Does Mitt Romney fully embrace Paul Ryan’s budget plan?
Romney says he’s “very supportive” of Ryan’s conservative plan, which would cut taxes, slash trillions in federal spending and drastically alter Medicare. “It’s a bold and exciting effort on his part and on the part of the Republicans,” Romney has said. “It’s an excellent piece of work and very much needed.”
Do D.C. residents have the right to vote?
Residents can vote for local and national candidates just like anyone in any other state. But the nation’s capital has no voting rights on Capitol Hill. The District has a nonvoting congressional delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, but it is the only state-type entity with no vote in the House and no representation at all in the Senate.
How much will Dulles Rail end up costing?
Metro’s Silver Line to Washington Dulles International Airport will cost $6 billion, give or take a few million. The line’s first phase, from Reston to the airport, will cost $2.9 billion — $150 million more than expected. The second phase, from the airport into Loudoun County, would cost $2.7 billion to $2.8 billion, but would be built only if the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved it next week.
Does al Qaeda have a new African stronghold?
Islamic fighters with strong ties to the terrorist group claim to control the northern half of Mali, a poor, landlocked African nation plunged into chaos after a coup in March. That assertion is disputed by an ethnic Tuareg separatist group hoping to fill the power vacuum left by the coup, but at a minimum the al Qaeda-linked group controls several major cities, including Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu.
