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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 2:41 p.m.
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I once covered the Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill when it was 103 degrees, and the Secret Service had to take the picture for my security badge four times because my massive amount of sweat had bewildered their digital camera. While covering VCU’s dramatic NCAA tourney win over Duke in Buffalo, New York, my photographer’s car broke down in a Niagara Falls casino parking lot an hour before tip off. And I had to sit on a “Dukes of Hazzard” plush toilet seat while interviewing Ben

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Politics: Sorry, Charlie

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Published Sept. 16, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

Charles Diradour didn’t pull any punches when he launched his campaign against 7th District Rep. Eric Cantor. In a video supposedly introducing himself to voters, he denounces Cantor as “a card-carrying member of those who make up the most pampered, out-of-touch, and politically rude class of elite Washington politicians in this country’s history.“ ...

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Curiosities

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Published Aug. 29, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

Veteran politicos have seen some very well-run campaigns in the commonwealth over the years, and some very poorly run campaigns. But perhaps not since Ben “Cooter” Jones tried to unseat 7th District Rep. Eric Cantor have they seen a prominent campaign as odd as that of gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds. Deeds won the Democratic nomination through a combination of political aikido—he let his primary opponents throw haymakers while he glided right past them—and a Washington Post

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Group files ethics complaint against Cantor

Published July 23, 2009 at 7:16 p.m.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, a Washington-based organization, has filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, with the House Office of Congressional Ethics. The complaint requests an investigation into a new organization, the National Council for a New America, that Cantor, the House Minority Whip, set up to promote the Republican Party ...

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No Rest

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Published July 11, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

The closure of 19 rest areas along Virginia’s major highways has received as much attention as any transportation issue since the region’s original inhabitants blazed the first trail. Many have complained. Some have raised safety concerns, as long-distance drivers will have fewer opportunities to catch restorative winks. Economic reality gave state officials few options. Closing the stops rates among the least bad of the available choices. The Commonwealth Transportation Board would like to

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Cantor says Obama should amend stimulus package

Published July 6, 2009 at 4:19 p.m.

President Barack Obama’s stimulus package is not working and should be amended to encourage more job creation by small businesses, the House of Representatives’ Republican Whip said today. Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, seized on weekend remarks by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in which Biden was quoted as saying that the Obama administration underestimated the depth of the economic recession when it was preparing the $787 billion stimulus package ...

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Cantor better overlooked than looked over?

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Published May 5, 2009 at 10:16 p.m.

Jeff E. Schapiro has this on Eric Cantor:As the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, the 7th District congressman is getting a lot of attention. Some he could probably do without.Rush Limbaugh, the conservative broadcaster, took a shot ...

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Cantor got contributions from PACS controlled by companies that received bailout money

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Published March 27, 2009 at 6:34 p.m.

Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, is receiving campaign contributions from political action committees controlled by companies receiving federal bailout money. NBC News and Newsweek have reported that in January and February Cantor campaign committees accepted $2,500 from Citigroup, $5,000 from Bank of America, $1,500 from Chrysler and $2,500 from American Express ...

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Cantor among lawmakers receiving funds from bailed-out firms’ PACs

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Published March 27, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, is receiving campaign contributions from political action committees controlled by companies receiving federal bailout money. NBC News and Newsweek have reported that in January and February, Cantor campaign committees accepted $2,500 from Citigroup, $5,000 from Bank of America, $1,500 from Chrysler and $2,500 from American Express ...

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Cantor got $10,000 from Swiss bank’s PAC

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Published March 20, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

Cantor got $10,000 from bank’s PAC Swiss-based UBS was fined by U.S. in tax-evasion matter Virginia Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, recently accepted $10,000 in campaign contributions from the political arm of Swiss bank UBS AG, just as the company was being fined for tax evasion. The UBS AG political action committee—UBS Americas Fund for Better Government—gave Cantor’s congressional campaign and his Every Republican Is Crucial PAC $5,000 each on Feb. 4 and Feb. 26, respectively ...

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