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Reid Confident On Eve Of Health Bill's Debut

The Hill | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Evan Bayh, Mitch McConnell, Senate Finance Committee, Public Option, Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Kent Conrad, Mark Warner, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Ben Nelson, Politics News

A day before delivery of the Senate's long-awaited healthcare bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday struck a cautiously optimistic tone...

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Democratic Senators Summoned To White House

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Arlen Specter, Evan Bayh, White House, Mark Pryor, President Obama, Michael Bennet, Herb Kohl, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Senators, Tom Carper, Bill Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Mark Begich, Mark Warner, Joe Lieberman, Jeanne Shaheen, Claire McCaskill, Kay Hagan, Politics News

ABC News has learned that President Obama will be meeting with 16 Democratic senators (and one "Independent Democrat") this afternoon at the White Hou...

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Now It's Our Turn To Stand Up For Clean Energy.

James Boyce | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, President of the United States, Senator, Barack Obama, Green Jobs, Climate Change, Health Care Reform, Jim Webb, Mark Warner, Claire McCaskill, Health Care, Global Warming, Green News
James Boyce

With clean energy, as with health care, there is the opposition of a well-funded minority willing to distort, lie, distract and do anything they can to delay action.

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Senate May Narrow Proposed Regulatory Role For Fed

Washington Post | Brady Dennis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Banking Committee, Barney Frank, Mark Warner, President Obama, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Chris Dodd, Chamber of Commerce, Ted Kennedy, House Financial Services Committee, Politics News

The Obama administration's vision for revamping the nation's financial regulatory system could face significant revisions in the Senate, where propose...

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Creigh Deeds Distances Himself From Dem Leadership: "I'm Sure They Wouldn't Know Me"

Washington Post | Anita Kumar and Rosalind S. Helderman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Virginia Governors Race, Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, Nancy Pelosi, Bob Mcdonnell, Harry Reid, Creigh Deeds, Politics News

BUENA VISTA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Virginia's political candidates joined high school cheerleaders, pint-size beauty queens and Shriners driving miniature c...

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Newt Gingrich's Health Care Strategy in 1994: "Bipartisanship"

Adam Green | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pccc, Newt Gingrich, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Mark Warner, Politics News
Adam Green

History repeats itself, and Democrat after Democrat seems intent on playing right into the hands of Gingrich and other reform opponents.

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Maria, Maria! Washington's Maria Cantwell Voted 'Sexiest Senator' (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Slidepoll, Evan Bayh, Slideshow, Sherrod Brown, Poll, Maria Cantwell, John Thune, Sexiest Senator, Senator Maria Cantwell, Mark Warner, Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate, Style Style News, Huffington Post Sexiest Senator, Style News

Last week we asked you to select the sexiest senator on Capitol Hill. Nearly 40,000 of you voted, and although many of you wrote in former Illinois S...

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Sexiest Senators: Who's The Hottest On The Hill? (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Sexiest Senator, Slidepoll, Evan Bayh, Senate, Style, Poll, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Mark Warner, Slideshow, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Thune, Style News

The 100 members of the U.S. Senate are constantly in the public eye, so we couldn't help but notice that from the legislative floor to D.C. nightlife,...

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Terry McAuliffe, All That Was Wrong With the Democratic Party

Mark Nickolas | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, John McCain, Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, Terry McAuliffe, Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Terry Mcauliffe Virginia Governor, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Nader's accusation goes to the heart of the good ol' boy politics that McAuliffe represents and the very type which Obama sought to push out of the DNC's inner circle.

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50 Most Fascinating People of 2008

Mike Smith | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, David Calhoun, Craig Newmark, Obama, Bill Burton, Arianna Huffington, President Obama, Google, Dana Delaney, Barack Obama Campaign, Tim Kaine, Social Networking, Terry McAuliffe, Howard Dean, Samir Randolph, Matthew Modine, Anne Hathaway, Jen Arnold, Madeleine Albright, Brian O'shaugnessy, Reid Hoffman, David Axelrod, Craigslist, Mark Warner, New York Times, Washington Post, Jen Pilat, Richard Schiff, Media News
Mike Smith

Working with Craig Newmark of craigslist changed my life. In terms of his approach to "doing well by doing good" and creating social responsibility ties -- I was inspired.

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Creating a "Working Majority for Change": The Great American Heartland Initiative

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Working Majority for Change, Urban Minorities, Heartland America, Economy, Barack Obama, Mark Warner, Politics News
Paul Abrams

In one of his last interviews prior to election day, Barack Obama said that he considered his biggest challenge as President would be creating a "work...

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Surge Of New Voters and Obama Campaign Efforts Tipping Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Soccer Moms, John McCain, Iraw War, Peter J. Boyer, Tim Kaine, OffTheBus News, Football, Barack Obama Polls, Barack Obama Taxes, Information Technology, Joe Biden, Race, Wall Street Journal, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Virginia, New Yorker, Obama Rally, Voter Registration, Tipping Point, Mark Warner, Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, White Voters, Home News
Diane Tucker

During the primaries Obama got trounced in southwestern Virginia. "Presence really matters," Gov. Kaine told Obama. "Go and show 'em you're really interested."

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Obama's Reverse Coattails

Andy Rosenberg | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Virginia General Election, Phil English, Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania Democrats, Mark Warner, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Kathy Dahlkemper, Politics News
Andy Rosenberg

An interesting thing has happened in the months since the primary. For a variety of reasons, it is Obama who is being helped by a strong down ticket surge in pivotal regions across the country.

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Warner Takes National Stage

Mike Smith | Posted 09.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic National Convention Denver, Economy, Mark Warner Keynote Speech, Mark Warner, Democratic Convention, Home News
Mike Smith

Too few Americans really knew keynote speaker Mark Warner's story before this week. He did commit to winning the Senate seat in Virginia, serving six years and waiting, biding his time.

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Democrats Hope for Future; Republicans Trickle On It

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Off Shore Drilling, Foreclosures, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Green Jobs, Trickle Down, Middle Class, Renewable Energy, Joe Biden, Denver, Democrats, Barack Obama, Unemployment, Inflation, Mark Warner, Mcsame, Hillary Clinton, Nextel, Republicans, Democratic Convention, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

The most fundamental difference in how Democrats and Republicans view middle class Americans revealed itself inadvertently in speeches during the second night of the convention in Denver.

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Democratic Senate Contenders Introduced at Dem Convention

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Mark Udall, Democratic Convention, Democratic Senate, And Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Mark Warner, Swing Senate Seats, Jeanne Shaheen, Tom Allen, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Wednesday in Denver the party introduced reporters and voters to the new faces Democratic leaders have proactively recruited to challenge vulnerable incumbent Republican senators.

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Catch Up With Tuesday's Enviro Action At The DNC

Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Governor Brian Schweitzer, Democratic National Convention, Obama DNC, Virginia Senate Mark Warner, Mark Warner, DNC McCain, Brian Schweitzer, Democratic Convention Denver, Brian Schweitzer Dnc, Hillary Clinton Dnc, Hillary Clinton, Green, Green Dnc, Green News, Green News

Energy policy and climate change were some of the main topics at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. Huffington Post and Grist blogger Kate...

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Hillary's Best Line: Were You In It For Me?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iphone, Deval Patrick, Jr., Bob Casey, Twin Cities, Maverick, Dnc Speeches, Mark Warner, Hillary Clinton Supporters, Harriet Tubman, Housing Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Sidekick, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

That's the one that showed me that she genuinely did her best to actually convince her followers that they had to support Barack Obama. That's not a half-hearted effort.

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Former Gov. Warner: Party must seize opportunity

AP | WALTER R. MEARS | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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DENVER — Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, keynoting the Democratic National Convention, said Tuesday that American voters "have one shot to get...

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Former Governor Mark Warner Talks Energy And The DNC

Grist.org | Kate Sheppard | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Virginia, Democratic National Convention, Energy Policy, Mark Warner, Green News

"I'm a big believer that to get the American people to agree on transformative change, you've got to show bipartisan support," Virginia Democratic Sen...

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Mark Warner Democratic Convention Speech: Text

Huffington Post | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Scroll down for the full text of Mark Warner speech. Watch the speech. From the AP: Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, keynoting the Democratic Na...

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How to Grab the Attention of Undecided Voters

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Mark Warner, Soccer Moms, Blue Collar, US Military, John McCain, Deval Patrick, Middle Class, Kathleen Sebelius, Sex Offenders, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Rural Communities, National Guard, Keynote Speech, School Uniforms, State of the Union Address, Medicare, Health Care, Lower-Income, Dnc, Democratic National Convention, 2008 Election, Denver, Politics News
Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Small details, exact costs, specifics, particulars -- all are fatal to a convention speech. Just ask Bill Clinton as he walked off the podium after delivering his keynote address at the 1988 Democratic Convention.

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Please, Democrats, Attack

Paul Begala | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Michelle Obama, Democratic National Convention, Negative Attacks, Mark Warner, Mark Warner Barack Obama, Democrats, 2008 Election, Mark Warner Keynote, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Obama Campaign, Denver, Paul Begala, Politics News
Paul Begala

If the Democrats do not spend the remaining days of their convention -- hell, the remaining days of the campaign -- in an all-out assault on the ruinous Bush-McCain policies, they will lose.

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Inside The Democratic Convention

Bill Marovitz | Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Democratic Convention, Mayor Daley Convention, Michelle Obama, Obama Convention, Invesco Field Speech, Joe Biden, Inside the Democratic Convention, Barack Obama, Joe Biden Convention, Illinois Delegation, Denver Convention, Bill Clinton Convention, Mark Warner, Rahm Emanuel Convention, Mike Madigan Convention, Democratic Convention News, Chicago News
Bill Marovitz

There will be a very large contingent from Illinois who don't want to miss a chance to view history in the making. If you're one of them, let me know. I want to hear your take on what's happening in Denver--and why it matters to everyone back in Chicago.

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Virginia Dems Rally In The Shenandoah Valley

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Virginia Democrats, Warner Virginia, Mitch Stewart, Warner Democrat, Sam Rasoul, Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Obama, Warner Keynote, John Warner, Warner Obama, Virginia Grassroots, Mark Warner Barack Obama, Mark Warner, Obama Virginia, Home News
Lisa Solod Warren

Increasingly Democratic Virginia hosted an enormous Party rally this weekend. Scheduled convention keynote speaker Mark Warner, however, had to address the crowd by phone from the hospital, having fell victim to teenage speed and muscle on the basketball court.

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