Ryan Newcomb
The Commonwealth of Virginia, the first state in the New World to be colonized by the English and the mother of more Presidents in U.S. history than any other state, will play a key role in the upcoming election. Although Virginia’s greatest politician and intellectual, Thomas Jefferson, helped found the Democratic Party during the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Current Events’
October 7, 2008
Iran Forces Plane To Land
Ryan Newcomb
Today the Iranian media claimed that Iranian fighter jets forced a US plane to land after it violated the Islamic Republic’s airspace. Iran’s Fars News Agency reported that the plane was headed for Afghanistan and was carrying five American military officials and three civilians, all of whom were released after a day of interrogation [...]
October 2, 2008
US-India Nuclear Deal
Ryan Newcomb
For the past two weeks all eyes have been on the Congressional vote for the “Bailout” bill. However, bailing out America’s corporate elite hasn’t been the only roll call on the Hill this week. Though hardly covered by the media, in a landslide 86-13 vote the Senate agreed on Wednesday October 1st to give [...]
September 30, 2008
What Do You Think?
Ryan Newcomb
Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives voted against the “Wall Street Bailout” bill (H R 3997). Below are the final results of the vote.
DEMOCRAT: 140 AYES, 95 NOES
REPUBLICAN: 65 AYES, 133 NOES, 1 NOT VOTING
TOTALS: 205 AYES, 228 NOES
Here is how Virginia’s Congressmen voted:
AYES:
Eric I. Cantor (R)
James P. Moran (D)
Rick [...]
