(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate passed a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill Thursday aiming to avoid a government shutdown deadline of midnight Friday.
The bill’s passage comes after a chaotic week that included an address to Congress from the Ukrainian President, a rush of opposition from some Republicans, and looming winter storms that could leave travelers stranded… Read more »
"Dropped early this morning is a 4,155-page $1.7 TRILLION spending bill, and they’re expecting us to pass it without time to read it? This is what’s wrong with Washington: late night, back room deals to spend more of YOUR MONEY," Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., wrote.
Republican congressman Ben Cline of Virginia said Tuesday on Newsmax that the $1.7 trillion bipartisan spending package is "a countdown for this country to insolvency."
On "Spicer & Co.," the representative insisted "members should be ashamed to vote for" the 4,155-page omnibus bill, which includes nearly 3,000 earmarks and "$2 billion for the Department of Defense to… Read more »
VERONA — Sixth District Rep. Ben Cline began a Verona town hall Thursday night with a promise to the small crowd huddled inside Armstrong’s Restaurant on a frigid December night.
“Come January, there will be an agenda for the American people,” said Cline of the new Republican majority in the U.S. House that will be seated in early January.
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(WSET) — Billions of dollars were misappropriated and thousands of investors were defrauded. These are the claims the Department of Justice is making against the international cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and its founder and former CEO Samuel Bankman-Fried.
Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday night at his home in the Bahamas and is facing an eight-count indictment of financial… Read more »
It has been over five months since vandals attacked Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, shattering windows and spray-painting a threatening message outside the building. No arrests have been announced.
The radical pro-abortion group Jane’s Revenge took credit for the attack, which occurred the night after the Supreme Court issued its June 24… Read more »
The Commonwealth and beyond are mourning the loss of Virginia Del. Ronnie Campbell.
Campbell, who has served as a delegate for Virginia for nearly three years, passed away following a long fight with cancer, according to a statement on his Facebook page.
He represented the 24th district, which covers Rockbridge and Bath Counties, parts of Amherst and Augusta Counties and the independent… Read more »
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Delegate Ronnie Campbell, who represented the 24th district of Virginia, is dead at 68 after his "hard-fought battle with cancer."
On Tuesday morning, a statement was released to the public sharing that Campbell had died.
"We are heartbroken to announce the passing of Delegate Ronnie Campbell, after a hard fought battle with cancer. Delegate… Read more »
ROANOKE — Del. Ronnie Campbell, R-Rockbridge, is remembered as a husband, father, grandfather and friend, according to a statement on his passing.
Campbell died after a hard-fought battle with cancer, said a statement published Tuesday morning on his social media accounts.
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It has been over five months since vandals attacked Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, shattering windows and spray-painting a threatening message outside the building. No arrests have been announced.
The radical pro-abortion group Jane’s Revenge took credit for the attack, which occurred the night after the Supreme Court issued its June 24… Read more »
