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Va Senate Passes Adoption Discrimination Bill

Legislation allowing private adoption agencies to discriminate against gay prospective parents is on its way to Virginia's governor, who has said he will sign it.

Drug Testing Bill On House Committee Agenda

Legislation to require drug testing of Virginia welfare recipients is on a legislative committee's docket.

President Obama Touting Payroll Tax Cut Extension Deal

President Obama will be joined at the White House on Tuesday by taxpayers who stand to benefit from a payroll tax cut extension.

Gingrich: President Obama Has 'Anti-American' Energy Policy

Newt Gingrich asserts that President Obama pursues an "outrageously anti-American" energy policy that snubs the Keystone oil pipeline and puts too much stock in electric car technology to wean the country from foreign oil dependency.

Santorum: Global Warming Is Politics, Not Science

Rick Santorum says President Obama is pushing a radical environmental agenda that unwisely limits energy production and turns its back on science

Va. Senate Panel Kills Electronic Tracking Bill

A Senate committee rejected legislation that would have made it illegal to secretly use an electronic device to track a person's movements.

Congress Sends Payroll Tax Cut Bill To President

Congress on Friday approved legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Obama's jobs agenda in a rare burst of Washington bipartisanship.

House Ban On Gay Adoptions Survives Va. Senate Panel

A Senate committee has endorsed a House-passed bill allowing private child placement agencies to deny adoptions for gays or others who offend their religious or moral teaching.

Anne Arundel Deadlocked On Replacement For Jones

The Anne Arundel County Council is deadlocked over a vote to appoint a replacement to a seat vacated by a convicted councilman.

House Speaker Says Payroll Tax Bill Won't Add Jobs

Capitol Hill negotiators unveiled hard-fought compromise legislation to keep 160 million workers from a payroll tax hike.

State Sen. Rob Garagiola Doesn't Support Gas Tax

State Sen. Rob Garagiola says he doesn't support Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to apply Maryland's 6-percent sales tax to gasoline purchases.

Military Leaders Warn Of Dangers Of Automatic Cuts

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is pleading with Congress to avert automatic, across-the-board cuts that would mean an additional half-trillion reduction in defense beginning next January.

Government To Carmakers: Harness Dashboard Technology

House GOP Lawmakers Push Plan To Update 'No Child Left Behind'

House Republicans are pushing ahead with a plan to update the federal No Child Left Behind education law by shifting more control to states and school districts.

Payroll Tax Cut Extension Deal Reached Overnight

The deal between Democrats and Republicans means no cut in your paycheck, but unemployment benefits won't last as long.

House Leaders Praise Emerging Payroll Tax Cut Deal

Congressional leaders of both parties praised an emerging deal Wednesday to extend a payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, but cautioned that bargainers still had to nail down final details.

President Obama Adviser: Santorum Takes 'Divisive Positions'

On Obama's Budget, Govt. Keeps Growing Despite Cuts

President Barack Obama unveiled a record $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan Monday.

President Obama Tweaks Birth Control Policy

President Obama announced a plan today that attempts to accommodate certain religious employers opposed to a rule that would require them to provide access to birth control for women free of charge.

Ethics Panel Looking At Chairman's Stock Trades

The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says he's cooperating with an Office of Government Ethics investigation into his stock trades and expects to be exonerated.