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Articles 09:00 11/27/2009 Congress: Selling out on American Values for Politics Tom Perriello is latest manifestation of a politician abandoning core beliefs.

It has been less than a month since Republican Bob McDonnell was elected the next governor of Virginia, yet the Charlottesville area already finds itself in the midst of another political competition that is being billed as - apologies if this sounds familiar - a referendum on the policies of President Barack Obama.

In the brisk early morning air, a few shouts among a crowd of more than 1,000 grew to an echoing cheer as a striking blue tour bus rolled into the Barnes & Noble Booksellers' parking lot in Roanoke on Sunday.

WASHINGTON Late on a Saturday night early this month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was able to force through a 1,990-page document by a slim 220-215 margin, and it is now on its way to be debated in the U.S. Senate.

With heavy rain and temperatures in the mid-40s, Woodlawn Baptist Church was filled as the annual Veterans' Day service was moved from Veterans' Memorial Park Thursday.

Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount, by a scant 727 votes in 2008 - is widely anticipated to be atop the national Republican Party's list of targets in next year's mid-term congressional races.

Right after the Democrats' health reform bill passed the House with only a few votes to spare, the Republicans pulled out the poster child of their 1994 takeover of Congress: Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky. Now known as Marjorie Margolies, the former congresswoman from suburban Philadelphia cast a tough, deciding vote for President Bill Clinton's ...

Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., expected all along that he would vote against the Democrats' health care bill.

Saturday's health care reform vote in the House of Representatives may well have been the first shots in the 2010 election.

The House of Representatives narrowly adopted a landmark health care bill with local congressman Tom Perriello casting a key vote in favor of the measure.

Former Fifth District Rep. Virgil Goode often complained about runaway federal spending while simultaneously working hard to get federal money for local projects.

This would suggest so, if Virginia's 5th District congressman doesn't change his liberal ways: Hello, Tipping Point By Kim Strassel, Wall Street Journal On Jan.

Rep. Tom Perriello beat Democrat-turned-independent-turned-Republican Virgil Goode in 2008, thanks in large part to heavy turnout from young voters and blacks.

Lessons from the 2009 election results By: Michael Barone Senior Political Analyst 11/04/09 3:08 AM EST My Wednesday Examiner column, written as the 2009 election returns were coming in, stands up pretty well.

Virginia Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello, one of the most-imperiled House Democrats of the next election cycle, said late Tuesday he will try to work with Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell.

Campbell Co., VA - The first ever executive director of the Christian Coalition was back in the Lynchburg area Friday night speaking to local conservatives.

A candidate for the Fifth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives announced Thursday he is removing himself from the Republican ticket to restructure his campaign as an independent.

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Confident of a party sweep on Nov. 3, about 50 Republicans gathered at Mary's Diner on Tuesday night for their last official meeting of the year.

With a week to go until Election Day, and trailing in the polls, Creigh Deeds is counting on some help from the President.