@mikememoli WASHINGTON – The Senate voted to confirm Gina McCarthy as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, ending what had been the longest delay for any of President Obama’s second-term Cabinet picks. The 59-40 vote was the second such...
Senate Confirms Richard Cordray as Consumer Watchdog (via The White House) President Barack Obama listens to Richard Cordray deliver remarks following his confirmation as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the State Dining Room of the White...
Mapping the Sequester’s Impact on Low-Income Housing (via Moyers & Company) In April, Doug Rice, senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, released a paper that described some of the ways people would be affected by sequestration cuts to...
A prominent local Republican is calling for Governor Bob McDonnell to resign. Shaun Kenney is the Chairman of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, and the former spokesman for the Republican Party of Virginia. He says the ongoing gift scandal shows that the...
For the second time since his May nomination as the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, E.W. Jackson has failed to properly disclose donations to his campaign by the deadline set by state law, according to state election officials. By 5 p.m. Monday, the...
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Applauds Senate Increase in Funding for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and Gun Violence Prevention Programs (via PR Newswire) Senate-Requested Funding Represents Substantial Increase Over Current Program, Fulfills...
