Open Congress : News Articles for Jim Webb

Inauguration Will Attract 700,000

2012-12-26T01:00:00Z

...and some hotels still have half their rooms open. Many hotels may even drop their prices closer to the Jan. 21. * Sen. Jim Webb reflects with the Virginian-Pilot on his time in the Senate * Post Editorial Board: Signs shows that Gov. McDonnell is taking

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The Most Expensive House and Senate Races of 2012

2012-12-23T01:00:00Z

...of more than 700,000 votes, and Warren walked away with an 8-point victory. The open-seat race to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Jim Webb was second only to the presidential among federal races that received the most outside spending. The nearly $50 m

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Vet’s dream of WWI memorial in jeopardy

2012-12-22T01:00:00Z

...introduced the Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act in 2009, then reintroduced it earlier this year with Republican Virginia Sen. Jim Webb. It would have rededicated the District of Columbia War Memorial to include the wording "National World War I Me

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Hagel may work with old colleagues

2012-12-20T01:00:00Z

...first for then-Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and now for Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). And Sara Brown, a former Hagel assistant, handles energy and environmental issues for retiring Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.). Of course, Hagel alumni are also entrenched in GOP circles

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Stolen Valor effort falls short in Congress

2012-12-20T01:00:00Z

WASHINGTON - Despite broad support, a bid to crack down on individuals who lie about having earned medals for combat bravery has fallen short in Congress for this year. A final defense policy bill negotiated this week stripped out a section on "stolen va

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Virginia’s election for governor is too important to indulge in fantasy

2012-12-17T01:00:00Z

...candidate for Virginia governor, but so is state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R). And it would be great if Sen. Jim Webb (D) were running for governor, or if former congressman Tom Davis (R) were running, but they’re not, so let’s move on. No

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Pols' 2012 reading lists

2012-12-16T01:00:00Z

Which books were on politicos’ nightstands this year? The latest installment of Robert Caro’s epic series on Lyndon B. Johnson, Sen. Marco Rubio’s memoir, and the pop-culture sensation that was the “Hunger Games” trilogy, to name a few. Continue

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Tim Kaine 'excited' about his Senate committee assignments - www.roanoke.com

2012-12-14T01:00:00Z

...to the Senate Armed Services Committee maintains Virginia's long-standing presence on the panel. Departing U.S. Sen. Jim Webb serves on the committee, and former Republican Sen. John Warner was the committee's chairman from 1999 to 2001 and from 2003 to

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Kaine gets Senate committee assignments, inluding seat on armed services panel

2012-12-13T01:00:00Z

...to the Senate Armed Services Committee maintains Virginia’s long-standing presence on the panel. Departing U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, serves on the committee, and former Republican Sen. John Warner was the committee’s chairman from 1999 to 2001 and from 20

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Bustos announces two top staff positions

2012-12-12T01:00:00Z

...veteran, has worked in various official and campaign capacities. She was an aide to Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., and Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. Bustos hired her in April to run her campaign. Meanwhile, a familiar face in Quad-City economic development and po

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Best and Worst Of the 2012 Campaigns: Part I

2012-12-11T01:00:00Z

UNITED STATES MARCH 1: Sen. Claire McCaskill , D-Mo., speaks during her news conference with Sen. Jim Webb , D-Va., on wartime contracting legislation on Thursday, March 1, 2012. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) As another election year draws to a clos

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Senators press Army to step up contractor suspensions

2012-12-11T01:00:00Z

...contractors." The letter also was signed by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.; Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; Richard Burr, R-N.C.; Jim Webb, D-Va.; John Cornyn, R-Texas; Jim Inhofe, R-Okla.; and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. McCaskill also questioned the Army's failure

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Montana senators help move bill forward

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

...the law. In the latest twist, the Senate attached the Stolen Valor Act of 2012 — sponsored by decorated Vietnam War veteran Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. — as an amendment to the 2013 Defense Authorization Bill that passed last week. Webb’s bill passed the

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Montana senators help move bill forward

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

Many old-time defense hawks take flight

2012-12-09T01:00:00Z

...emerge in Asia. “I really worry when you look at the Asian issues, per se — so vital to what we’re doing,” retiring Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) said, noting its relevance to commercial shipments from the Straits of Malacca to ports in China, Korea and

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Morning Read: Maryland Same-Sex Couples Can Get Marriage Licenses Today In Some Counties

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...D.C. providing transportation for special education students, new concerns for lawyers arise after boy is left on a bus. * Sen. Jim Webb changes his opinion on women in combat * Several District-friendly members will no longer be in key posts for the 11

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Is A Recess Appointment Valid If The Senate Says It's Not Really Gone?

2012-12-05T01:00:00Z

...year ago: It's Jan. 6, 2012. An aide is talking in a nearly empty chamber. She's reading a couple of lines that put Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, a Democrat, in charge. Webb steps up, saying, "Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 11 a.m

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Senate includes McCaskill wartime contracting amendment in defense bill

2012-12-05T01:00:00Z

...The commission recommended a bevy of changes to contracting rules. Since the commission’s report, McCaskill has worked with Sen. Jim Webb, a Virginia Democrat, to turn some of those recommendations into law. Their legislation was attached to the defen

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Claire McCaskill's Sweeping Overhaul Of Wartime Contracting Passes Senate

2012-12-05T01:00:00Z

.... Last year, the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan -- which was created by McCaskill and Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) in 2007 -- concluded that up to $60 billion in U.S. taxpayer money has been squandered in contract waste and fraud in

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Centrist Dems lying low on deficit negotiations to avoid 2014 backlash

2012-12-05T01:00:00Z

...are not running in 2014 have also been careful to stay out of the public spotlight. When asked about Boehner’s plan, retiring Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) offered a terse “No comment.” Sen. Jon Tester (D), who narrowly won reelection last month, said he

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