Jim Webb In The News
October 09, 2008 Romney readies portrait for Statehouse walls
...is pleased that he has accepted this commission," Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said. Whitney has painted Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Takezo Hirato, the chief executive officer of Japan’s Mazda Corp. By tradition
Source: Boston Herald
October 09, 2008 Obama’s hopes in Virginia evident in Republican-leaning ’burb
...’Burb,” went for President Bush by 6 percentage points in 2004. But two years later, it narrowly voted for Democratic candidate Jim Webb for the US Senate. The direction the county goes in 2008 will almost certainly play a large role in determining
Source: Christian Science Monitor
October 08, 2008 Send Mark Warner to the US Senate
He agrees with John McCain, John Warner, and Jim Webb in exploration for natural gas 50 miles off the Virginia coast. Mark Warner believes Jim Gilmore's ...
October 07, 2008 With hurricane damage in Gulf, blue crabbers catch a break
An aide to US Sen. Jim Webb, a Virginia Democrat, said he will likely send a letter asking the Commerce Department for about $20 million. ...
October 07, 2008 No country for liberals
Tazewell County twice gave George W. Bush double-digit leads on Election Day and in 2006 favored Republican George Allen for Senate over Democrat Jim Webb. ...
October 07, 2008 EDITORIAL: The Final Step for Recognition of State's Tribes
He and other supporters of the legislation, including Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., knew time was running out in the current Congress, but they were able to take ...
October 07, 2008 Tom Brokaw: Another Strongly Biased Moderator
Youâve got a new breed of Democrats this year in Jim Webb in Virginia and Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, moving toward the center. So we may be working our way ...
October 07, 2008 Webb Hits the Campaign Trail
Sen. Jim Webb, who is not exactly known for his love of campaigning, starting campaigning for fellow Democrats running for election next month. ...
October 06, 2008 Obama's "Liberal Record" In Line With Most Americans' Views
"This is an amendment that is focused squarely on supporting our troops who are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), ...
October 06, 2008 Brown-Waite vying for fourth term
It's why she's helped support a new GI Bill with the Democratic senator from Virginia, Jim Webb. Bi-partisanship is key to her success representing her ...
October 06, 2008 Vets' Corner: VA establishes ALS as compensable illness
... serving since 9/11 should have the same opportunity for a first-class educational future as those who served during WWII," said Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va. ...
October 06, 2008 Congressmen to visit Franklin on Tuesday
Tim Kaineâs and Sen. Jim Webbâs (D-Va.) offices, as well as from the Virginia Department of Emergency Services. The meeting is from 4 pm to 5 pm in the ...
October 04, 2008 Hardball: Chris Matthews predicts nasty turn in presidential race
â(Jim) Webb won (his US Senate race) and (Governor Tim) Kaine won, but Norfolk, you gotta figure thereâsa military tradition in this state that is going to ...
October 04, 2008 Obama looks to hold back McCain in Southwest Va.
Other well-liked Democrats such as Boucher, Sen. Jim Webb and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine also have tried to rub some of their popularity onto Obama. ...
October 03, 2008 Gilmore, Warner disagree sharply at debate
Warner, R-Va., Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., and both presidential candidates, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. Gilmore, who has been lagging far behind ...
October 03, 2008 Deadline Monday For Voter Registration
...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
Source: Daily News Record
October 02, 2008 Area lawmakers mull rescue package before vote
A spokeswoman for US Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., said Webb was hoping to see a number of assurances and taxpayer protections in the Senate version of the ...
October 02, 2008 Commercials spark clash for 2nd District candidates
...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
Source: Hampton Roads Daily Press
October 01, 2008 Your views
Opposed Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb's new GI Bill and was absent when it was passed. ⢠In September 2007, voted against another Webb bill guaranteeing ...
October 01, 2008 Virginia Senators Support New Bailout Bill
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., called it admittedly imperfect, but in a statement said he was pleased to see it included recommendations--including limits on ...
October 01, 2008 Area lawmakers mull rescue package before vote
...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
Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph
October 01, 2008 Editorial: Month home shifts burden
...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
Source: Military Times
September 30, 2008 Voter Profile: Muslim Americans
Some people credit Virginiaâs Muslim community with handing Sen. Jim Webb (D) a victory over former Sen. George Allen (R) in 2006. ...
September 30, 2008 Getting Appalachians
To take another example, Boyer nicely summarized Sen. Jim Webbâs depiction of his people: Webb has been thinking and writing about such people for forty ...
September 30, 2008 Veterans deserve better than the double talk given them by McCain
And finally, in May 2008, the senator from Arizona spoke out against Sen. Jim Webb's new GI Bill, a bill that would have given our Iraq and Afghanistan ...
September 30, 2008 The New Yorker, Oct. 6
A team of Virginia Demsâincluding Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Jim Webb, and Democratic guru David "Mudcat" Saundersâweigh in on Obama's "Appalachia problem. ...
September 30, 2008 What's new in New York, Newsweek, and the Weekly Standard.
...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
September 29, 2008 Obamaâs veterans plans to get focus in Staunton
Stevens said Obama supported Virginia Sen. Jim Webbâs GI bill legislation, and also wants to make sure vets suffering from post traumatic stress disorder ...
September 29, 2008 HORSERACE, BARACK OBAMA, JOHN MCCAIN
"[Senator Jim] Webb advocates the exploitation of Americaâs vast coal fields, saying, âWeâre sitting on the Saudi Arabia of coal.â Obama used that same term ...
September 28, 2008 In key county, few signs that debate changed minds
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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