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The Startup Act 2.0 Offers Immigration Solutions That Will Create American Jobs

David Leopold | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Immigration, Bipartisanship, Economy, Startup Act 2.0, Marco Rubio, Startup Act, Chris Coons, Mark Warner, Jerry Moran, Politics News

The proposal recognizes that the best way to attract foreign born entrepreneurs is to create a business investment/job creation friendly path to citizenship.

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Pelosi Says Boehner 'Wants To Go Over The Edge'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Russ Feingold, John-Boehner, Video, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Simpson-Bowles, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Warner, Elections 2012, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday of "want[ing] to go over the edge" when it comes ...

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A Bad Call in Richmond

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Virginia, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Equality, Mark Warner, Dadt, LGBT Rights, Jim Webb, Barack Obama, Tracy Thorne-Begland, Politics News

As the Washington Post pointed out, you can be a gun-rights activist in the old Dominion and get a judgeship in Virginia, but you can't be a gay rights advocate and get approved by the the same assembly in Richmond.

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Kentucky Derby 2012: Betting on Candidates the Way You'd Bet on a Horse

Howard Fineman | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Martin O'Malley, Kentucky Derby Gop, Antonio Villaraigosa, Kentucky Derby Politics, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby 2012, Mark Warner, Derby, Kentucky Derby Huffington Post, Kentucky Derby Fineman, Politics News

The crowds here don't "look like America." This is a whiter, older, more Anglo and more Southern scene. This makes it a magnet for politicians, not so much for the old reason, publicity, as for the proximity of money.

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White House Party Crasher Crashes New Poll

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Tareq Salahi, Virginia, Tareq Salahi Governor, Video, The Real Housewives of Washington DC, Virginia Governors Race, Tareq Salahi Virginia Governor, Mark Warner, Bill Bolling, Tom Perriello, Ken Cuccinelli, Tareq Salahi Approval Rating, Slideexpand, Politics News

TV personality and White House party crasher Tareq Salahi "has the dubious designation of being one of the least popular people we've ever polled," ac...

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The Coolest 2012 Commencement Speakers

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Video, College Commencements, Commencement, Commencement Speeches, Commencement 2012, James Earl Jones, College Graduation, Barbara Walters, Commencement Speakers, Mark Warner, Ira Glass, Commencement Line Up, Commencement Central, Slidepollajax, 2012 Graduates, College News

We gave you round one, now here's round two of some of the 2012 commencement speakers we're excited about. Being journalists and admitted nerds, Hu...

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Democratic Presidential Possibilities: 20 in 2016

Robert Guttman | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: 2016, Andrew Cuomo, Democratic Primary, Rahm Emanuel, Martin O'Malley, Mark Warner, Mark Beebe, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, Politics News

President Cuomo. President O'Malley. President Warner. President Beebe. It may seem strange in the middle of the 2012 presidential contest to be look...

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Problems Possible With Nearly 65,000 Graves At Arlington

The Washington Post | Christian Davenport | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Arlington Graves Misplaced, Arlington National Cemetery, US Army, John Schrader, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation, Mark Warner, DC News

After a year-long effort to account for every grave at Arlington National Cemetery, Army officials said Thursday that there might be problems, some as...

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Lawmakers Fight Internet Censorship

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Stop Sopa, Sopa Piracy, Ron Wyden, Maria Cantwell, Economy, Darrell Issa, Mpaa, Jobs, Protect IP, Zoe Lofgren, Sopa, Sopa Alternative, Issa, Internet, Tech, Video, Rand Paul, Piracy, Internet Censorship, Mark Warner, Jason Chaffetz, Internet Piracy, Censorship, Riaa, Hollywood, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan cadre of lawmakers proposed a new framework for an anti-piracy bill late Thursday night, hoping to derail leading legislati...

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Anti-Health Care Law Crusader Will Run For Governor, Says GOP Official

AP | By BOB LEWIS | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Virginia, Video, Ken Cuccinelli Governor Candidacy, Ken Cuccinelli Governor, Health Care Law, Health Care Lawsuit, Mark Warner, Bill Bolling, Ken Cuccinelli, Ken Cuccinelli Virginia, Ken-Cuccinelli, Ken Cuccinelli Health Care Lawsuit, Robert Mcdonnell, Politics News

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's crusading conservative attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has decided to run for governor in 2013, touching off a fierce, t...

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Supercommittee Making Little Progress, Lawmakers Warn

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Video, Tom Coburn, Debt Deal, Mark Warner, Supercommittee, Deficit Reduction, Gang of Six, Jeb Hensarling, Deficit Supercommittee, Politics News

Democrats and Republicans on the congressional supercommittee tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in federal savings are still far apart on a n...

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The 5 Wealthiest Members of Congress

InvestingAnswers | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Congress, John Rockefeller, Darrell Issa, Michael Mccaul, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Congress Wealth, Wealthiest Members of Congress, Business News

Members of Congress have continued to see their wealth grow. Many saw their fortunes increase by millions of dollars. Here are the five members of Congress with the highest net worth, according to their 2010 financial disclosures.

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Labor Day Stories: Unions and Businesses Forging Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Aft, Randi Weingarten, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Afl-Cio, Lindsey Graham, Tom Donohue, Damon Silvers, p3s, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Alcoa, Richard Trumka, US Chamber of Commerce, United Food and Commercial Workers, Clinton Global Initiative, Business News

Here are 5 ways that labor unions are advancing private-investment-driven solutions to our crisis, and promoting export-led growth -- in partnership with businesses.

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Unions Go After Gang Of Six Plan: 'It Would Kill Jobs'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Deficit, Debt, Gang of Six Debt Plan, Tom Coburn, Social Security, Debt Ceiling, Spending Cuts, Kent Conrad, Debt Limit, Dick Durbin, Mark Warner, Mike Crapo, Gang of Six, Medicare, Saxby Chambliss, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Unions are coming down hard on the so-called "Gang of Six" deficit-cutting plan, blasting the bipartisan proposal with a harsh ad set to...

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Gang Of Six Unveils Debt-Reduction Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.18.2011

WASHINGTON -- More than half the Senate was convened early Tuesday morning by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) for a briefing on a deficit-reduction plan bein...

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A New Debt Ceiling Proposal: a Future Fund

Michael Likosky | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Public-Private-Partnership, Infrastructure, Small Business Administration, Debt Ceiling, American Infrastructure Financing Authority, National Infrastructure Bank, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Clean Energy, Lindsey Graham, Barack Obama, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Competes Act, Politics News

The idea of shared sacrifice as a public value is fine. However, why should many Americans, who have become accustomed to shouldering most of the sacrifice, get excited about taking on additional burdens?

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Clinton Global Initiative America: Problem-Solvers Not Provocateurs

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Public-Private-Partnerships, Msnbc, National Infrastructure Bank, Rahm Emanuel, John Kerry, Pritzker Family Foundation, Judith Rodin, Mark Warner, Laura Tyson, Fox News, Lindsey Graham, Rockefeller Foundation, Barack Obama, Kay Bailey Hutchison, nBill Clinton, Impact News

Over the last two days, a group of businesses, non-profits, and public officials came together in Chicago at the Clinton Global Initiative to find ways putting Americans back to work in a way that contributes to everyone's bottom line.

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Let Wave Two Begin -- Obama, Geithner and an Infrastructure Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.24.2011

In a time of budgetary crisis, an Infrastructure Bank can finance an infrastructure platform for surge manufacturing.

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Fareed Zakaria's Republican Case for a National Infrastructure Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Public-Private-Partnerships, Infrastructure, American Infrastructure Financing Authority, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Afl-Cio, Tom Donohue, Lindsey Graham, Fareed Zakaria, US Chamber of Commerce, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Zakaria begins to make the case for Republican and Tea Party support. Let's flesh it out a bit.

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Sen. Mark Warner Receives Big Contributions From JPMorgan During Deficit Talks

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Debt, Deficit, JPMorgan Chase, Carried Interest, Mark Warner, 112th Congress, Gang of Six, Capital Gains, Deficit Commission, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- During the first three months of 2011 employees of JPMorgan Chase piled in campaign contributions to the campaign committee of Sen. Mark...

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America: 21st Century's First Emerging Economy

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Public-Private-Partnerships, Deficit, Infrastructure, Build Act, National Infrastructure Bank, American Infrastructure Financing Authority, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Bernard Schwartz, Clean Energy, Lindsey Graham, Kay Bailey Hutchison, American Infrastructure Bank, Politics News

By most accounts, our representatives in Washington will find a way of raising the debt ceiling to avert financial crisis. However, our deficit is not going away anytime soon.

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From Shared Sacrifice to Shared Prosperity

Michael Likosky | Posted 07.28.2011

Read More: Wall St Journal, Infrastructure, Tea Party, Regulatory Review, American Infrastructure Financing Authority, Public-Private-Partnerships, John Kerry, Mark Warner, McKinsey Global Institute, Lindsey Graham, Deficit, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Politics News

Today, we would rather bicker amongst ourselves than find ways of working together as a team to open up the economy, and rapidly grow our pie. As a result, we find ourselves embracing a no-jobs in our back yard philosophy.

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Rebuilding America Is Job One

Will Marshall | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Investments, U.S. Economy, Congress, Modern Infrastructure, Jobs, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barack Obama, Infrastructure, High-Speed Rail, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Rosa DeLauro, Budget Deficit, China, Productivity, Department of Transportation, Politics News

A big national push to build modern infrastructure will ensure America's return to being an engine of production. That's why Congress needs to make room for a National Infrastructure Bank to rebuild America.

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All Eyes On 'Gang Of Six' As Deficit Deal Negotiations Continue

Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Tom Coburn, Debt Ceiling, Saxby Chambliss, Deficit, Gang of 6, Dick Durbin, Deficit Deal, Debt Limit, Kent Conrad, Mike Crapo, Gang of Six, Mark Warner, Debt Ceilling Vote, Debt Limit Deal, Debt Ceiling Deal, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- They have met in almost total secrecy for months, holed up in an office on Capitol Hill: three Republican and three Democratic senat...

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'Gang Of Six' May Go After Social Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Social Security, Gang of Six Social Security, Social Security Cuts, Mark Warner, Gang of Six, Senator Mark Warner, Social Security Reform, Mark Warner Social Security, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan "gang of six" may recommend changes to Social Security as part of its deficit-reduction plan, even though some Democrats ...

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