by MCDC | Jul 26, 2014 | Events, Issues, Video, Virginia
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner and Republican Ed Gillespie met Saturday for their first debate, hosted by the Virginia Bar Association. The 90-minute session, moderated by PBS NewsHour co-anchor Judy Woodruff, was broadcast live online from the Virginia Bar Association’s...
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...
by MCDC | Jul 11, 2014 | Issues, Minimum Wage, Opinion, Video, Virginia
Letter to the Editor Recently, Republican Senate nominee Ed Gillespie was a guest on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. In his appearance, Gillespie said that he doesn’t believe in a “federally mandated increase in the minimum wage”. For someone who is running to represent our...
by MCDC | Jul 11, 2014 | Immigration Reform, Issues, News
It’s been painfully obvious for months now that the reason offered by House Republicans for why they couldn’t move forward on immigration reform was a crock of nonsense. When asked about the possibility of reforming the immigration system, Speaker John Boehner and the...
by MCDC | Jul 2, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Ethics, Health Care, Virginia
WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL BOARD THE MORE circumstances emerge about the deal that flipped control of the Virginia state Senate to Republicans, the seamier it looks. And there’s plenty we still don’t know. To recap: The Senate was under Democratic control until early...
by MCDC | Jun 13, 2014 | Madison County, Virginia, Voter Rights
BY JIM NOLAN Richmond Times-Dispatch The Virginia Department of Elections has determined that expired but otherwise valid forms of identification permitted under Virginia’s new photo voter ID law will be accepted at the polls. The board reached the decision at its...
