Analysis: Biz has role in Va. gov-elect transition
AP - Fri Dec 11, 3:39 pm ETCorporate titans, well-connected lobbyists and staunch conservatives share Virginia Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell's transition team with some Democrats.
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Corporate titans, well-connected lobbyists and staunch conservatives share Virginia Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell's transition team with some Democrats.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The governors of Virginia and Maryland, both Catholics, said yesterday that it would be wrong for the church to suspend or reduce social services in the nation's capital if the District of Columbia approves gay marriage.
The State Board of Elections meets Monday afternoon to certify results of the November 3 general election. All three statewide GOP candidates won handily, so the process should lack the drama of 2005.
More than 300 people camped out overnight in Roanoke for the chance to meet former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Among others, the president didn't invite his 2008 campaign rival, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, even though Obama the candidate pledged a post-partisan presidency.
On Saturday, the day the U.S. Senate voted to move health-care legislation to the floor, Sen. Jim Webb’s office received 1,200 calls at the front desk. That’s compared with an average of 1,000 phone calls per week. The story was similar in Sen. Mark R. Warner’s office, as Virginians anxious about a sweeping health-care overhaul have been lighting up the switchboards to voice their opinions.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Association of Political Consultants (IAPC) elected Tom Edmonds, Republican media consultant, as its new president at its world conference in Panama City, Panama. Edmonds is president of Edmonds Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized Republican media consulting firm based in Vienna, Virginia.
While the White House is mum about who will be among the 300 or so lucky invitees to President Obama's first state dinner Tuesday night, word is already leaking out about who's not going to be there. Chief among the non-attendees: top Republican lawmakers. House Minority Leader John A. Boehner was invited but won't be there; he's on Thanksgiving break and home in Ohio. His deputy, Rep. Eric ...
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Aprocession of women marched down Franklin Street yesterday morning to a spot where 100 years ago, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia was born. Led by a trio of accordionists and a drummer, two granddaughters of one of the voting-rights group’s founders walked with more than 100 cheering women and supporters. “Recognition of this whole situation and for our grandmother was a long time coming ...
Corporate titans, well-connected lobbyists and staunch conservatives share Virginia Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell's transition team with some Democrats.