by MCDC | Nov 3, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Action Alerts, Citizens United, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Income Inequality, Issues, Madison County, Minimum Wage, Social Security, Virginia
The right-wing “Congressional Leadership Fund” Super PAC has pumped one million dollars of dark money to salvage our opponent’s faltering campaign. We can’t track any of that money, but the remaining $493,489 that he’s raised is available for public review from the...
by MCDC | Oct 28, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, News
Obamacare premiums are going up and so are the subsidies. But how much are the subsidies going up? The chart below shows this for the 15 states with the highest premium increases: Kevin Drum explains: As you can see, subsidies are increasing more than premiums in...
by MCDC | Sep 16, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Equal Rights, Events, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Income Inequality, Issues, Minimum Wage, News, Social Security, Video, Virginia
Learn more about Hillary’s vision and the issues she’ll fight for as president.....
by MCDC | Sep 8, 2016 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, Issues, News
Washington, DC – In a letter sent to Aetna’s CEO today, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) raised questions about the company’s decision to...
by MCDC | Aug 30, 2016 | Health Care, Issues, News
A group of 20 senators called the recent price-lowering overtures from the company that makes the EpiPen emergency auto-injector a “well-defined industry tactic to keep costs high through a complex shell game.” Mylan has faced a backlash from Congress, as well...
by MCDC | Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Equal Rights, Global Warming, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Income Inequality, Issues, Madison County, Social Security, Virginia
It’s a simple but powerful idea: we are stronger together. “I did not start as a Democrat — I was actually a Republican. As I became more aware of the world outside of the sphere in which I was born, I realized that I wanted to identify with a group of Americans who...
