Jim Webb News

Sen. Jim Webb from Virginia is a Democrat, and upon hearing that Obama was going to make promises to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen on the part of the United States, Webb decided to remind him that he doesn't have that authority : Dear Mr.

This Thursday, December 3, members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will debate Senate Bill 714, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009.

Why talk of a left-right alliance to fight the prosecution state seems unlikely.

"The time would certainly seem to be ripe for new left-right alliances on criminal justice reform.

Nov. 24--Lynchburg City has been awarded a $740,000 federal grant to boost its energy efficiency, Sen.

A dangerous divide has been developing for some years in America, between those who are comfortable negotiating the wide array of knowledge and information sources now available, and those who are not.

It's probably the last time that Timothy M. Kaine will step outside his house in the morning to find two dead deer and a turkey on his doorstep.

Could the battle of Wanat, Afghanistan, which left nine young American soldiers dead, have been avoided? That's the question that haunts the parents of soldiers killed in the July 13, 2008, firefight, the worst direct-combat loss for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Legislation that authorizes $115 million in construction at Hampton Roads military bases has sailed through the Senate and will move to the House for consideration.

Army veteran Jan Garlette, of Newport News, suffers from tardive dyskinesia, a neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable muscle spasms.

Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said he would not support the current climate change legislation, becoming the latest moderate Dem to voice their opposition to the bill.

Both of Virginia's U.S. senators say they will vote to allow debate on the Senate version of health-care overhaul legislation, but neither has committed to voting for the actual bill.

About 23,000 of Virginia's uninsured are getting continuous medical care through a program run out of Virginia Commonwealth University's Health System.

This Saturday, Tom Sullivan , of Newport News , will be installed as the new president of the Virginia Peninsula Association of Realtors.

A $134 billion spending bill approved by the U.S. Senate includes $476.1 million for military construction projects in Virginia.

Senators Lamar Alexander and Jim Webb today introduced "The Clean Energy Act of 2009," a bipartisan bill to promote further investment and development of the nation's clean energy technologies, including nuclear power and other resources.

Gov. David A. Paterson on Monday criticized the Obama administration's decision to try five men linked to the Sept.

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander has found a Democratic partner in his campaign to grow the country's nuclear power capacity.

Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb on the Obama administration's decision to try Khaild Sheik Mohammed in federal court in New York: "I have never disputed the constitutional authority of the President to convene Article III courts in cases of international terrorism.

Attorney General Eric Holder had just announced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices would stand trial in New York when the blistering critiques erupted.