on ...
Republican Frank Guinta has been campaigning for the 1st Congressional District seat since May. He had raised $236,000 by September. He is the two-term mayor of New Hampshire's largest city.
Revival was on everyone's lips in Williamsburg Saturday as Republican loyalists and partisan leaders gathered for two days to hash over this year's election victories with an eye toward the future.
