Mark R. Warner

Chance of avoiding fiscal cliff is 80 percent, Warner says

Reporter

Virginia Senator Mark Warner says he wishes he were more involved in the current budget negotiations, but he says he remains optimistic  the President and House Speaker John Boehner will reach agreement, and avoid taking the country over the fiscal cliff....

Tags: Government Health Care, John Boehner, Social Security, Medicare

NRA silent as protesters march outside DC offices

KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

Supporters of tougher restrictions on guns and ammunitition protested outside the Washington offices of the National Rifle Association Monday afternoon. The protest comes after a gunman killed 27 people, including 20 school children, in Newtown,...

Tags: Tim Huelskamp, Pat Roberts, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, FBI

Lieberman, Blumenthal Call In Senate For Action In Wake Of Massacre

The Hartford Courant

Connecticut's two U.S. Senators called for action Tuesday to prevent future gun violence like last Friday's Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults by a gunman wielding an assault-style semiautomatic rifle. "We need to...

Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Weaponry, Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Gun Control

Sen. Feinstein expected to head Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON -- When Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) launched her drive in 1994 to win approval for an assault weapons ban, the relative newcomer to Capitol Hill walked the hallways trying to drum up support. Now, as she prepares for a new fight to pass...

Tags: Patrick Leahy, Lobbying, Health and Safety at School, Daniel Inouye, Harvey Milk

Environmental group says don't "blow" this opportunity when it comes to wind energy incentives

reporter

"Our message today to Congress, don't throw wind off the fiscal cliff," says Sarah Bucci, Environment Virginia. The clock is ticking and this group doesn't want to be caught under the buzzer. Explains Bucci, "Incentives are benefits in place to build...

Tags: Global Change, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Tax Credits, Jim Webb, Roanoke County

Senator Mark Warner won't run for governor

U.S. Senator Mark Warner announced today that he would not make a run for the governor's office ending speculation that he might run for another term in Richmond.  He called his term as governor "the best job I ever had" but says he wants to be a...

Tags: Democratic Party, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, U.S. Senate, Elections

Bold, covert strikes mark ACC commissioner John Swofford's leadership

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Brushy Mountain Smokehouse and Creamery offers myriad southern staples, from country ham biscuits to deep-fried catfish. The fare also includes scores of homemade ice creams, from oatmeal cookie dough to chocolate brownie...

Tags: Pittsburgh Panthers, College Sports, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Basketball, Big 12 Conference

Tags: Bill Bolling, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Elections, Ken Cuccinelli

Vice President Joe Biden makes unscheduled campaign stop in downtown Roanoke

WDBJ7 Anchor/Reporter

Election Day is almost here, and both presidential campaigns spent time in our area Monday. Vice President Joe Biden was plugging away on this final day of campaigning. On Monday afternoon he made an unexpected visit to Roanoke. The Obama campaign...

Tags: Elections, Jill Biden, U.S. Electoral College, Joe Biden

Tim Kaine makes last-minute pitch to Democrats

WDBJ7 Reporter

As the hours dwindle down to Election Day, Democrat Tim Kaine made his final pitch to voters Monday. Candidate Kaine remains in a statistical dead heat for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat with Republican candidate George Allen. Most polls have...

Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Elections, George Allen, Joe Biden

Senate campaigns make stops in Lynchburg

Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau Chief

The race for Virginia's Senate seat was front and center in different parts of Lynchburg Thursday afternoon. Tim Kaine stopped at the Lynchburg train station to highlight his plan for investing in American infrastructure. Kaine talked about his work...

Tags: Executive Branch, Elections, George Allen, Amtrak, Timothy M. Kaine

Facts often get lost in the Medicare scare tactic

William Tucker of Hampton beams with pride when he talks about meeting President Barack Obama last month when the president made a campaign stop in Hampton. Tucker, 83, a veteran of three wars who has also been the head of the state longshoremen's union,...

Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Customs and Tradition, Social Security, Voting, Mitt Romney