During these first 100 days, President Obama has: Taken steps to repair our economy and put us back on the road to long-term prosperity:

updated 4.25.2009 George Chancellor Rawlings Jr., a Fredericksburg attorney who became a liberal force in Virginia politics, died Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. Funeral services are set for 3 pm Sunday at Massaponax Baptist Church in Fredericksburg (5101 Massaponax Church Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22407; map, click here). George broke the
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Always supporters of the environment and environmental causes, Democrats in Lee can help support Earth Day 2009 by volunteering to plant native shrub and tree seedlings on Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26th from 10 am to 2 pm each day in the Thompson Creek Riparian Planting on the Mason Neck peninsula. This area
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009 4-6 pm Susie Warner’s house (6229 Edison Drive Alexandria, VA 22310; map: http://tinyurl.com/warner-home) Add to calendar (open, then save) Please join Delegate Mark Sickles with Special Guest Honorable Brian J. Moran for his 2009 Campaign Kick-Off. Suggested donation – $25.00 (Benefactor – $2500; Patron – $1000; Sponsor – $500; Host –
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$125,000,000. That’s how much of our money won’t be coming here to help struggling Virginia families, thanks to a partisan maneuver by Bob McDonnell and the Virginia House Republicans. They chose to reject $125 million of our federal stimulus money, sending it back to Washington instead of boosting Virginia’s economy and helping Virginia families. It’s time
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cross-posted from 7-West Virginians are hurting. This year, thousands of people have lost their jobs. They didn’t do anything wrong. But the economic tsunami has caused layoffs, plant closings, and the complete shut-down of Virginia employers. So yesterday [April 8th], Governor Kaine proposed a solution that would provide $125 million in benefits for these jobless
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