Senator Jim Webb

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  These include-in addition to the four key Senators who've threatened filibustering-Montana senators Max Baucus and John Tester, and Virginia senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb.

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  Senators Webb and Warner thrust two hooves up in favor of the pork. Senate Amendment 238 was offered by Senator John Thune of xx to ensure that the $1 trillion spending bill is not used to expand the scope of the Federal Government by adding new spending programs.
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  Senators Webb and Warner kept hooves up in favor of the pork. Senator John Cornyn of Texas offerend Senate Amendment 277 to reduce the income taxes of all working taxpayers. The vote on this amendment was 37 in favor, 60 against.
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  Senators Webb and Warner momentarily lowered their hooves to thrust them into your pockets and prevent the proposed tax cut. And so it went. Meanwhile, President Obama spoke tonight at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa in Williamsburg Virginia (Way too close for me. AF1 landed at Newport News Airport, yards from my house.) In warming up the crowd of House Democrats, the President described his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel as someone who mentors poor inner city youth in the use of foul language.
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  In a roll call vote taken this afternoon, Virginia's Senator's Jim Webb and Mark Warner voted yes to confirm self-admitted tax cheat Timothy F, Geithner to be Secretary of the Treasury. The Senate vote was 60 in favor and 34 against with 4 Senator's not voting.

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  Senator Jim Webb
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  Senator Jim Webb

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  They all know it and they want us to demonstrate that we are willing to do something about it, not simply in terms of process, but in terms of accountability," said Senator Jim Webb (D-Va). He expressed the view that the obligations that the Commission will face is that of the most important oversight obligations, and that while there is a role for contractors, he believes that "the pendulum has swung way to far."

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  Jim Webb - U.S. Senator for Virginia
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  Washington, DC-Senator John Warner (R-VA), Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), Senator-elect Mark Warner (D-VA), and Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine today called the Navy's announced preference to create a second East Coast homeport for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Mayport, Fla. "strategically flawed and fiscally irresponsible.
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  "Based on the briefing we received, we see no evidence that the Navy's announcement was supported by either economic logic or strategic necessity," said Senator Jim Webb. "There is no possible justification for the relocation of an aircraft carrier to the tune of an estimated $1 billion when the Navy has identified $4.6 billion in higher-priority unfunded requirements for its personnel, shipbuilding, aircraft procurement, and installations. This decision is fiscally irresponsible and contrary to the best interests of the fleet."
  
  Webb continued: "The Navy cannot show that homeporting at the Mayport base offers any significant strategic advantage over
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  Senators John Warner and Jim Webb, both former Secretaries of the Navy and members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, sent a letter Wednesday evening, November 18, to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates requesting that the Navy refrain from publishing its Final Environmental Impact Statement as planned on November 21, and withold issuing any Record of Decision "until the new administration is able to evaluate the Navy's decision with greater analytical rigor than the Navy has demonstrated."

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  Webb urges aggressive approach to wartime contracting, Monday, 6:05 p.m.
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  Webb urges aggressive approach to wartime contracting, Monday, 6:05 p.m.
  
  Holding those accountable for wartime contracting waste, fraud, and abuse is as important as fixing systemic problems with the federal government's contracting procedures, said U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) today.
  
  Testifying at the inaugural hearing of the Commission on Wartime Contracting (CWC)â€"which Webb successfully created with Senator McCaskill through legislation they introduced in 2007â€"the lawmakers pressed the panel's commissioners to aggressively use all available resources to deliver on this goal.
  
  Today's session was the first of several hearings to be conducted as the CWC carries out its statutory mandate. The bipartisan, independent Commission is charged with addressing the systemic problems associated with the federal government's greatly expanded reliance on wartime-support, reconstruction, and private security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  
  "Every interested American knows that there was waste, fraud and abuse following the invasion of Iraq," said Senator Webb. "They want us to demonstrate that we're going to do something about itâ€"not simply in terms of process, but also in terms of accountability. There is a very urgent need to restore public trust in the process by holding those responsible accountable."
  
  Senator Webb underscored the important role of the Commission, urging the commissioners to "be aggressive" in satisfying their mandate and to speak up if they required additional resources and time to conduct their work.

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  The mission was inseparable from Cold War politics, as Kennedy made clear to his NASA head, James Webb, in a 1962 meeting.
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  James, navel gazing leads to decay and death. The worlds problems cannot be solved. Period... end of story... The poor will always be with us - Jesus.
  
  If nations do not explore, if mankind does not push himself beyond his physical limitations then he ultimately begins to die. His civilizations stultify and atrophy. His institutions ossify, and his imagination begins to die off.

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  While surfing the Internet, I came across a portion of a letter I sent to James Webb, director of NASA, on NevadaLabor.com News Bulletin that said, "On March 7, 1962 in Alabama, Montgomery black leader Uriah J. Fields (a former aide to Martin Luther King Jr.) called on NASA director to put an African American on the list of astronauts."
  
  Steven L. Moss, in his thesis for a master's degree, which focused on "NASA and Racial Equality," made this reference to the letter: "Fields told Webb that Black Americans took pride in the astronauts' achievement but wanted to see a black man in the next astronaut selection."
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  Moss then referenced the March 12, 1962, letter Webb sent me: "Webb and NASA maintained that the selection of the original seven Mercury astronauts and future spacemen was based on technical qualifications and program requirements.
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  Webb, the second administrator of NASA, was selected in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, who promised that Americans would put a man on the moon in the 1960s.

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  Senator Jim Webb, Virginia
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  Senator Webb - a former Marine and secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration - is in many ways an unlikely person to champion criminal justice reform. But his background makes him an especially effective advocate for a cause that has often been associated with liberals and academics.
  
  In his two years in the Senate, Mr. Webb has held hearings on the cost of mass incarceration and on the criminal justice system's response to the problems of illegal drugs. He also has called attention to the challenges of prisoner re-entry and of the need to provide released inmates, who have paid their debts to society, more help getting jobs and resuming productive lives.
  
  Mr. Webb says he intends to introduce legislation to create a national commission to investigate these issues. With Barack Obama in the White House, and strong Democratic majorities in Congress, the political climate should be more favorable than it has been in years. And the economic downturn should make both federal and state lawmakers receptive to the idea of reforming a prison system that is as wasteful as it is inhumane.
  
  SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES
  
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  Categories: political platforms, re-entry programsTags: corrections system, crime prevention, re-entry programs, recidivism, Senator Jim Webb

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  CEF Vice President Jon Fansmith presenting Senator Jim Webb the Special Recognition Award for his work on the Post 9/11 GI Bill
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  CEF Vice President Jon Fansmith presenting Senator Jim Webb the Special Recognition Award for his work on the Post 9/11 GI Bill
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  The Committee for Education Funding Awards Senator Jim Webb
  
  Posted by Commitee for Education Funding on October 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment
  
  Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) received the Committee for Education Funding's Special Recognition Award "for outstanding dedication to the success of America's Students and for making education a national priority."

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