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Horrible events in Buchanan County
Mar 14 2011
On Sunday, two deputies in Buchanan County were killed and two others were injured in a shoot-out with a robbery suspect. More details are available at the Bristol Herald Courier website. A representative from our office will attend tonight’s community candlelight vigil at the Buchanan County Courthouse to deliver this message from Senator Warner:
A Great Day in Roanoke and Southwest
Mar 14 2011
This past Saturday, the Senator was able to get down to Roanoke and Southwest Virginia for a full-day of events. The day began in Roanoke, where the Senator walked (ok, actually ran) in the Saint Patrick’s Parade. The jog through downtown allowed the Senator to meet and shake hands with the thousands in attendance that were decked out in green, and maroon and orange -- surely a hold-over from a night of celebrating a Virginia Tech win in the ACC tournament.
Forward motion
Mar 10 2011
Since Monday’s town hall with business leaders in Richmond, the bipartisan efforts of Senators Warner and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) have gotten more attention. Their role in leading the so-called “Gang of Six” in proposing a responsible, long-range plan to cut spending, reform taxes and strengthen entitlement programs like Social Security has been endorsed by newspapers across Virginia.
WSJ: Deficit-Cut Salesmen Hit the Road
Mar 08 2011
A bipartisan group of senators is close to proposing legislation they hope will force Congress to tackle the federal government's ballooning debt, and they have begun a road show to win public support.
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner has a plan to save America from financial catastrophe. It's one the Virginia Democratic senator has been working on for months, under the radar, and with an unlikely ally — Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia.
If the United States is to avoid "financial Armageddon" because of its dangerously high federal debt, Washington needs to adopt a package of dramatic reforms that include cutting government spending by trillions, rolling back entitlement programs in future years and changing the tax system, two U.S. senators said Monday.
Senator Warner on the budget
Mar 08 2011
Senator Warner will vote against the House spending proposal because it is short-sighted and could harm the country’s economic competitiveness. The Senator is a leader of a bipartisan group of Senators working for a more responsible, long-range blueprint to cut our deficits and debt.
Washington Post: 'Gang of 6' senators launch public campaign to support deficit reduction
Mar 08 2011
While Washington bickers noisily over cutting a small slice of the federal budget, Sens. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, and Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, launched a campaign Monday to convince the public that merely cutting spending will do little to tame the $14 trillion national debt.
While the Obama administration and Congressional Republicans fight in Washington over cutting a small slice of the federal budget, deficit hawks from both parties have taken to the road to persuade the public that the only way to really fix the nation’s finances is to shrink the growth of popular entitlement programs and to raise revenues.
Most lawmakers in Washington are preoccupied these days with paying the government's bills for the next couple of weeks or the next six months. But the real problem is the much larger debt looming in the distance. That's why a small, bipartisan group of senators, dubbed the "Gang of Six," has been meeting to focus on the longer term and how to deal with the government's mounting debt.
