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Rigell toes the line on Chesapeake Bay issues
Scott Rigell said he feels a “moral obligation” to improve the Chesapeake Bay’s water quality for future generations. He also said he feels a duty to make sure the United States isn’t saddled with long-term debt. So what’s a...Tags: Elections, Hampton Roads, Environmental Issues, Water, Environmental Politics
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Censored Holiday Season
KIAHA Virginia congressman chose to protest the rule preventing the use of the greetings "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Hanukkah" in government mailings by posting a YouTube video. In the video, Rep. Scott Rigell (R- Virginia) says the rule is unconstitutional...Tags: Holidays, Hampton Roads, Hanukkah, YouTube
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Look who's against clean water
Water has a tendency to flow downhill. This has been known for quite some time — to the point one might have assumed word had penetrated the hallowed halls of the U.S. House of Representatives by now.
Alas, it appears not. Last Wednesday, the House...Tags: Elections, West Virginia, Bob Goodlatte, Republican Party, Water
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Three local GOP congressmen backed Boehner's debt-reduction bill
The trio of Republican congressmen from Hampton Roads all supported embattled House Speaker John Boehner's debt-reduction bill that cleared the House of Representatives on Friday.
Later in the evening, the Senate -- which earlier pronounced the bill dead...Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Constitutional Issues, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives
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Healing a veteran's pain across the decades
— Willie Manning saw things at Iwo Jima he preferred not to discuss, and things stayed that way for about 60 years.
Then one day several years ago, he was convalescing at the Hampton VA Medical Center for a spinal cord injury and posted a photo...Tags: Services and Shopping, Government, Camp Lejeune (military base), Civil and Public Service, Pension and Welfare
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Health Notes: Rigell's vote on Medicare
![Representative Scott Rigell’s vote to end Medicare by supporting the Republican budget, [H Con. Res. 34, <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll277.xml">Vote #277</a>, 4/15/11] will also immediately increase prescription drug costs for 5,200 seniors in his 2nd Congressional district according to a new congressional report.](http://www.dailypress.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/62381872-15112542.jpg "Representative Scott Rigell’s vote to end Medicare by supporting the Republican budget, [H Con. Res. 34, <a href=\"http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll277.xml\">Vote #277</a>, 4/15/11] will also immediately increase prescription drug costs for 5,200 seniors in his 2nd Congressional district according to a new congressional report.")
Representative Scott Rigell’s vote to end Medicare by supporting the Republican budget, [H Con. Res. 34, Vote #277, 4/15/11] will also immediately increase prescription drug costs for 5,200 seniors in his 2nd Congressional district according to a...Tags: Social Issues, Prescription Drugs, Health Insurance Cost, Long Term Care, Nursing Homes
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NASA Langley opens $26 million office
NASA opened the first of six new buildings planned at Langley Research Center on Friday, part of a $330 million effort to modernize the space agency's oldest campus.
"It is a like a new child," Langley Director Lesa Roe said during a ribbon-cutting...Tags: Aging, Technology, NASA, Space Programs, Rocketry
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Cummings says nephew was disciplined, focused
Remembering his nephew as a gregarious and entrepreneurial student who "was going to be somebody," Rep. Elijah E. Cummings said Monday that his killing should prompt university officials everywhere to reassess off-campus security.
Christopher Cummings,...Tags: Bobby Scott, Social Issues, Juvenile Delinquency, Health and Safety at School, Catherine Malandrino
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Lawmakers take on maps for Congress
State lawmakers turned their focus to the boundaries of Virginia's 11 congressional districts briefly Tuesday before heading home for a nearly two-week break.
The House of Delegates passed maps put forward by Del. Bill Janis, R-Henrico, early Tuesday,...Tags: Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Mamie E. Locke, Politics
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