Rick Boucher

Former 9th District CongressmanWilliam C. Wampler Sr. has passed away.  He was 86. He died Wednesday night at his home in Bristol after a lengthy illlness. He represented Southwest Virginia for two years in the 1950s and another 16 between the 1960s...

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Former 9th District Congressman Rick Boucher is joining Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in the firm's Washington D.C. office.  In a news release Wednesday afternoon, the law firm said Boucher will lead its government strategies practice. Boucher, a...

Looks like the Net neutrality ball is back in the Federal Communications Commission's court. A draft proposal by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) to give the FCC temporary authority to enforce limited neutrality protections...

After the coffee. Before figuring out what it all means. The Skinny: What the election means for media. The Giants may be celebrating but Fox probably isn't chugging the champagne. Tyler Perry gets serious ... again. Meet the new bosses.......

by Janet Hook Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is in a tough spot when it comes to overhauling the nation's healthcare system. Major hospitals in his largely rural district have told him the bill pending in the House would cripple them......

by Mark Silva Despite whatever "signals'' the White House may have given about giving up on the so-called "public option'' in health-care reform, the White House has not given up, the White House says. Nevertheless, the signal has been sent......

by Mark Silva 220-215. The first full vote on the health-care reform that President Barack Obama is demanding from Congress by year's end arrived late last night in the House. "Let's keep making history,'' the president told supporters in a......

The Democratic Party's defeat in Massachusetts on Tuesday -- the loss of a single, crucial Senate seat -- will force President Obama and his congressional allies to downscale their legislative ambitions and rethink their political strategy. The most...

A coalition of consumer and privacy groups is taking its fight for online consumer privacy to Capitol Hill. In their sights: online advertising practices and behavioral targeting. In a joint letter to Congress, the groups warn that tracking and...

Consumer watchdog groups say a draft congressional bill falls short of its proclaimed intention of protecting the privacy of consumers using the Internet. During a conference call with reporters Tuesday, the groups said they would push for changes to...

The Virginia GOP came up with a great campaign ad. Identify two allegedly pro-Second Amendment Democrats who secretly want gun control. The only problem is, nobody did any research....