President Barack Obama’s campaign promise to explore new sources of renewable energy is one element of his budget that is nonnegotiable, say administration officials.

Jessica Lee, of the Virginia League of Conservation Voters, said today that the budget “is the blueprint for transformational change which Americans voted for in November

“It is past time to stop rewarding failure on Wall Street at Main Street’s expense,” said Perriello

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the President listened to veterans groups’ concerns that the change could affect the ability of veterans to get insurance.

Though the FDA does not currently regulate tobacco products, Congress is moving ahead on long-stalled legislation to give the agency oversight of cigarette companies

Mexico plans to raise tariffs from 10 percent to 45 percent on U.S. goods such as Christmas trees, toilet paper, grapes and more.

Congressman Tom Perriello helped lead congressional action to block executive bonuses at insurance giant AIG, becoming an early co-sponsor of H.R. 1518, which would tax bonuses of over $100,000 for AIG employees—or any other institution receiving federal TARP funds—at a rate of 100%, effectively winning the bonuses back for the taxpayers

Warner criticized the bonuses as “unconscionable” and “morally unacceptable”

Statement of Senator Webb on AIG bonuses and accountability

In response to the news that AIG plans to pay out more than $165 million in executive bonuses, Congressman Tom Perriello released the following statement

The Virginia Ridge and Valley Act would create several new wilderness areas and expand some existing wilderness in the Jefferson National Forest

A database of Virginia earmarks in the omnibus spending bill is online now

President Barack Obama tried Wednesday to quell local community concerns about a potential move of suspected terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay to domestic prisons.

They held a grassroots event in Roanoke, as part of a nationwide week of union members calling on Congress to pass the act.

At issue is the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would make it easier for workers to form unions, even in traditionally right-to-work states like Virginia and much of the South

Scott Teague has been walking a while – 440 miles, to be exact

Ten of Virginia’s top 20 revenue-producing public companies combined to spend more than $100,000 a day lobbying the federal government last year, records show.

The No.2 Republican in the House of Representatives signaled Friday that the Republicans will fight President Barack Obama’s proposal to reduce the amount of tax deductibles allowed wealthier taxpayers for charitable donations

If approved by the U.S. Senate, Jon Cannon will take a leave of absence from the law school while he serves as deputy administrator in the EPA

The president and Kaine appeared in separate videos e-mailed to Obama’s list of 13 million supporters developed through his presidential campaign.

He urged Virginia Democrats to prize unity and not partisanship.

Nye a new chairman, bipartisanship at its best, Webb’s take on tobacco and Connolly seeks cash.

Bucking the bailout, talking train schedules, Warner gets cozy and more from the hill.

Kaine promised to continue the party’s fight for votes in Republican strongholds.

The Rev. Carlton Jackson Jr. has confidence and faith in Barack Obama.

Former Republican Sen. John W. Warner and Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will have speaking roles at two of three bipartisan inauguration dinners in Washington Monday.

In his first ever floor speech in the House, Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th, called Wednesday for immediate passage of economic recovery bill.

In a farewell address, Bush defended his record. During bleak economic times, with much of the country worried about kitchen-table issues, Bush again warned that the biggest threat to the country is another terrorist attack.

Kaine inherits a party looking to keep its political momentum, prove it can govern in a time of war and an economic crisis, and retire a $15 million debt from the fall campaign.

Obama’s advisers and outside observers say it is clear that fixing the economy and creating jobs will dominate his agenda in the early days, just as it did Roosevelt’s.