Senator Jim Webb is one of the few good men in Washington

Jim Webb on Charlie Rose in July, 2008, raising a number of important issues that threaten the prosperity and security of America, from the high incarceration rate to the widening gap between the middle class and the top one percent of the country. Webb says he is a Jacksonian democrat, placing his support behind a strong middle class and a strong national defense. Webb's official site.


Webb, Sanders Pressure Obama On Fed (Ryan Grim, The Huffington Post, March 11, 2010):

Two senators on opposite ends of the Democratic caucus spectrum are circulating a letter pressuring President Obama to appoint governors to the Federal Reserve who reflect the interests of the middle class and small businesses rather than Wall Street.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a self-described democratic socialist, has been intensely critical of the Fed's failure to reduce unemployment and its failure to regulate the financial services industry leading up to the crisis. He's joined by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), a conservative Democrat who voted to back Chairman Ben Bernanke's most recent confirmation to a second term.

Two More Democrats Target Bank Bonuses (Eric Nain, Open Congress, February 16, 2010)

Two Senate Democrats are throwing another log on the now-annual firestorm over excessive bank bonuses.

Earlier this month, Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA] and Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] unveiled a proposal to tax employee bonuses at certain banks and Wall Street firms that received bailout funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).