by MCDC | Jul 17, 2013 | Ethics, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
A prominent local Republican is calling for Governor Bob McDonnell to resign. Shaun Kenney is the Chairman of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, and the former spokesman for the Republican Party of Virginia. He says the ongoing gift scandal shows that the...
by MCDC | Jul 17, 2013 | Gun Reform, Issues, News
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Applauds Senate Increase in Funding for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and Gun Violence Prevention Programs (via PR Newswire) Senate-Requested Funding Represents Substantial Increase Over Current Program, Fulfills...
by MCDC | Jul 16, 2013 | Filibuster
Filibuster Fight About Core Values — And It’s Not Over (via LA Progressive) A deal over the “filibuster” was tentatively reached in the Senate Tuesday, but forget all the insider talk about “nuclear options” and “recess appointments”: This isn’t a story...
by MCDC | Jul 16, 2013 | Citizens United, Ethics, Opinion, Voter Rights
By Robert Reich Permit me an impertinent question (or three). Suppose a small group of extremely wealthy people sought to systematically destroy the U.S. government by (1) finding and bankrolling new candidates pledged to shrinking and dismembering it; (2)...
by MCDC | Jul 15, 2013 | Energy, Environment, Ethics, Video, Virginia Election 2013
Shirley Keene, a landowner from Raven, VA, is fighting against Ken Cuccinelli and out-of-state energy companies over royalties owed her for gas extracted from her property. Recently, a federal judge said she was “shocked” by the help Attorney General...
by MCDC | Jul 13, 2013 | Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
As attorney general, Cuccinelli last year declined to join a majority of his state counterparts in support of the Violence Against Women Act; he was among only three who didn’t sign a letter imploring Congress to reauthorize the legislation first enacted in...
