by MCDC | Dec 18, 2013 | Citizens United, Economy, Employment, Ethics, History, Sequester, Video
There’s so much truth here — it’s the kind of thing that needs to be blasted across the front page of every newspaper and news website across the land. But there’s a reason that won’t...
by MCDC | Oct 31, 2013 | Economy, Employment, Ethics, Farm Bill, GOP Shutdown, Minimum Wage, Sequester, Video, Virginia
New York’s River Fund Food Pantry’s new clients are diverse—working people, seniors, single mothers—but many of them share something in common: they represent the millions of Americans who fell victim to food insecurity when the Great Recession hit in 2009, but...
by MCDC | Oct 16, 2013 | Economy, Ethics, GOP Shutdown, Sequester, Virginia
by Jennifer Bendery WASHINGTON — Two Virginia congressmen fumed Tuesday about the damage being done to their state by the ongoing government shutdown and laid the blame squarely on a fellow Virginian, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R), for preventing...
by MCDC | Oct 13, 2013 | Economy, Ethics, GOP Shutdown, Sequester, Video
By Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company Even if the threat of terrorists went away, none of those bold projects Glenn Greenwald described as defining American greatness would happen today. Our government is paralyzed and dysfunctional, and it’s getting worse than ever....
by MCDC | Oct 12, 2013 | Economy, Ethics, GOP Shutdown, Issues, Video
by @alexandergmoore The United States is the only democracy in the world where the legislature debates whether it should pay the bills it has already incurred. Like the Affordable Care Act, the looming issue of the debt limit is pretty confusing. Though it soaks up...
by MCDC | Oct 11, 2013 | Economy, Ethics, GOP Shutdown
104 Republicans Who Are In Congress Today Voted To Increase The Debt Ceiling Under Bush Without Hostage Threats Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) reiterated on Sunday that House Republicans would not allow a clean vote to raise the debt limit and ensure the full faith and...
