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Thursday, January 3, 2013

It's Official—Tim Kaine Becomes Sen. Kaine Thursday at Swearing-In

Kaine takes oath of office Thursday afternoon at U.S. Capitol.

On the first day of the 113th Congress Thursday, Tim Kaine took the oath of office, officially taking the title of United States Senator. Kaine and his family participated in a re-enactment Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Capitol's Old Senate Chamber with Vice President Joe Biden officiating. Kaine's wife, Ann Holton, held a bible. The vice president swears in new Senators and re-elected Senators at the start of each Congress. The official swearing-in took place earlier on the Senate floor. Kaine, a Democrat, was elected Nov. 6 to the U.S. Senate representing Virginia, and will serve alongside Sen. Mark Warner (D). Both Kaine and Warner are former governors of Virginia. Kaine, 54, was Virginia's governor from 2006 to 2010. Prior to that, he…

Monday, December 24, 2012

Sen.-Elect Tim Kaine Receives Committee Assignments

Soon-to-be Senator will serve on three committees important to Northern Virginia.

Senator-elect Tim Kaine, who will be sworn into office Jan. 3, will serve on three Senate committees important to Northern Virginia. His office announced he will serve on the following committees: Kaine had asked to join Armed Services, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Foreign Relations and Small Business and Entrepreneurship — in that order, according to a recent blog post on The Washington Post Web site. "I am excited to tackle these meaningful committee assignments," Kaine said in a news release. "Because of Virginia's deep connections to the military, through active duty personnel, veterans, military families and the private sector, Virginia needs a strong voice on the Armed Services committee as Congress makes decisions …

Friday, October 12, 2012

Tim Kaine Answers Your Questions

U.S. Senate candidate responds to 10 questions posed by Patch readers in Northern Virginia.

A few weeks ago, we asked Patch readers in Northern Virginia to throw out some questions for George Allen and Tim Kaine, both vying for the U.S. Senate seat in Virginia. So you asked and the candidates answered. Read George Allen's responses here. Tim Kaine's answers, published below, are unedited. 1. There is considerable reporting in the popular media that Social Security and Medicare are in financial ruin and in need of a fix, but every time one person dares to speak-up and suggest constructive measures to save the system, the other candidate attacks that person for being insensitive to the needs of seniors and claims the proponent of modifications wants to dismantle the programs.  How would you address these issues knowing full well …

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Jonathan Erickson

4:17 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Allen, Kaine Discuss Silver Line, Social Security, Political Idols and More

U.S. Senate candidates answer questions posed by our Northern Virginia readers.

Last month, Patch asked our readers in Northern Virginia for a favor. We wanted to submit questionnaires to both U.S. Senate candidates in Virginia and we wanted our readers to come up with the questions. You all delivered. Patch posed a list of 10 questions to former governors and U.S. Senate candidates Tim Kaine (D) and George Allen (R), ranging in topics from Social Security to drug abuse in high schools. The candidates responded and we've published their answers online.

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George Allen Answers Your Questions

U.S. Senate candidate responds to 10 questions posed by Patch readers in Northern Virginia.

A few weeks ago, we asked Patch readers in Northern Virginia to throw out some questions for George Allen and Tim Kaine, both vying for the open U.S. Senate seat in Virginia. So you asked and the candidates answered. Read Tim Kaine's responses here. George Allen's answers, published below, are unedited. 1. There is considerable reporting in the popular media that Social Security and Medicare are in financial ruin and in need of a fix, but every time one person dares to speak-up and suggest constructive measures to save the system, the other candidate attacks that person for being insensitive to the needs of seniors and claim the proponent of modifications wants to dismantle the programs.  How would you address these issues knowing full …

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Ask the Candidates: Tim Kaine and George Allen

Patch is collecting reader questions to be answered by candidates in Virginia's U.S. Senate race.

Are you concerned about the economy? What about sequestration or federal government cutbacks? Are you worried about the environment? Traffic in Northern Virginia? The cost of health care? Now is your chance to step up to the podium and get your questions answered. As we approach November's election, we will be asking U.S. Senate candidates George Allen and Tim Kaine — former Virginia governors engaged in one of the closest Senate races in the country — to answer a Patch candidates' survey. The survey will be driven by questions from you. You can submit your questions in the comments section below this article, or email them to lauren.sausser@patch.com or erica.hendry@patch.com. The deadline to submit a question is 11:59 p.m. Sept. 24. We'…

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Kaine: Free Up Capital To Help Small Businesses

U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine, state Sen. Chap Petersen take small businesses tour Monday in Fairfax City.

Virginia U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine wants to help “level the playing field” and make loans more accessible to small businesses. He laid out his plan to do as much during a walking tour of local businesses — one of many he said he's been doing around the state — Monday in downtown Fairfax with state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34th District). "One of the things I hear over and over again is small businesses have a hard time accessing capital — getting loans," Kaine said outside the Greene Turtle on University Drive. "The economy has been challenging and with the fiscal collapse and in the aftermath it's been harder for small businesses." Kaine said he thought smaller, local banks were being affected unnecessarily by regulations placed on …

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Monday, June 11, 2012

George Allen Talks Deregulation

Former governor and senator told a crowd of Republican supporters Monday that government stands in the way of entrepreneurship.

Gov. Bob McDonnell and many members of Loudoun County’s delegation to the General Assembly rallied behind George Allen Monday in Ashburn, on the eve of a primary to decide the GOP’s nominee for U.S. Senate. Allen faces three opponents—tea party member Jamie Radtke, minister E.W. Jackson and Del. Bob Marshall of Prince William County in Tuesday's GOP primary for the U.S. Senate—vying to take on Democrat Tim Kaine in the fall election for the seat Sen. Jim Webb won six years ago. Webb defeated then-incumbent Allen in 2006. Allen and his endorsers said the key to jump-starting investment and job creation in America is to ease regulations and taxes on businesses that have struggled to recover from a national recession. To highlight the point, …

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Monday, May 14, 2012

Last Chance: Submit Questions to Tim Kaine

The candidate for U.S. Senate and former Virginia governor will answer questions in Dulles at AOL this Thursday. George Allen, Kaine's likely challenger, spoke at AOL May 4.

Tim Kaine, the Democratic candidate for the open Virginia U.S. Senate seat, will appear at the AOL campus in Dulles Thursday at 1 p.m. to speak with AOL employees and other guests. George Allen, a former U.S. Senator and former Virginia governor, appeared at AOL May 4, and Patch covered the forum, asked questions submitted by readers and invited a few readers to join the program. Patch will be covering the forum and inviting a few readers from each Patch to attend in person. If you'd like to attend the event, send an email to patchpolitics@aol.com with your name, address and telephone number. What Would You Like to Ask Tim Kaine? Tell Us in the Comments! Patch editors will be questioning Kaine at the event, and we'd like to know what we …

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Lauren Jost

3:39 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012

The article from today's ask Kaine session can be viewed here: http://reston.patch.com/articles/tim-kaine   more ›

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

All in the Family: Anne Holton Campaigns for Husband Tim Kaine

Both a daughter and wife of Virginia governors, Holton embarked on a listening tour of Northern Virginia on Saturday in support of her husband's candidacy for the U.S Senate.

Former Virginia first lady Anne Holton is going full speed ahead campaigning for husband Tim Kaine, the former governor who hopes to get elected to the U.S. Senate come November. Most polls show a race between Democrat Kaine and probable GOP candidate George Allen as "neck and neck" as Holton herself put it Saturday. Married more than 25 years, Holton and Kaine first met when both were students at Harvard Law School. Today Anne is a wife, mother and lawyer, and a campaigner, a role she said she will increase as the election nears. She traveled to Northern Virginia Saturday from her family's home in Richmond, making stops in Leesburg, Vienna and Reston. In Vienna, Holton criss-crossed the town on a blustery spring day, visiting owners and …

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