Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]

Deadline Monday For Voter Registration

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...tint given the commonwealth on political maps comes on the heels of two Democratic governors and a narrow victory by Sen. Jim Webb (D) over longtime Republican leader and former governor George Allen in 2006. The heightened political environment that fo

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Commercials spark clash for 2nd District candidates

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...on the NLA." Nye's surrogates went after Drake on her initial opposition to the new GI Bill authored and championed by Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. Drake said she voted against the bill the first time it came up because it didn't include a critical component t

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Area lawmakers mull rescue package before vote

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...over a financial rescue package Wednesday evening in advance of an anticipated Senate vote. A spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., said Webb was hoping to see a number of assurances and taxpayer protections in the Senate version of the financial r

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Editorial: Month home shifts burden

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...breaks between combat tours won’t eliminate mental health issues. But they can certainly ease the strain. That’s why Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., plans to introduce an amendment to the 2008 defense budget that guarantees deployed troops a month at home for

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What's new in New York, Newsweek, and the Weekly Standard.

2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

...an increasingly blue Virginia, focusing on the state's rural southwest. A team of Virginia Dems—including Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Jim Webb, and Democratic guru David "Mudcat" Saunders—weigh in on Obama's "Appalachia problem." First, organization: Obama

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In key county, few signs that debate changed minds

2008-09-28T00:00:00Z

The county went for President Bush in 2004, but in 2006 it helped elect Democrat Jim Webb to the US Senate, and turnout for Obama was enormous in this ...

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Council could do better

2008-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bob Goodlatte or our Senators Jim Webb or John Warner can cut through the red tape to determine how the change occurred and work with FEMA and these ...

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The Attacks Obama Passed Up

2008-09-27T00:00:00Z

... despite being lobbyied by Wesley Clark, Jim Webb, Paul Rieckhoff and others for months, McCain did not show up. This did not stop the Senator from ...

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Virginians say no to federal bailout

2008-09-27T00:00:00Z

BY HUGH LESSIG | 804-225-7345 RICHMOND - This week, about 1100 people have telephoned the office of Democratic Sen. Jim Webb about the proposed federal ...

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Candidates say accountability key to financial solution

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

Rasoul said he favored ideas put forth by Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., which included new regulations on the financial system, better accountability for bailout ...

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OPINION: The race factor in Virginia's presidential polling

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

Democrats also have won several statewide races in recent years, including Sen. Jim Webb and Gov. Tim Kaine. Former Gov. Mark Warner has been far ahead of ...

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Democrats hope Obama rally will sway area their way

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tim Kaine in 2005 and for Sen. Jim Webb in 2006, even as voters there tended to vote for Republicans for General Assembly seats.

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Saban faces uphill battle against Arpaio

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

Allen uttered the word, an obscure epithet directed at Africans, to a worker from opponent Jim Webb's campaign who was taping an Allen rally. ...

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The Republican Guard?

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

... John McCain openly opposed Virginia Senator Jim Webb's GI bill that will increase benefits to service members who return from Iraq and Afghanistan. ...

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Destigmatize mental health help, senator says

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

...by the Senate committee and headed for a vote in the Senate before the July Fourth recess, wouldn’t leave any doubt. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a Marine Vietnam combat veteran and former Navy secretary, is the chief sponsor of a provision of S 1606 that or

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Lawmakers back recognizing tribes

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

James P. Moran, who testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs along with fellow Democrats Sen. Jim Webb and Gov. Tim Kaine. ...

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AUDIO: US Senate Hearing On Federal Recognition For VA Tribes

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

The US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is set to hear from both US Senator Jim Webb and Governor Kaine Thursday afternoon. Adkins says Webb has studied ...

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McCain has withheld support for veterans

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

...at all on the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act, yet spoke out against it. This bill was a bipartisan effort by Sens. Jim Webb, D-Va., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and would have paid a veteran's tuition rather than only some of it, as the GI Bill

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Better GI Bill urged to help bolster economy

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

...to fully cover the cost of tuition at a four-year public college, plus a $1,000 monthly stipend for living expenses. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., the chief sponsor of the GI Bill legislation, calls it the modern equivalent of the World War II GI Bill. The Bush

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A Hot Race In Virginia

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

...Sen. Obama holds a 24-point lead in Northern Virginia, dwarfing the Democrats’ 8-point advantage in 2004 and surpassing Sen. Jim Webb’s 20-point advantage in his victorious race in 2006. The Valley region of the state, which includes Harrisonburg an

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