Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Mark R. Warner [D, VA]

Same speculation, different styles for O'Malley, Cuomo

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...with 4 percent. O'Malley, capturing 1 percent, tied for fourth with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner. With Clinton out of the mix, the poll showed Cuomo winning 15 percent and O'Malley taking 3 percent. A national poll take

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Senators want to move forward with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac reform

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...and Freddie would have paid down about 80 percent of its bailout, so far. But pro-reform senators say they remain undeterred. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, told The Hill that regardless of the circumstances “I thi

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Lawmakers Fight Defense Furlough Plan

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...against the Defense Department’s plan to furlough civilian employees for 11 days through the rest of the fiscal year. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., urged Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in a floor speech Thursday to reconsider civilian furloughs for Departme

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Terry McAuliffe Opens Slight Lead on Cuccinelli

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...be considered a “swing state” in presidential elections, trial heats for 2016 find that both Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner would carry the Old Dominion by comfortable double-digits margins if the White House voting were today, the indepe

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Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 5/16

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...McAuliffe 83-5 among Democrats. Independents split about evenly. Also in a very early look at 2016, Hillary Clinton and Mark Warner would both win by double-digits against Rubio or Ryan. Bottom line of all this poll: this race is still very much in the

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INSIDE THE BELTWAY: AND IN SUMMATION

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...to 13 percent for Vice President Joseph R. Biden, 4 percent for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and 3 percent each for Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. In a matchup against Sen. Rand Paul, Mrs. Clinton clinched 51 percent

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Progress Seen in Increasing Data and Transparency in Higher Education

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...moved on. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) authored the Student Right to Know Before You Go Act along with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA). The bill, also supported in the House by Education and Workforce Committee member Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-

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House Ethics Committee Approves Waiver for Gifts from Member's Partner

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., reported his spouse sold $100,001 to $250,000 of W.L. Gore Associates Inc on Nov. 15, 2012. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., reported his spouse and dependent child sold $1,000,001 to $5 million of Ramsey Long Biased Fund LP on April 1

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Clinton leads Ryan, Walker in MU Law School poll

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...at 4 percent, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick at 2 percent, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley at 1 percent, and Virginia U.S. Sen. Mark Warner at 1 percent. The Democratic sample has a margin of error of 5.5 percent. Poll director Charles Franklin says the

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Sen. Warner to Broadcast Nets: Don't Even Think About Using Cable to Bypass Aereo

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...in government penalties. During a subcommittee hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee into current issues in video, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), pointed out that broadcasters access valuable spectrum that they received for free from the government. Warne

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Sen. Warner keeps pushing on W&M approach to VA backlog

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...NEWS, Va. — Sen. Mark Warner is pressing his case for law schools across the country to follow a "playbook" developed at the College of William and Mary to reduce the nation's backlog of veteran disability claims. And he's trying to enlist 99 influent

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Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) Launches Petition To Strike Down DOMA

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...Mark Warner (D-VA) has launched a petition to the Supreme Court demanding the overturn of DOMA. Via email from Warner's office: Even though many states now recognize the rights of committed same-sex couples to marry, the federal government continues to

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President Obama and Virginia leaders bash IRS targeting of conservative groups

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...with it. I will not tolerate it, and we will make sure that we find out exactly what happened on this." Virginia U.S. Sen. Mark Warner called the efforts of the IRS "appalling'' and "completely unacceptable." "We need a quick but thorough investigation,

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Baucus blasts IRS for targeting conservative groups, wants probe

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...condemn this attack on our values, find those individuals in his administration who are responsible and fire them.” Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, called the IRS’s heightened scrutiny of conservative groups “appalling” and called for a “

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Va. senators on IRS investigation of conservative groups

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...for misconduct are held accountable and establish appropriate safeguards to prevent this from ever happening again." SEN. MARK WARNER (D-VA): “These appalling actions by the IRS are completely unacceptable. We need a quick but thorough investigation,

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Obama to Hold IRS Staff ‘Fully Accountable’

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...are held accountable and establish appropriate safeguards to prevent this from ever happening again,” Mr. Kaine said. Sen. Mark Warner , also a Virginia Democrat, said that a “quick and thorough investigation” should be carried out by the administ

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IRS Hearing Set for Friday Amid Bipartisan Outrage

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...condemn this attack on our values, find those individuals in his administration who are responsible and fire them.” Sen. Mark Warner , a Virginia Democrat, said that a “quick and thorough investigation” should be carried out by the administration

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Terry McAuliffe proposes more money for teachers, pre-K

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...campaign swing, which was equal parts an introduction to voters and a policy rollout. McAuliffe was joined Thursday by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., whose decision not to run for governor paved the way for McAuliffe to run unopposed for his party's nominatio

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Terry McAuliffe campaigns with Mark Warner, cites former governor as role model

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...McAuliffe brought his campaign rollout to Northern Virginia Thursday, standing with Sen. Mark Warner and making clear that he would use his fellow Democrat as a role model if he wins the governorship in November. McAuliffe actually began his gubernatori

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Cuccinelli targets state financial incentives for businesses

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...percent. "We should always look for ways to streamline the process and find efficiencies, but slashing the programs used by [Govs. Mark] Warner, [Tim] Kaine and [Bob] McDonnell would directly hurt Virginia's economy," said McAuliffe spokesman Josh Schwe

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