by MCDC | Oct 2, 2013 | Action Alerts, Ethics, Health Care, Sequester
On October 1, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown suspending discretionary services deemed “non-essential” by the Antideficiency Act. As a result of the government’s failure to enact regular appropriations or a continuing...
by MCDC | Sep 25, 2013 | Action Alerts, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
From The Charlottesville Democratic Party Calling all local attorneys willing to serve as voter protection advocates during the General Election on November 5th, 2013. If you have an interest in receiving Voter Protection Training, the following sessions will be...
by MCDC | Sep 23, 2013 | Action Alerts, Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
As Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli is responsible for providing advice to the state Board of Elections on legal issues relating to campaigns and elections — including his own campaign for governor. Tell Ken Cuccinelli: Recuse yourself and your office from election...
by MCDC | Sep 19, 2013 | Action Alerts, Minimum Wage, Sequester
The Republican proposal for $40 billion in food stamp cuts over the next 10 years would have horrific effects on millions of people, the Congressional Budget Office confirms: According to the CBO, 1.7 million people would be forced off the rolls in the coming year if...
by MCDC | Sep 11, 2013 | Action Alerts, Environment, Events, Global Warming, Issues, Keystone XL, Video
350.org Last week the Canadian government sent a letter to President Obama offering vague promises of reducing carbon emissions from the tar sands in return for the right to build the pipeline. Scientists and energy analysts quickly pointed out that this was nonsense...
by MCDC | Sep 6, 2013 | Action Alerts, Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Mother Jones magazine reported yesterday that Ken Cuccinelli’s campaign tricked at least two laid-off workers into appearing in a new attack ad. The women featured in the ad were shocked. “If I had known that’s what it was for,” one of them...
