by MCDC | Jul 11, 2013 | Issues, Madison County, Sequester
Head Start, the Farm Bill, and Mr. Hurt (please also see this post) One month ago this week, I and others had a chance to chat with Scott Leakey during his visit to Madison County for Congressman Bob Hurt. In our chat, Scott noted his wife’s love of teaching and how...
by MCDC | Jul 2, 2013 | Issues, Madison County, News, Sequester
MCDC Speaker Meeting July 13th The Madison County Democratic Committee will hold its next meeting at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 13th at the Madison Presbyterian Church on Fishback Road. Mr. Galen Fountain, the former Democratic Clerk for the United States Senate...
by MCDC | Jun 9, 2013 | Madison County, Sequester
You don’t have to go to DC and walk the halls of Congress to get your voice heard. Sometimes DC comes to Madison! (please also see this post) Last week (June 7th) several of us had a one-on-one conversation with a staffer from the office of Virginia’s 5th...
by MCDC | May 3, 2013 | Action Alerts, Environment, Issues, Sequester
Rt. 29 Western Bypass Not Shovel Ready Bacon’s Rebellion (5/1/13) “The McDonnell administration’s defense of the $244 million+ Charlottesville Bypass as a boon to traffic safety on U.S. 29 falls apart under close scrutiny…Each argument for the...
by MCDC | Apr 7, 2013 | Issues, Sequester
What Do Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes Cost Women and Families? A Lot. Tax Day (April 15) is nearly upon us. Maybe you’re scrambling to file, or maybe you’re happy to have a refund on the way. Whatever your feelings about your own taxes, it’s important to remember...
by MCDC | Apr 5, 2013 | Action Alerts, Health Care, News, Sequester, Social Security
Will Obama regret offering to cut Social Security? Conservatives’ real aim in their fiscal brinkmanship is to gut Social Security and Medicare.U.S. politics seems stuck in an endless debate about the size of the federal deficit and federal debt. From congressional...
