Posts Tagged Congressman Don Beyer
Beyer and Other House Democrats Are Pushing Ranked Choice Voting
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on September 23, 2019
Should voters have more choices when they are at the polls? One Virginia congressman wants to create a new system of ranked choice voting. Michael Pope reports.
Congressman Beyer: IRS Needs Additional Funding to Track Down Tax Evaders
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 14, 2019
Tax season is upon us, and that means officials at the Internal Revenue Service are working overtime this time of year. But, one Virginia congressman worries that the IRS isn’t getting the funding it needs. Michael Pope reports.
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From NPR News- Prominent Hong Kong Protest Leader Beaten By Unknown Assailants October 17, 2019Jimmy Sham, who has taken an active part in organizing anti-government protests, was left bloodied and dazed after being attacked by a group of men wielding hammers.
- Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings Dies At 68 October 17, 2019The Baltimore congressman, who was chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, had taken a lead role in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
- Some People Get 'Brain Tingles' From These Slime Videos. What's Behind The Feeling? October 17, 2019The science is nascent and a little squishy, but researchers are trying to better understand ASMR — a feeling triggered in the brains of some people by certain soft sounds and gentle gestures.
- Gordon Sondland, The Ambassador Whose Texts Put Him At The Center Of Ukraine Scandal October 17, 2019Based on interviews with people who know Sondland, what emerges is a portrait of a man fixated on getting an ambassadorship in Europe and, once in the job, would do what it took to keep it.
- Hong Kong's 'Indigenous' Villages Mirror Tensions Of An Increasingly Divided City October 17, 2019Indigenous villages, whose residents' ancestors predated British colonial rule, tend to be sympathetic to Beijing. But over the years, waves of new residents have brought different political beliefs.
- Prominent Hong Kong Protest Leader Beaten By Unknown Assailants October 17, 2019
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- New Brexit deal agreed, says Boris Johnson October 17, 2019The PM calls the agreement "a great new deal", but the DUP say they still cannot support it.
- Extinction Rebellion protesters dragged from Tube train roof October 17, 2019Extinction Rebellion says it will "take stock" of the reaction to the action for future protests.
- Turkish president Erdogan 'threw Trump's Syria letter in bin' October 17, 2019The letter told Mr Erdogan not to be "a fool" by launching a military offensive in northern Syria.
- Louise Ellman: MP quits Labour over anti-Semitism concerns October 17, 2019The MP leaves after 55 years, saying anti-Semitism has become "mainstream" under Jeremy Corbyn.
- Three investigating loss of phone services October 17, 2019Three says it is experiencing "technical difficulties with voice, text and data".
- New Brexit deal agreed, says Boris Johnson October 17, 2019
