by MCDC | Aug 19, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Attorneys for Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, will spend Monday locked in separate hours-long meetings trying to convince federal prosecutors that the first couple should not be charged in the gifts scandal that has dominated state politics....
by MCDC | Aug 18, 2013 | Ethics, Opinion, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Published August 18 in The Washington Post Regarding the Aug. 14 Metro article “McDonnell: All ‘tangible’ gifts returned to supporter”: Rich Galen, a spokesman for Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s legal team, contrasted the Republican governor’s unblemished record of public...
by MCDC | Aug 18, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Wall Street
The House Financial Services Committee has grown so large that a highly unusual fourth row of seats had to be installed in the committee room. Every term, scores of members, particularly freshmen, demand a seat on the panel — not because they have a burning interest...
by MCDC | Aug 17, 2013 | Ethics, Voter Rights
A tip-of-the-hat to Marilyn P. for alerting us to this story.. Republican operatives are charging forward with their efforts to sabotage the Federal Election Commission in its lawful obligation to police campaign abuses. The six-member commission is evenly divided...
by MCDC | Aug 14, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
A tip-of-the-hat to the Bristol Virginia Democratic Committee A political brouhaha erupted Tuesday over news that Virginia’s top fraud investigator is scrutinizing how the attorney general’s office has handled a series of federal lawsuits over natural gas royalties....
by MCDC | Aug 13, 2013 | Ethics, Health Care, Issues
“To put it another way, the GOP was never really concerned about a “government takeover of health care”, “rationing”, “the doctor-patient relationship” or mythical “death panels,” but that an American public...
