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"Not in my backyard" just took on official form in a restriction that Rep. Randy Forbes of Chesapeake got written into the defense spending bill working its way through Congress.

From the forthcoming CQ's Politics in America : In the 1960s, Sen. Arlen Specter , as a top aide to the Warren Commission, helped devise the "single bullet" theory that a lone gunman was responsible for the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 is an alarming development for the coalfields of southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia.

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., and U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., announced Tuesday the award of federal stimulus funding to the Bland County Medical Clinic in Bastian.

Virginia Organizing Project interns canvassing residents of Martinsvillea s Westside on Thursday found the areaa s high unemployment was overwhelmingly the top concern of those surveyed.

The Army Corps of Engineers and Arlington National Cemetery have decided to repair the Tomb of the Unknowns rather than build a replacement, Sen.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers this week that it was time to close the gap in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine crimes, a disparity in sentencing that has had a large impact on the African-American community.

It is hard to defend government waste during a recession. After all the bailouts and bonuses, the public is sick of pricey handouts.

Bobby Scott and Glenn Nye and U.S. Sen. Jim Webb support the idea. Scott believes it would eventually force private insurers out of business.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, operator of the Metro system, will receive $34.3 million in federal funding for the purchase of 52 new Metro cars.

Gene Healy is a vice president at the Cato Institute and the author of The Cult of the Presidency.

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education fund performed an exit poll survey of 1,148 Asian-American voters at eight precincts in Virginia during the November 2008 presidential elections.

On June 11, Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia introduced his bill to set up a bipartisan National Criminal Justice Commission.

Alexandria, Va...Retired Navy Vice Admiral Norb Ryan, Jr., president of the Military Officers Association of America , joined with other representatives of veterans and military organizations at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill today as the Blinded American Veterans Foundation honored six people and one company for their work with ...

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 7:09 p.m. Three U.S. senators, including Florida Democrat Bill Nelson, and a Virginia congressman have written to the Internal Revenue Service asking that costs incurred by homeowners who have fallen victim to Chinese drywall should be deductible for federal tax ...

See her post at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-gerloff/what-if-released-inmates_b_217100.html I visited a jail in Virginia recently that has implemented the Community Model described in Gerloff's post.

The Republican National Committee staff swallowed hard, wiped away a tear and got to work on trying to come up with a reason why Virginians should not elect state Senator Creigh Deeds as their next governor .

We need to change the last line of our national anthem. No longer are we the home of the brave, we are home of the frightened, cowering in fear.

GOP chairman Pat Mullins wants to make sure that Virginia Democrats don't start slapping each other on the back too hard while they're trying to win the governor's mansion for the third straight time.

At 3 p.m. EDT today, Chief William J. Bratton, in his capacity as the President of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, testified before the National Criminal Justice Commission to make recommendations for improvements to the criminal justice system.