Gerry Connolly

Some Things Are Just Unacceptable

David Isenberg | Posted 04.02.2012

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This is not some merely some picayune issue for bureaucrats to fuss over. As Sen. Portman testified, "This is about something much more fundamental, and that's who we are as a people. It's about respecting and protecting human dignity."

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House Dems Cry Foul Over Rejected Mailings, Ask Boehner To Intervene

Roll Call | Daniel Newhauser | Posted 08.14.2011

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Democratic House Members are lashing out at Republican leadership over rejected mass mailings, saying their messages lambasting the GOP budget plan an...

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Obama Ignites Partisan Firestorm

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Gerry Connolly, President Barack Obama, Budget, Emanuel Cleaver, John Larson, Elections 2012, Jeb Hensarling, Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Fiscal Policy, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama succeeded in uniting his party and reminding Republicans who lives in the White House with his first major fiscal...

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Gun Control Group's Ad Campaign Could Help Endangered Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bryan Lentz, Pat Meehan, Gerry Connolly, Rocky Raczkowski, Keith Fimian, Tom Ganley, Gun Control Ads, Betty Sutton, Gary Peters, Video, Politics News

Americans United for Safe Streets, a non-partisan group advocating gun control, is set to launch a seven-figure ad campaign Thursday targeting candida...

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Dems Make $21.6 Million Ad Buy In Last Ditch Effort To Save House

Hotline On Call | By Eliza Newlin Carney | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is making a last ditch effort to survive a GOP wave by blanketing the airwaves in more than 60 distric...

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Bush Tax Cuts Spur Disagreement Among Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic Reps. Tom Perriello and Gerry Connolly of Virginia say their party should stay on message this election season, but it's hard to do that wh...

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Rangel Ethics Trial A Distraction, Say House Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frontline Democratic lawmakers Rep. Tom Perriello of Virginia, who is in an uphill battle for reelection, and Rep. Gerry Connolly of Northern Virginia...

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Leaked Documents Give Liberals New Ammo

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikileaks, Gerry Connolly, Pakistan, John Kerry, Taliban, Afghanistan, Afpak, Robert Gibbs, John Kerry Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News

The Obama administration is facing new headaches over its war policy with the unauthorized release of tens of thousands of military records painting a...

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Jobs Crisis Persists As Democrats Lose Appetite To Fight It

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Gerry Connolly, Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Insurance, Jobs, Unemployment Rate, Jason Altmire, Politics News

A dreadful unemployment report showing that the private sector hired only 41,000 workers in May suggested Friday that the jobs crisis in America is no...

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Deficit Eclipses Jobs In Congress: 'Nickel-And-Diming The Most Fragile People'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Late on Thursday evening, Democrats were arguing on the House floor over the size of a jobs bill that was two days overdue for a vote when word starte...

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With Talk of Hitler and Socialism Seniors in Virginia Air Grievances on Health Care

Joseph Freeman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gerry Connolly, Health Care Town Hall, Obamacare, Reston-Virginia, Health Care, Virginia Town Hall, Politics News

Signs ranged from the simple ("Read The Bill Gerry," "Obamacare is bad medicine") to the sinister, with one man waving a yellow flag featuring a recoiled rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread On Me" below the reptile.

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Pro-Choice Victories in the 2008 Election

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night, while standing just a few feet from the podium from which our next pro-choice president spoke, I was overcome with pride and emotion.

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2008 Virginia CD-11 General Election:
Fimian (R) vs Connolly (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

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VA-11: Fimian vs Connolly

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