by MCDC | Aug 7, 2013 | Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Issues, Keystone XL
Last Friday the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General confirmed that it will investigate evidence that the agency violated ethics guidelines when it hired an oil industry consultant to draft the Keystone XL environmental impact statement This evidence...
by MCDC | Aug 6, 2013 | Action Alerts, Immigration Reform, Issues, Racism
Legislation to reform the immigration system in the U.S. is winding its way through Congress, which is expected to pick up debate when they return from their summer recess. The U.S. Senate passed their version of a bill with a mix of support from both sides of the...
by MCDC | Aug 6, 2013 | Issues, Video
Mitch McConnell staged 420 filibusters since he became Minority Leader in 2007. It’s the highest rate of obstruction in history – but a badge of honor for McConnell, who once declared himself the “proud guardian of gridlock.” After nearly three decades in Washington,...
by MCDC | Aug 5, 2013 | Ethics, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Yeah, right. Ethics for thee, but not for me.. RICHMOND — Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II urged Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on Monday to call a special General Assembly session to repair “severe holes” in the state’s ethics laws. With McDonnell embroiled in a gifts...
by MCDC | Aug 5, 2013 | Health Care, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Thursday marked one year since the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit went into effect, ensuring that all women have access to affordable birth control, regardless of their employer. Birth control is basic preventive care. An estimated 99 percent of women...
by MCDC | Aug 4, 2013 | Civil Rights, Events, Virginia
The Culpeper NAACP invites All PEOPLE to the “Get Involved March & Rally” to educate and activate. We will be marching from the Antioch Baptist Church (202S. West St.) to the Culpeper Government Bld (302 N. Main St), where speeches will be given by...
