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Title page to the Code of 1819, formally titled The Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia. The Code of Virginia is the statutory law of the U.S. state of Virginia and consists of the codified legislation of the Virginia General Assembly. The 1950 Code of Virginia is the revision currently in force.
This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States , certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation ( advice and consent ) of the United States Senate .
Ralph Shearer Northam (born September 13, 1959) is an American physician and politician who was the 73rd governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. [1] A pediatric neurologist by occupation, he was an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1984 to 1992.
The project realigned the trail to move its crossing of Charles Town Pike (VA 9) at Dry Mill Road to a new underpass beneath the Pike on the south side of VA 7. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] The realigned trail bypassed the trail's former high point, reducing the trail's highest elevation above sea level from 680 feet (207.3 m) to 606 feet (184.7 m).
Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia. [1] The county is located in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from Washington, D.C., the national capital.
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
Winchester is the northwesternmost independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. [5]
Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare amendment (July 30, 1965). Former president Harry S. Truman (seated) and his wife, Bess, are on the far right.. Originally, the name "Medicare" in the United States referred to a program providing medical care for families of people serving in the military as part of the Dependents' Medical Care Act, which was passed in 1956. [7]