by MCDC | Oct 3, 2013 | Action Alerts, News, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
From the Bristol Virginia Democratic Committee Today the Democratic Party of Virginia released a complaint filed in federal court asking a judge to stop a plan by the Virginia State Board of Elections, in coordination with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli – who has a...
by MCDC | Oct 2, 2013 | Action Alerts, Ethics, Health Care, Sequester
On October 1, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown suspending discretionary services deemed “non-essential” by the Antideficiency Act. As a result of the government’s failure to enact regular appropriations or a continuing...
by MCDC | Oct 2, 2013 | Health Care, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
During this morning’s Attorney General debate with Democratic candidate Mark Herring, Tea Party Republican Mark Obenshain attempted to sidestep his extreme record on women’s reproductive rights because he knows that Virginians simply will not vote in support of...
by MCDC | Oct 1, 2013 | Health Care, Issues, Video
A September Fox News poll found that “the Affordable Care Act” is viewed five percent points more favorably than “Obamacare.” Among Republicans, the improvement was eight percentage points. Watch what happens when Jimmy Kimmel asks people...
by MCDC | Oct 1, 2013 | Environment, Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge has certified a handful of lawsuits as class actions accusing two energy companies of cheating southwest Virginia residents out of tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments for natural gas drilled on their land. The lead attorney...
by MCDC | Oct 1, 2013 | Economy, Ethics, Health Care, Sequester
“Today we saw the Tea Party Republicans in Congress hit rock bottom. Voting to shut down the federal government will damage our nation’s economy and hit Virginia the hardest, but Ted Cruz and the Tea Party declared by their actions today that none of that matters to...
