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GOP Nominee In Virginia Called Three-Fifths Clause An ‘Anti-Slavery Amendment’

GOP Nominee In Virginia Called Three-Fifths Clause An ‘Anti-Slavery Amendment’

Sahil Kapur May 22, 2013, 11:36 AM The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia has called the Constitution’s original clause to count blacks as three-fifths of a person an…

EW Jackson, Virginia GOP Candidate, Called Three-Fifths Clause ‘Anti-Slavery …

Bishop E.W. Jackson, the controversial Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia, once reportedly claimed that the so-called “three-fifths clause” was actually an anti-slavery amendment — an opinion disputed by…

US Senate Confirms Tavenner as Permanent CMS Administrator

The Senate on Wednesday voted 91-7 to confirm Marilyn Tavenner — CMS’ acting administrator — as the agency’s first permanent chief since 2006, Reuters reports (Morgan, Reuters, 5/15). Seven Republican…

Virginia’s Dem senators press for Atlantic offshore drilling

Virginia’s Democratic Senate duo is at odds with President Obama over offshore oil and gas drilling. They’re pushing a new bill to open their state’s coastline to leasing, which would…

Schapiro: Va. Republicans break it; then buy it

During their party convention Saturday at the Richmond Coliseum, some Republicans spotted a familiar face in what might have seemed an unlikely setting: Kenny Klinge, a seen-it-all campaign strategist who…

Schapiro: Va. Republicans break it; then buy it

During their party convention Saturday at the Richmond Coliseum, some Republicans spotted a familiar face in what might have seemed an unlikely setting: Kenny Klinge, a seen-it-all campaign strategist who…

How E.W. Jackson Throws a Wrench into the Cuccinelli Plan

Now, there’s no way Cuccinelli can escape alienating rightwing rhetoric. You can read the rest of this article at: http://prospect.org/article/how-ew-jackson-throws-wrench-cuccinelli-plan…

Virginia GOP Chooses Cuccinelli-Jackson-Obenshain Ticket

Nearly 8,000 Virginia Republican officeholders and activists gathered Saturday at the Greater Richmond Convention Center to select the party’s candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. The result is…

Virginia GOP Chooses Cuccinelli-Jackson-Obenshain Ticket

Nearly 8,000 Virginia Republican officeholders and activists gathered Saturday at the Greater Richmond Convention Center to select the party’s candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. The result is…

GOP Nominee: Planned Parenthood ‘More Lethal’ than Ku Klux Klan

Pastor and attorney E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination to run for lieutenant governor of Virginia over the weekend, and a YouTube video he made last year with strong words…

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