WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for a bill (S. 815) that designates the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater": * * * S. 815 would change the name of the Blue Ridge Music Center located in Galax, Virginia, to the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater." Based on the cost of similar activities, CBO estimates that updating maps and signs would cost less than $500,000 over the 2026  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Six Democratic Senators Join War Powers Push To Stop Iran War * WASHINGTON, D.C. -This week, six additional U.S. Democratic Senators -Senators Merkley (OR), Gillibrand (NY), Van Hollen (MD), Kelly (AZ), Warnock (GA), and Kim (NJ) -will join Sens. Booker (NJ), Kaine (VA), Murphy (CT), Schiff (CA), Baldwin (WI), and Duckworth (IL) in filing War Powers resolutions that can be used to force a vote to sto  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Demands Polymarket Turn Over Records on Bets Tied to U.S. Military Actions * Washington, D.C. -Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) sent a letter to Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan demanding the immediate preservation and disclosure of all records tied to bets on U.S. military actions, following reports that traders have profited from wagers linked to sensitive operations. Analysts monitor  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Walkinshaw Escalates OPM Oversight as Agency Conceals Staffing Losses Fueling Federal Retirement Backlog * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led three colleagues -Representatives Robert Garcia (CA-42), Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Ranking Membe  more