by MCDC | Aug 21, 2013 | Immigration Reform, Virginia
Virginia Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said that he would not allow an immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship to pass his committee (thereby preventing it from coming up for a vote on the floor),...
by MCDC | Aug 21, 2013 | Action Alerts, Gun Reform, Virginia Election 2013
GOP attorney general candidate Mark Obenshain thinks: People who sexually abuse children should be allowed to own a gun People with emergency protection orders issued against them should be allowed to carry a firearm into the home of their alleged victim It should be...
by MCDC | Aug 19, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Conservative Virginia radio host John Fredericks urged Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell to resign as federal prosecutors look into whether McDonnell aided a company whose CEO gave his wife hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and money. Fredericks has been a...
by MCDC | Aug 19, 2013 | Education, Sequester
Head Start programs across the country eliminated services for 57,000 children in the coming school year to balance budgets diminished by the federal sequester, cutting 1.3 million days from Head Start center calendars and laying off or reducing pay for more than...
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...
