Frank Wolf

GOP Rejects $20 Million Increase For Violence Against Women Programs

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.10.2012

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House Republicans voted down an amendment to an appropriations bill on Thursday that would have increased funding for Violence Against Women Preventio...

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George Clooney, Congressmen To Protest At Sudan Embassy

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.16.2012

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WASHINGTON — George Clooney and his father were arrested Friday during a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy, and the actor said he has asked P...

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FBI Warns Of New Terrorist Threat

AP | Posted 03.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that terrorists may seek to train their own recruits or hire outsiders with an eye toward pur...

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Congressman Wants Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial Design Rejected

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON — A Virginia congressman asked a federal panel Friday to reject a design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Wa...

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Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan

Matthew Hoh | Posted 04.07.2012

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Over the last several months, at great risk to his career and personal life, LTC Davis has documented the deliberate misleading of the American people and Congress by the leaders of the Department of Defense. He has done his nation and the U.S. Army a tremendous service.

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GOP Rep Blasts Grover Norquist: 'Ideological Purity Is Paralyzing Congress'

Posted 12.04.2011

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This post has been updated. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) launched a verbal assault on unconventional targets Tuesday, taking aim at Grover Norquist and ...

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American Jobs NOW

Brent Budowsky | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Tip O'neil, Frank Wolf, John Kerry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Lloyd Bentsen, Economy, 9/11 Anniversary, Robert Kennedy, Mitch McConnell, Jobs, Jobless, Democrats, Ben Bernanke, Politics News

I am appalled, sickened, angry, disgusted and outraged by the shameful neglect of jobless Americans that corrupts this capital and poisons our economy while small minds say we have no options, and cold hearts ignore what is happening.

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John Douglass Runs for Congress

Posted 07.06.2011

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By Colin Clark Editor, AOL Defense Washington: John Douglass, the former head of America’s top defense lobby, will run for Congress in the Virgi...

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Ailing 9/11 Responders Aided By Budget Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The new budget passed by Congress Thursday fixes a legislative gaffe that could have killed a new program that helps ailing 9/11 respond...

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Commuter Caucus: 18 Lawmakers Make Daily Trip To DC

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

Each morning, Rep. Robert Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat, drives to Philadelphia, Pa., from his home in Haddon Heights to catch a Washington-bound tra...

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Junkets For Jesus: Congressmen Spend Taxpayer Money Traveling The Globe To Preach To Dictators

Mother Jones | Jeff Sharlet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Adapted from C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy. THE OLDEST AND MOST politically influential Christian conservative organizati...

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Mr. President: Bring us Together... Yes, You Can

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mr. President: I urge you to reject the conventional-wisdom advice to wage a partisan campaign, attacking the "just say no" Republicans and blaming many of our problems on the prior administration.

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Morocco Is a Friend and Must Be Treated as Such

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Freedom, Ambassador Aziz Mekouar, Frank Wolf, Joseph Pitts, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Proselytizing, Nazi Analogies, World News

Those who take up the cause of the American missionaries who were expelled from Morocco for proselytizing would do well to refrain from inappropriate over-the-top rhetoric that could sully ties with a valued ally.

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"C Street" and the Military

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011

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These soldier's appearances on religious programs in uniform isn't just a violation of military regulations, it's a good example of the multiple connections between fundamentalist groups.

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Uighurs Fire Back At Gingrich From Gitmo: "Why Does He Hate Us So Much?"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs, detained for more than six years and counting at the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, are firing back at Newt Ging...

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Republican Rep. To Obama: Appoint Frist Special Envoy To Darfur

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Republican congressman urged the Obama administration Wednesday to not delay in appointing a special envoy for Sudan and floated the name of former ...

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Critics Say U.S. Radio Program for Darfur Goes Soft on Sudan

Sheri Fink | Posted 05.25.2011

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Funded by the U.S. State Department, Radio Afia Darfur, a half-hour shortwave radio program, is beamed three times a day into war-torn Darfur, Sudan, and refugee-packed eastern Chad.

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Congressman Wolf's Henchmen

John Bruhns | Posted 05.25.2011

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It appears as if Congressman Frank Wolf had his Macaca moment -- sort of -- but worse when Staffers from Judy Feder's campaign were assaulted when trying to ask Mr. Wolf a simple question.

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2006 Virginia CD-10 General Election:
Wolf (R-i) vs Feder (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

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VA-10: Wolf vs Feder

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