Tag: Congress

Yes, Virginia, there is an election

  I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. – Actor and screenwriter Will Rogers was born on this day in 1879 (died 1935). It’s Election Day in Virginia and across the country. Here in Virginia, the polls are open until 7:00 p.m. In the 7th Congressional District, I’ll be …

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It’s all about the stuff

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – French political thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville was born on this day in 1859 (died April 16, 1859). Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (from which the above quote is taken) was written after his travels …

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