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• Perriello Lies About CBO Report

  —Virginia's 5th District

  Congressman Perriello is spreading untruths concerning a CBO report on stimulus spending. Perriello tweeted: “encouraged by CBO report that says stimulus has created(emphasis mine) btw 600k and 1.6M jobs, raised GDP by 1.2-3.2%” When in actuality the report stated: “The Congressional Budget Office late Monday said it estimates that the [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 9:31am EST
  by blueridgeguy

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• Where Will Perriello Appear Next?

  —Virginia's 5th District

  There used to be a popular children’s show on PBS called “Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego?” This quiz show asked questions to help locate the cartoon crook Carmen Sandiego. Based on the blank events page on Congressman Perriello’s website we should be asking Where in the World is [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 9:10am EST
  by blueridgeguy

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• The Free Congress Foundation Has a New President

  —Virginia Virtucon

  Just thought I would toss it out there that my father was recently elected President of the Free Congress Foundation. Eight years after he left the governorship of Virginia and one year after losing a U.S. Senate race in the Old Dominion State, Jim Gilmore is back in the wars:  the [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 12:21am EST
  by A.G.Gilmore

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• Rutherford to Perriello: It’s time to ease on down the road

  —The Schilling Show Blog

  

  A story that was broken on The Schilling Show blog has again made national news.

  On July 17, 2009 police were called to Democrat Congressman Tom Perriello’s Charlottesville, Virginia office in order to disperse an orderly protest rally sponsored by the Jefferson Area Tea Party.

  As [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 10:37pm EST
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• THE LOGIC OF WORDS

  —Citizen Tom

  Lawyers are wordsmiths.  Lawyers may know little about science, art, or theology, but the legal profession requires that lawyers understand the logic of words. That perhaps explains the latest piece of chicanery now working its way through Congress. Earlier this week came news of the decision by the power-hungry Environmental Protection Agency that carbon dioxide, [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:28pm EST
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• GOP "Insiders" Most Impressed With Bob McDonnell; Dem's Say Mark Warner Has "Brightest Future"

  —Blue Virginia

  Hotline has a preview of tomorrow's National Journal "Insiders' Poll." There are a couple of Virginia-related findings worth noting.
  
  First, when asked "Which member has the brightest future?", Democratic "Congressional Insiders" rank Mark Warner second (with 13% of the vote) while Democratic "Political Insiders" rank Warner' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 2:05pm EST
  

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• Rutherford Institute Petitions Perriello to Move Office

  —Virginia's 5th District

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  Press Release from the Rutherford Institute 12/10/2009 Rutherford Institute Urges Congressman Perriello to Relocate Offices to Accommodate Constituents’ First Amendment Rights CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.– In a letter to Congressman Tom Perriello, John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, has voiced the concern that the location of Perriello’s Charlottesville office is interfering with his [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 1:17pm EST
  by blueridgeguy

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• Rand Paul Promises to Introduce Downsize DC Agenda

  —Now At The Podium

  This the stuff I want to hear! Time to break out the old endorsement panel for the son of liberty's best friend.
  
  The agenda includes...
  
  The Read The Bills Act (make Congress read the bills before they debate and vote)
  The One Subject At [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:41pm EST
  

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• Seriously? Congress doesn't have more important things on their plate right now.

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  I love football but seriously, Congressional bill for a NCAA Division I Football payoff, Come On. From the AP: House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress has [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:23pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

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• C'mon Dems, When Does Enough Become Enough?

  —Now At The Podium

  Congressional Democrats to raise debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion in 2010.
  
  You know, all the progressive taxation in the world wouldn't corral the debt load that your crew of power-tripping leftists are leading us into. Even if we were to cease military operations in Iraq' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  

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• Is a congressional health insurance mandate constitutional?

  —Tertium Quids

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  This discussion is just over an hour long, but gives great play to both sides on whether the health insurance bills under debate in Congress are constitutional.Randy Barnett says "no" and makes a very convincing case. Eugene Volokh says "yes" and also makes an excellent case, using arguments I've alluded' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 10:37am EST
  by Norman Leahy

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• God Has A Sense Of Humor

  —Virginia Virtucon

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  Ever notice that whenever Al Gore is scheduled to testify before Congress on “global warming” that there always seems to be a freak snowstorm or such that hits D.C.? I’ve always chalked that up to God having a sense of humor. Well, with all the con artists gathered in Copenhagen [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:25am EST
  by Riley

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• Got Nothin' Better To Do?

  —snapped shot

  Then why not muck with a private industry and ruin it for everyone. 

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress has meatier [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:58pm EST
  by captainfish

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• 6 of 7 Republican hopefuls in the 5th District want a convention over a primary

  —On The Right

  Six of Seven GOP 5th District Candidates Endorse Convention Charlottesville, VA December 9, 2009 Six out of seven of the Republican candidates for the nomination for the U. S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 5th Congressional District have notified unit chairs throughout the district that they prefer having that nomination made at a [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:56pm EST
  by Garrett Watson

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• Robert Hurt MIA on Call for Convention

  —Tim Boyer

  Interesting that all the Republican candidates for congress in VA-5, excepting one, signed a press release that hit today urging the 5th District Republican Committee to select a convention rather than a primary by which to nominate a candidate to run against Tom Perriello;
  
  That one exception was [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:04pm EST
  

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• Randy Barnett has some words for Bob Marshall

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  Not specifically addressed to Marshall, but of great importance to the legislation he is proposing to counter the insurance mandates incorporated in the congressional health insurance bills. Here's a taste:...and for those who care about constitutional law: Raich involved an “as-applied” challenge wherein the Court refused to carve out a [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 7:16pm EST
  by Norman Leahy

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• Jim Moran Has "No Plans to Return" Salahi Donation

  —Blue Virginia

  OpenSecrets.org has a story entitled, "Rep. Jim Moran Mum on Donation from Tareq Salahi, White House Party Crasher." According to OpenSecrets:
  There's just one sitting member of Congress -- Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) -- to have received a political donation from Tareq Salahi, he of the married couple [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:52pm EST
  

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• The Unconventional 5th District?

  —Tertium Quids

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  The 5th Congressional District Republican Committee meets this Saturday to decide the method by which 5th District Republicans will nominate a candidate to run against vulnerable Democrat incumbent Tom Perriello.They would do well to consider the results of a recent national poll that found generic "Tea Party" candidates beating Republicans [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  by Josh Eboch

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• Six of Seven Candidates Want Convention

  —Virginia's 5th District

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  Six of the seven Republican candidates for the congressional nomination of the 5th district have endorsed a convention. The six Republican candidates that have signed a statement which is being sent to the unit chairs in the district are Feda Morton, Ken Boyd, Laurence Verga, Michael McPadden Ron Ferrin and [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 2:12pm EST
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• Is it Time to evict them all - Goooh says it is time to 'Get Out of Our House'

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Is it time to evict them all? - Goooh says it is time to 'Get Out of Our House'..... I answered all the questions on the Candidate Questionnaire for Goooh, a non-partisan plan to replace the politicians in Congress, just to see and it really gets you thinking abou the [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

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• Convention or Primary in the 5th Congressional District?

  —VA Social Conservative

  This Saturday the Republican 5th District Congressional Committee will decide whether to use a primary or convention to nominate their candidate for congress. (Due to recent party plan amendments a canvass could be used, but there seems to be little desire by members of the committee for it.) In Virginia [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  

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• 5th District: Six of Seven Candidates want Convention

  —Bearing Drift

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  Feda Morton, Ken Boyd, Laurence Verga, Michael McPadden, Ron Ferrin, and Jim McKelvey issued this press release today:

  Six out of seven of the Republican candidates for the nomination for the U. S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 5th Congressional District have notified unit chairs throughout the [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:19pm EST
  by jr@bearingdrift.com (J.R. Hoeft)

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• McChrystal-Eikenberry Hearings

  —Armchair Generalist

  Work has been a little heavier than usual, perhaps as government agencies try to complete their projects before the Christmas holiday incapacitates Washington DC. So I'm glad that Spencer Ackerman is on the job, watching the congressional hearings on Afghanistan.

  But both McChrystal and Eikenberry replied that the administration [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:55am EST
  by Jason Sigger

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• Perriello Dances With the Far Left

  —Virginia's 5th District

  Congressman Perriello’s dance card will be full with far left partners at his December 9th fundraiser. If the people attending this fund raiser are any indication of how he will be voting in the future the 5th district is in serious trouble. Ivan Frishberg, Political Director of Environment America, a [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:37am EST
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• One of Many

  —On the Western Banks of the Shenandoah

  Far away from our own commonwealth, word that an incumbent congresswoman in Kansas will be seeing a primary challenge from the right. From CQ Politics: A Kansas state senator announced Tuesday that he is considering challenging Republican freshman Rep. Lynn Jenkins in the GOP primary in August 2010. “When Lynn was elected, [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:04am EST
  by Craig Orndorff

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• One Wonders

  —From On High

  I'm reminded of Virginia's Congressman James Moran, the kind of annoyance that you'd want to lock your door to keep away from:
  The Mystery of Harry Reid
  By James Taranto, Best of the Web
  
  Some have speculated that [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid is simply "losing it"--but from [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:57am EST
  

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• No, The First Priority Should Be JOBS!!!

  —Blue Virginia

  Sorry, Congressman Connolly, but you are dead wrong about this:
  U.S. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today signed by 13 other freshman Democrats urging the use of a "substantial portion" of unspent or repaid Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:51pm EST
  

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• Verga: In VA-5, NRCC Must Stop the Hurt and Do Nothing

  —Bearing Drift

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  Guest post by Laurence Verga

  After the absolute debacle that was NY-23, you would think the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) would learn from its mistakes and stop supporting liberal candidates, especially in primaries.

  Unfortunately they have not.

  I know this because the NRCC has endorsed my most [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:45pm EST
  by jr@bearingdrift.com (J.R. Hoeft)

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• CBO puts the Defecit currently at $292 Billion Dollars

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: The U.S. government racked up a gaping shortfall in the first two months of this fiscal year after posting a record budget deficit last year, congressional analysts said on Friday....In October and November, the government spent $292 billion more than it took in, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

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• Post Turtle

  —Where's Eric Cantor?

  The blogosphere is buzzing with the news Think Progress reported yesterday that Eric Cantor could not think of a single Republican idea for job creation. Steve Benen offers the day’s most entertaining take with an analogy I wish I had come up with. Eric Cantor as a congressional leader is a classic [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:34pm EST
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