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A New Alliance for Criminal Justice Reform? Don't Count On It.

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:07:55 GMT

In particular, Liptak's piece focused on a project started by the conservative Heritage Foundation that aims to combat what the think tank calls overcriminalization, a broad term that includes the federalization of crime, the expansion of state...
Source: Reason

'Starting Point'

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:03:49 GMT

Go to Sen. Jim Webb's legislative "home page" and you'd never know the most momentous debate in recent political history is taking place. There's not a mention of health care "reform."
Source: Daily News Record

International Paper lumber mill workers eligible for federal aid

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:54:50 GMT

ISLE OF WIGHT - The 120 former workers at International Paper's shuttered lumber mill near Franklin will be eligible for federal assistance under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner said today.
Source: Hampton Roads Daily Press

Can populism be liberal?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:06:28 GMT

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (left) and Sen. Jim Webb. Background: Protesters rally against government bailouts in New York in April. Is a Jackson revival under way?
Source: Salon

The Clean Energy Act of 2009: A Missed Opportunity for Real Nuclear Energy Policy Reform

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:06:31 GMT

Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Jim Webb (D-VA) recently introduced their bipartisan Clean Energy Act of 2009 (CEA 2009), which aims to create a business and regulatory environment to double nuclear power production in just two decades.
Source: The Heritage Foundation

Guest column: Congress should debate drug policy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:00 GMT

The Nov. 14 guest essay, "Let's Have a Rational Debate on Drug Policy, Senator Grassley," only addresses one piece of a complicated issue. I'd like to provide the full story.
Source: Des Moines Register

Hampton Roads military bases could get $115 million for construction projects

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:57:01 GMT

Legislation that authorizes $115 million in construction at Hampton Roads military bases has sailed through the Senate and will move to the House for consideration.
Source: Hampton Roads Daily Press

Can’t Change Energy Policy Without Revenue

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:14:47 GMT

I think this is a great example of the shortsightedness of alternatives to carbon pricing: Two senators unveiled legislation Monday to double U.S. nuclear energy output in 20 years and foster clean energy options with “mini-Manhattan Projects” named...
Source: Matthew Yglesias

Quoted in 'U.S. Senators unveil bill to double nuclear power'

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:27:57 GMT

Jim Webb said in Reuters Alert Net:

I have a lot of reservations about cap and trade as a concept ... And I have very strong reservations about the notion that we should apply different standards to ourselves in terms of global warming than other countries such as China.

Quoted in 'Today in Washington D. C. - Oct 22, 2009 - Hands off our health care!'

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:45:51 GMT

said in ARRA News Service:

The roll call vote was a field guide to the kind of Democrats who will have to be persuaded that the costs of the broader healthcare bill are fully offset, including Southerners like Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia and fiscal conservatives like Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North Dakota.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:55:11 GMT

U.S. Senator Jim Webb (L) speaks with Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at the Government House in Bangkok August 17, 2009.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:49:24 GMT

U.S. Senator Jim Webb (L) greets Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at the Government House in Bangkok August 17, 2009.

Senator Jim Webb Responds to the President

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:36:55 GMT