The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican Super PAC, has raised over $100 million, causing the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to be concerned for first-time candidates that are fundraising on their own.

While the Shenandoah Valley may not be synonymous with the South's breadbasket forever, it can be a lodestar for agricultural America by transitioning, albeit slowly, to becoming more prosperous, and being part of an energy revolution in America, which would preserve farming communities for generations to come.

“While we maintain the constitutionality of the bipartisan plan adopted in 2011 and will continue to pursue our appeal to the Supreme Court, we are introducing a map today to demonstrate to the District Court and the public that you can, in fact, draw a politically-neutral, race-blind remedial map,” said Speaker of the House Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights).

“These milestones may sound like inside baseball, but what they signify is a Senate that is getting its appropriations process back on track; a Senate that is attending to vital priorities for our country,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said.

GOP candidate Delegate Ben Cline (R-Rockbridge) and Democratic challenger Jennifer Lewis faced off in their first debate Monday at Spotswood High School in the Harrisonburg area just eight weeks before voters decide who will succeed Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte (VA-6) after he retires.