News on Jim Webb

Senate blocks Bush 'recess' appointments

2010-10-13T13:55:16Z

Senate Stays Technically in Session to Fend Off Any Bush 'Recess' Appointments

Two days before Thanksgiving the Senate had a 22-second session, a fleeting moment in the life of an occasionally droning body but plenty of time for majority Democrats to keep President Bush from ma...

Whiher Southern Democrats

2010-11-04T14:04:07Z

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2010 file photo, Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The GOP's civil rights-era Southern strategy to win over the South is all but complete. After Tuesday, the West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., attend a rally with coal mining supporters from the Appalachian states near the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Virginia Sen. Jim Webb speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. Webb called for ending government-run diversity programs in a newspaper column Friday, July 23, 2010, saying they have disadvantaged struggling whites an...

Supreme Court Kagan

2010-06-09T14:16:07Z

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan meets with Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., Wednesday, June 9, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Webb And Boxer Call For Tax On Bonueses For Wall St Executives

2010-06-25T20:50:54Z

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 04: U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) speaks as Sen. James Webb (D-VA) listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. The Senators introduced the Taxpayer Fairness Act, which would impose a 50% excise tax on employees ...