Virginia Politics Blog Archive: Mark Warner
Sen. Mark Warner talking up federal workers
Ed O'Keefe reports on the Federal Eye blog that, continuing a tradition launched by a former colleague, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is devoting some of his Senate floor speeches to highlight the work of rank-and-file federal workers. During his two-year stint in the Senate, former Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) made more than 100 floor speeches about different federal employees every week the Senate was in session. Kaufman, Vice President Biden's former Senate chief of staff, left the Senate late last year and Warner vowed to continue the tradition.Virginia's junior senator spoke Thursday about Robert Benzon, a senior investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board who lives in Fredericksburg, Va. (Watch the video above or click here to see it.)See the entire post on the Federal Eye....
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Washington Post Editors
| March 4, 2011; 6:04 PM ET |
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Kaine tells enthusiastic Virginia Democrats he needs more time
Hundreds of Democrats from across Virginia descended on the capital city Saturday night to raise money for the state party, catch up with longtime friends and, of course, speculate about who might run for U.S. Senate next year. The state party's biggest fundraiser of the year turned into a guessing game as activists contemplated who among their party might run to replace U.S. Sen. Jim Webb in one of the most-closely watched Senate races of 2012. Timothy M. Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, former Virginia governor and possible candidate, was greeted by enthusiastic crowds of activists in his hometown by those wanting him to run. Numerous party leaders, including U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner and the state's congressmen, urged him from the stage to jump into the race. But after consulting with President Obama and being encouraged to run by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, both of...
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Anita Kumar and Rosalind S. Helderman
| February 19, 2011; 9:39 PM ET |
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Anita Kumar, Barack Obama, George F. Allen, James P. Moran Jr., James Webb, Mark Warner, Robert F. McDonnell, Rosalind Helderman, Terry McAuliffe, Timothy M. Kaine, Tom Perriello
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Updated: Warner: McDonnell's transportation plan is not 'fiscally conservative'
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D) said in an interview with WSLS that Gov. Bob McDonnell's (R) plan to pump nearly $3 billion in the state's roads over three years is not "fiscally conservative" and will not solve the state's transportation problems.
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Anita Kumar
| February 14, 2011; 8:56 AM ET |
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Anita Kumar, General Assembly 2011, House of Delegates, Mark Warner, Robert F. McDonnell, State Senate, Transportation
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Warner hopes Kaine will run for Senate in 2012
Add Sen. Mark Warner to the list of Virginia Democrats hoping Tim Kaine will jump in the 2012 Senate race.
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Ben Pershing
| February 11, 2011; 12:51 PM ET |
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Election 2012, George F. Allen, James Webb, Mark Warner, Timothy M. Kaine, U.S. Senate
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Nye, Perriello to reappear at Democrats' Jefferson-Jackson dinner
Defeated congressmen Glenn Nye and Tom Perriello will join their former collegues Reps. Gerry Connolly, Jim Moran and Bobby Scott at the Virginia Democrats' annual black-tie Jefferson-Jackson dinner later this month.
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Anita Kumar
| February 7, 2011; 8:00 AM ET |
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Anita Kumar, Gerald E. Connolly, Glenn Nye, James P. Moran Jr., James Webb, Mark Warner, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Terry McAuliffe, Timothy M. Kaine, Tom Perriello
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Updated: Alfalfa Club's annual dinner draws group's president, Mark Warner, but no Obama
Our colleagues at The Reliable Source reported this weekend on the "consummate insiders' insider gathering, the Alfalfa Club, held its annual off-the-record (but always leaky) black-tie dinner at the Capital Hilton on Saturday."
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Anita Kumar
| January 31, 2011; 5:48 PM ET |
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