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Richmond Times-Dispatch - Tue Dec 8, 5:44 pm ET
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 ...
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Time Magazine - Wed Dec 9, 4:55 am ET
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
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WBKO Bowling Green - Tue Dec 8, 9:42 pm ET
Congressman Brett Guthrie joined a handful of Republican representatives for a GOP press conference on job growth.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Thu Dec 10, 1:16 pm ET
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.
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Washington Post - Thu Dec 10, 12:00 am ET
The Great Flagpole Dispute of 2009 started last summer when Van T. Barfoot, a retired Army colonel who single-handedly took on three Nazi tanks in World War II, moved to the Sussex Square neighborhood near Richmond to be closer to his daughter. Barfoot believes in flying the colors of the nation he...
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The Washington Times - Tue Dec 8, 5:48 am ET
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 ...
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NBC 12 Richmond - Tue Dec 8, 5:39 pm ET
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.
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The Capital Times - Wed Dec 9, 5:54 am ET
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.
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The Washington Times - Thu Dec 10, 6:44 am ET
Despite failing to work together on the stimulus package and a health care bill, President Obama and Republicans promised Wednesday to give bipartisanship another try on job creation - but it's not clear the result will be different this time around. Hosting a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers at the White House, Mr. Obama struck a hopeful tone, saying he was optimistic that the fact of double ...
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Contacto - Thu Dec 10, 1:43 pm ET
DAN ROBINSON Washington, D.C. VOA News After dozens of congressional hearings in the wake of the U.S. financial system collapse, the U.S. House of Representatives has begun the debate on major legislation supported by President Barack Obama designed to overhaul the financial system and provide more security for and boost the confidence of investors through tighter regulation.
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Daily Press - Sat Dec 5, 11:20 pm ET
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.
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Concord Monitor - Sun Dec 6, 12:03 am ET
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.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Sat Dec 5, 5:20 am ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted Wednesday that GOP victories in governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate “a transcendent party” on the move again. Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine said that nothing about the election returns amounted to a repudiation of President Barack Obama.
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The Washington Times - Wed Dec 9, 1:15 pm ET
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 ...
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Market Watch - Wed Dec 9, 1:55 pm ET
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.
