by MCDC | Jan 13, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Economy, Employment, Health Care, Income Inequality, News
Why do half of his state’s residents want to leave? Strip away his antics, and there’s a devastating economic story By Robert Hennelly Late last year a Monmouth University/ Asbury Park Press poll found that half of the New Jersey residents surveyed wanted...
by MCDC | Jan 12, 2015 | Action Alerts, Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, News
There’s not just one but TWO bills–one in the House and one in the Senate–that are trying to make Planned Parenthood health centers a distant memory. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and over 80 GOP House members are leading the effort to attack Planned...
by MCDC | Jan 4, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Health Care, Issues
By Robert Reich The Republican congress that takes over this week will try to drive a generational wedge through the electorate. They’re cooking up arguments that the nation can’t afford to provide our children adequate health care and education if we’re going to meet...
by MCDC | Aug 14, 2014 | Health Care, Issues, Virginia
The Daily Press “Not only do we not have a plan, we don’t even have a process.” The General Assembly is to convene next month to talk about Medicaid expansion, but there’s still no firm word on the scope of what they’ll tackle – or even...
by MCDC | Jul 19, 2014 | Health Care, Issues, Minimum Wage, Virginia
By By Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post A gravel parking lot deep in the green hills of Virginia coal country was packed to capacity by 4 a.m. Friday. More than 1,500 people with canes, wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, bleeding gums, black lungs and other ills had come to...
