by MCDC | Nov 14, 2013 | Action Alerts, Citizens United, Ethics, Issues, Virginia
SPN: The $83 Million Right-Wing Empire Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government The State Policy Network (SPN) is a web of so-called “think tanks” that push a right-wing agenda in every state across the country. Although many of SPN’s member organizations claim...
by MCDC | Nov 12, 2013 | Action Alerts, Coal, Mountain Top Removal, Virginia
The Federal Highway Administration is preparing to seal the fate of the Coalfields Expressway project and they need to hear directly from you that this project is nothing more than a mountaintop removal project being disguised as a highway. Please join us in...
by MCDC | Oct 30, 2013 | Action Alerts, Madison County, News, Virginia
(CNN) — In the last few weeks, the media has been ablaze with news of the government shutdown, the debt limit and health care reform. Missing from most public debate, however, is the cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits that...
by MCDC | Oct 10, 2013 | Action Alerts, Economy, Ethics, GOP Shutdown, Opinion, Sequester
This article will appear in the October 28, 2013 edition of The Nation. The shutdown of the government is a crisis for Americans, who rely not just on the services provided by the affected agencies but on the efficiency of their delivery. When 800,000 federal...
by MCDC | Oct 9, 2013 | Action Alerts, Ethics, GOP Shutdown, Sequester
TO: ABC, NBC, CBS AND CNN from CREDO Mobilize The government shutdown is not the result of a legislative breakdown or both parties refusing to compromise. It is a direct result of the right-wing House Republicans’ legislative strategy of taking hostages and...
by MCDC | Oct 3, 2013 | Action Alerts, News, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
From the Bristol Virginia Democratic Committee Today the Democratic Party of Virginia released a complaint filed in federal court asking a judge to stop a plan by the Virginia State Board of Elections, in coordination with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli – who has a...
