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HOUSE LOSERS
A Capitol Hill newspaper labeled Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, one of the four "losers" from the week's bailout debate.
Politico first credited Cantor, the House Deputy Republican Whip, with leading "next-generation conservatives" by getting his insurance plan in the bill. But it then faulted him for "rushing to the microphones" right after Monday's vote to declare that Speaker Nancy Pelosi's speech sunk the bill, "an assertion that has been dismissed by many of his fellow Republicans."
Cantor’s chief of staff Rob Collins responded in a statement. "Only a Washington paper could call Eric's provisions that will save taxpayers billions of dollars a problem. Rep. Cantor would rather protect the taxpayers and be disliked by D.C. media than the reverse,” Collins said.
Asked recently whether his leadership on economic issues is a way to stand out as a potential new House GOP leader, Cantor said, "I'm not going to answer that."
He added, "If there is a place for me in leadership, I certainly want to be in a position where I can make a difference for the people that I represent."
WEBB HONORS WARNER
Colleagues of Sen. John Warner, R-Va., paid tributes to the retiring senior statesman on the House and Senate floors this week.
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., touted Warner's "ingrained sense of fairness," in a speech Monday, saying his kindness, humility and wisdom will be missed in the Senate.
The two men first met when Webb was a 25-year-old Marine captain assigned to the Secretary of Navy's staff. Warner was then the under secretary.
"There is not a person serving in the United States military today or who has served over the past 30 years whose life has not been touched by the leadership and the policies of John Warner," said Webb.
Warner, 81, first elected to the Senate in 1978, has worked alongside five other senators from Virginia.
"I leave with a sense that knowing ... there's one man in Senator Webb that will always do what's right for his country and will fear absolutely no one in trying to carry out that mission," Warner said on the Senate floor.
WARNER'S RAPIDS
The House passed a bill Monday to name the man-made rapids on the Rappahannock River the "John W. Warner Rapids."
The rapids are at the former site of the Embrey Dam in Fredericksburg, Va. The Senate passed the bill (S 3550) earlier this month. It now awaits the president's signature.
"As an avid outdoorsman I know (Warner) takes particular pride in leading efforts to dismantle the Embrey Dam to open the Rappahannock River to canoeists and fish," said Rep. Rob Wittman in a statement.
PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS
Virginia lawmakers applauded Wednesday the passage of the Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act (S 3477) to help non-profit organizations maintain records of past presidents who do not have their own libraries.
The bill would create a federal grant program for groups to compete to house documents from administrations prior to President Herbert Hoover, the first president to have a library built to maintain his White House papers.
The bill had strong support from Virginians who cited the role the Woodrow Wilson
Presidential Library Foundation in Staunton, Va., could play in preserving more historical records.
"In these trying times, we do ourselves a tremendous service to preserve history and to seek to understand the lessons it teaches," said Rep. Tom Davis III, R-11th.
--Neil H. Simon
A Capitol Hill newspaper labeled Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, one of the four "losers" from the week's bailout debate.
Politico first credited Cantor, the House Deputy Republican Whip, with leading "next-generation conservatives" by getting his insurance plan in the bill. But it then faulted him for "rushing to the microphones" right after Monday's vote to declare that Speaker Nancy Pelosi's speech sunk the bill, "an assertion that has been dismissed by many of his fellow Republicans."
Cantor’s chief of staff Rob Collins responded in a statement. "Only a Washington paper could call Eric's provisions that will save taxpayers billions of dollars a problem. Rep. Cantor would rather protect the taxpayers and be disliked by D.C. media than the reverse,” Collins said.
Asked recently whether his leadership on economic issues is a way to stand out as a potential new House GOP leader, Cantor said, "I'm not going to answer that."
He added, "If there is a place for me in leadership, I certainly want to be in a position where I can make a difference for the people that I represent."
WEBB HONORS WARNER
Colleagues of Sen. John Warner, R-Va., paid tributes to the retiring senior statesman on the House and Senate floors this week.
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., touted Warner's "ingrained sense of fairness," in a speech Monday, saying his kindness, humility and wisdom will be missed in the Senate.
The two men first met when Webb was a 25-year-old Marine captain assigned to the Secretary of Navy's staff. Warner was then the under secretary.
"There is not a person serving in the United States military today or who has served over the past 30 years whose life has not been touched by the leadership and the policies of John Warner," said Webb.
Warner, 81, first elected to the Senate in 1978, has worked alongside five other senators from Virginia.
"I leave with a sense that knowing ... there's one man in Senator Webb that will always do what's right for his country and will fear absolutely no one in trying to carry out that mission," Warner said on the Senate floor.
WARNER'S RAPIDS
The House passed a bill Monday to name the man-made rapids on the Rappahannock River the "John W. Warner Rapids."
The rapids are at the former site of the Embrey Dam in Fredericksburg, Va. The Senate passed the bill (S 3550) earlier this month. It now awaits the president's signature.
"As an avid outdoorsman I know (Warner) takes particular pride in leading efforts to dismantle the Embrey Dam to open the Rappahannock River to canoeists and fish," said Rep. Rob Wittman in a statement.
PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS
Virginia lawmakers applauded Wednesday the passage of the Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act (S 3477) to help non-profit organizations maintain records of past presidents who do not have their own libraries.
The bill would create a federal grant program for groups to compete to house documents from administrations prior to President Herbert Hoover, the first president to have a library built to maintain his White House papers.
The bill had strong support from Virginians who cited the role the Woodrow Wilson
Presidential Library Foundation in Staunton, Va., could play in preserving more historical records.
"In these trying times, we do ourselves a tremendous service to preserve history and to seek to understand the lessons it teaches," said Rep. Tom Davis III, R-11th.
--Neil H. Simon