Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Gerald Connolly [D, VA-11]

After 2010's House battles, little buzz for 2012

2012-06-02T12:30:19Z

One incumbent Democrat, Rep. Jim Moran, faces a challenger. Democrats hold primaries without incumbents in the 4th, 5th and 7th Districts. Two Republicans meet in the 11th District. Democrats Gerry Connolly and Bobby Scott and Republicans Rob ...

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Embattled U.S. Postal Service gets help from rural America

2012-06-01T15:08:59Z

"Having ignored them up to now, the price they're paying is they don't have the votes to bring the bill to the floor," said Representative Gerry Connolly, a Democrat. "That kind of approach is never going to get you bipartisan passage." Connolly ...

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Embattled U.S. Postal Service gets help from rural America

2012-06-01T14:47:31Z

Study: Congress don't speak as good as they used to could

2012-06-01T07:52:20Z

This includes Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., at the top of the list and 14th nationwide. Connolly, known by his staff as a voracious reader, holds a masters from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Last on this list and fifth-lowest nationally is Rep.

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Study: Congressmen don't speak as 'good' in last decade

2012-06-01T07:16:32Z

An Obama Backer Jumps to GOP

2012-06-01T01:00:00Z

...Moran (D-VA) of Alexandria, or the seat in wealthy exurbs of the 11th Congressional District (now held by Democrat Rep. Gerry Connolly) in 2014 or 2016 would not be a heavy lift. This Aug. 27, 2008, file photo shows former Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., at t

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Study: Congress don't speak as good as they used to could

2012-05-31T19:56:30Z

Politicians’ Tweets, Back from the Dead

2012-05-31T14:41:32Z

In every almost-gaffe, we can see the duelling impulses: to broadcast and to edit. During February’s Republican debate in Arizona, Representative Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, deleted “There is an almost rabid tone to the AZ debate. One is as ..

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Former Obama ally and Dem congressman Davis switches to GOP

2012-05-31T08:36:28Z

Davis is making the announcement in the run-up to a possible congressional comeback in Virginia, though he says he has not yet made up his mind whether he'll challenge Democratic incumbent Rep. Gerry Connolly. He used to represent Alabama.

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Study: Congressmen don't speak as well as in the past

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...represent areas that border on D.C. and Baltimore, known for having a greater rate of higher education. This includes Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., at the top of the list and 14th nationwide. Connolly, known by his staff as a voracious reader, holds a mas

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Former Alabama congressman Davis says he would shift to GOP if he ran for election again

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...seat Davis might seek in northern Virginia, but the 11th Congressional District is a swing district in which Democrat Rep. Gerry Connolly narrowly won re-election in 2010. Before Connollys election in 2008, Republican Tom Davis held the seat for 14 year

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Congressional angst over the History Channel crosses the aisle

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...After months of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, tweeting his fury with the cable channel over its “lack of history,” Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., has taken up the mantle. Connolly tells Yeas & Nays that he has been “bitterly disappointed” in the His

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Greeting New ‘Fellow Americans’

2012-05-30T15:18:31Z

"My fellow Americans," U.S. Rep Gerry Connolly (D-11) said with gravitas, pausing to let the meaning sink in. And when it did, 75 immigrants - from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan - who had just raised their right hand and taken the Oath of Allegiance ...

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Shaping Up the MWAA Board

2012-05-30T14:28:24Z

I recently attended a briefing for elected officials arranged by Congressmen Gerry Connolly and Frank Wolf on the U.S ... Airports Authority (MWAA), as had been requested by Congressman Wolf. Such a periodic review is desirable because ...

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Rep. Connolly, History Channel celebrate ‘Hatfield & McCoys’

2012-05-30T13:38:18Z

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)—who has spoken out in the past about a seeming lack of history on a channel named for the subject—approved. He tweeted on Wednesday that the History Channel had proved there’s an audience for real history. This proves ...

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Artur Davis, Former Democratic Congressman, Will Switch Parties

2012-05-30T09:49:14Z

In recent weeks, rumors began to spread about Davis potentially running against Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) in 2014. "I don’t know and am nowhere near deciding," Davis wrote of the rumors on Tuesday. "If I were to run, it would be as a Republican.

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Congressional angst over the History Channel crosses the aisle

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

Artur Davis, Former Democratic Congressman, Will Switch Parties

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...voter ID laws in his home state. In recent weeks, rumors began to spread about Davis potentially running against Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) in 2014. "I don’t know and am nowhere near deciding," Davis wrote of the rumors on Tuesday. "If I were to run,

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Ex-Ala. Rep. Artur Davis eyes future Va. GOP bid

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...seat Davis might seek in northern Virginia, but the 11th Congressional District is a swing district in which Democrat Rep. Gerry Connolly narrowly won re-election in 2010. Before Connolly's election in 2008, Republican Tom Davis held the seat for 14 yea

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Artur Davis switches from Democratic to Republican party

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...in 2014 or 2016 or the Virginia state legislature in 2015. As The Fix reported earlier this month, he could run against Rep. Gerry Connolly (D). “I welcome this development,” Connolly s aid of the possibility on MSNBC last Friday. “The fact that t

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