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WDBJ7 sits down with George Allen
The Virginia U.S. Senate race is among the most closely watched and hotly contested in the country, and the outcome could determine which party controls the Senate. WDBJ7's Hollani Davis goes one on one with Republican George Allen. Hollani:...
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WDBJ7 goes one-on-one with Congressman Morgan Griffith
In our Election 2012 coverage, we focus on the 9th Congressional District. It is located in the southwestern portion of the state and it includes Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Floyd and Craig Counties and parts of Henry and Roanoke Counties. Incumbent 9th...
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Allen, Kaine debate in Richmond
Two former governors traded blame for the failing economy and disputed at what point contraception occurs during the first debate of Virginia's nationally prominent 2012 U.S. Senate race.
Republican George Allen and Democrat Tim Kaine faced off...Tags: Mining, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senate, Executive Branch, Politics
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Budget report gives key push to Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — The sweeping immigration overhaul bill received a boost Tuesday as senators appeared to narrow their differences on border security and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that newly legal immigrants would provide...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Markets, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Immigration
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EPA confirmation delay raises questions about U.S. carbon rules
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a Senate vote on President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency still in limbo, speculation is rising about the fate of a proposed emissions rule for new power plants that was scheduled to have...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mining, Politics, Barack Obama, Metal and Mineral
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Gun control advocates mark 6 months since shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims' families are heading to Capitol Hill to remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action, while some of the president's allies are asking him to...
Tags: Laws, U.S. Senate, White House, Politics, Joe Biden
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Newtown victim's sister turns gun control 'accidental activist'
Reuters(Reuters) - Jillian Soto was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on a New England highway when she learned over Facebook that her older sister Vicky, a first-grade teacher in Newtown, Connecticut, had died in a shooting. In the six months since, Soto...Tags: U.S. Senate, Health and Safety at School, Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Interior Policy
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U.S. lawmakers renew push for gun control six months after Newtown
ReutersBy Paige Gance WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - Gun-control advocates renewed their push for stricter measures on Thursday, a day before the six-month anniversary of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which horrified the public and sparked a...Tags: Elizabeth Esty, Politics, Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lawmakers renew push for gun control six months after Newtown
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gun-control advocates renewed their push for stricter measures on Thursday, a day before the six-month anniversary of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which horrified the public and sparked a national debate on guns....Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Elizabeth Esty, Politics, Interior Policy
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Amendments to immigration overhaul bill stall in Senate
WASHINGTON — Enthusiasm in the Senate for the debate over immigration gave way to reality Wednesday as party leaders quarreled to a stalemate over how to consider dozens of proposed amendments. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's move to...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Politics, Michael F. Bennet, Republican Party
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Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress
WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school shooting returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to show they are not giving up. Advocacy groups on both sides of the...
Tags: Laws, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), National Rifle Association of America
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NSA debate pits far left, right against the middle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations of massive government collections of Americans' phone and email records have reinvigorated an odd-couple political alliance of the far left and right. A number of Democratic civil liberties activists, along with...
Tags: Laws, ABC (tv network), Ted Cruz, Fort Hood (military base), Government
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