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UPDATE: Senate defeats Governor's transportation plan, recommits bill to Finance Committee
ReporterThe State Senate has defeated Governor McDonnell's transportation proposal, voting Tuesday night to recommit the legislation to the Senate Finance Committee. The vote means the Senate bill will not win approval this year. The Governor's...Tags: Government, Hybrid Vehicles, Regional Authority, Politics, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Virginia Senate set to vote on State Budget today
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's Senate expects to vote Monday to approve a version of the state budget, something it did not do during a 60-day regular General Assembly. The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved its version of a new...
Tags: Politics, Elections
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Senate Democrats vote no as General Assembly money committees roll out budget proposals
ReporterLobbyists lined the walls Sunday afternoon, as the two General Assembly money committees approved changes to the Governor's spending plan. The vote was unanimous in the House Appropriations Committee, but it was a different story in Senate Finance, where...Tags: Republican Party, Government, Democratic Party, Walter A Stosch, Fairfax County
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Virginia Senate panel OKs budget, setting up Monday vote
Virginia's Senate expects to vote Monday to approve a version of the state budget, something it did not do during a 60-day regular General Assembly. The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved its version of a new budget Thursday, incorporating...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Elections, Finance
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State lawmakers heading home without a budget
ReporterLawmakers huddled in one corner of a Senate meeting room Friday morning. Lobbyists compared notes in another. And in the bill room downstairs the printing press was waiting. The equipment that would normally be cranking out copies of a budget...Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Elections, Justice System, John Edwards
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Senate committee approves use of bonds to finance transportation improvements
ReporterGovernor Bob McDonnell’s plan to finance highway improvements with bonds cleared a key hurdle Tuesday in Richmond, but a proposal that would use sales tax revenue to fund transportation improvements in northern Virginia and Tidewater failed to win...Tags: Government, Transportation, Travel, Elections, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Abortion clinics lose licenses again
State health regulators suspended the licenses of several abortion clinics owned by Associates in OB/GYN Care for the second time after an employee with no health care license or certification gave a patient a drug to induce an abortion at the Baltimore...
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IRS puts head of problem office on leave
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...
Tags: Government, FBI, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Arrogance, Intolerance Filters Down From Dear Leader
The Hartford Courant"Horrible customer service." That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor....Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics, Consumers, U.S. Department of Justice, Tea Party Movement
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Jay Carney, Central Intelligence Agency, White House, Prosecution
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Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major trade legislation appears increasingly likely to clear Congress this year despite an intensely partisan atmosphere made worse by scandals plaguing President Barack Obama's administration. Business groups are preparing to push...Tags: Government, Republican Party, Democratic Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Sandy Levin
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Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: Claire McCaskill, U.S. Congress, Corning Incorporated, Finance, Republic of Ireland
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