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Spark It Up!!! (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Well...someone somewhere has to pay for it. Wise gets millions for lake, water plant KEITH STRANGE / Staff Writer WISE — Ninth District U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher was in Wise Friday to announce the awarding of a $5.4 million federal funding package to improve the town's aging water infrastructure. According to the congressman, the federal Rural Development agency is providing two $1
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Raising Kaine - Front Page (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Future Sen. Mark Warner getting off the plane at the Tri-Cities Airport in Blountville, Tennessee, on the way to Abingdon, Virginia -- first stop on his kickoff tour (5/4/08). Del. Dan Bowling. Del. Bud Phillips Del. Joe Johnson. Sen. Philip Puckett. Rep. Rick Boucher.
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From On High (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
... people would be laid off at the end of January. ( link ) I wonder if this news will be posted on Rick Boucher's Website Of Self-Congratulation ?
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News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
Citing the recent and troubling news of a USA Today reporter being held in contempt of court for refusing to publicly name her source, Congressmen Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Conyers (D-Mich.), Mike Pence (R-Ind.), and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to quickly take up legislation already passed in the...
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Spark It Up!!! (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Raising Kaine and the cowards there are again attacking Dominion Power CEO Thomas Farrell. They are to spineless to include Mark Warner, Rick Boucher, Phil Puckett, Bud Phillips, Dan Bowling, The United Mine Workers Union....Grow a set boys if you really believe what you write. Your so called love of the environment is outweighed by partisanship. Technorati Tags: Tim Kaine, Mark Warner,...
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Spark It Up!!! (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
The anti coal loons over at Raising Kaine have been active in making fun of Dominion Power CEO Thomas F. Farrell, yet they are silent on their beloved democrats Rick Boucher, Mark Warner, Phil Puckett, and Bud Phillips. All of these men believe coal must be a large part of our future. Many truths came out at the Energy Summit in Wise yesterday. The first being Dominion is doing more for...
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Spark It Up!!! (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
My Feckless congressman was in town today. He was here for two reasons - Coal and Horseshit Horse Trails. Lets start with the good. First Annual Summit On Alternative Energy Sources. Boucher has discovered Coal after all these years. He supports our new power plant and today had this- "We have a 250 year coal reserve in this country and that would put coal directly in competition with
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Spark It Up!!! (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
Gov Kaine and Rick Boucher announced yesterday that the long awaited Coalfield Expressway will be built. The cost of the road will be cut in half because coal companies will strip and flatten the road bed. The plan called for 35 bridges. Instead, the coal companies will reduce that number to under 10 by stripping coal and flattening the land. General assembly members who represent Buchanan...
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Computer World (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher calls for more resources to support the transition to all-digital TV broadcasts.
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The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Democrat Rep. Rick Boucher has requested over $1 million in the FY09 budget for the "Hair Sheep Research Center" in Virginia. With spending like this, does it make any sense that the Democrats want to raise our taxes?
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Spark It Up!!! (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
Some more from Congressman Rick Boucher on strip mining coal and the benefits there of. From the Kingsport Times “Today, I am pleased to report the status has been restored,” Boucher said. “The federal decision recognizes that Alpha and Pioneer can dramatically reduce road building costs by preparing the roadbed as coal is extracted.” The Alpha/Pioneer study suggests a 50 percent...
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Spark It Up!!! (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
The Coalfield Expressway is back on track...Thanks to the COAL COMPANIES. POUND, Va. – Coalfields Expressway construction could begin this year since the 52-mile project is back under a special transportation provision, which allows innovative contracting methods that reduce costs and expedites the project, U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-9th District, said Friday. "Construction of this road...
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The Swine Line (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Virginia Pork for Crabs and Sheep The 2009 federal budget will include funding for some strange animals if one Virginia lawmaker has his way. Rep. Rick Boucher, a Democrat from southwest Virginia, has requested $744,325 to study the horseshoe crab and $250,000 for hair sheep - a unique bread of short-haired sheep that does not require shearing. Both [...]
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Orbitcast (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA) today issued a statement regarding the Justice Department's approval of the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. "I am pleased that the Department of Justice has concluded its investigation and determined that the XM-Sirius merger does not pose significant competition concerns," stated Boucher. " The Department...
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Raising Kaine - Front Page (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
As chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) will have the most influence of any climate bill that comes before the House this year. But as chairman of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) will have nearly as much sway. An op-ed in today's Bristol Herald Courier calls on Boucher to use his influence to protect Virginia...
