by MCDC | Aug 12, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Action Alerts, Social Security, Virginia, Wall Street
Exactly 81 years ago this month, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law. Since then, it has functioned as one of the most successful programs in our nation’s history, giving seniors the support they depend on during retirement. Today, Social Security...
by MCDC | Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Equal Rights, Global Warming, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Income Inequality, Issues, Madison County, Social Security, Virginia
It’s a simple but powerful idea: we are stronger together. “I did not start as a Democrat — I was actually a Republican. As I became more aware of the world outside of the sphere in which I was born, I realized that I wanted to identify with a group of Americans who...
by MCDC | Jul 26, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Equal Rights, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, News, Racism, Social Security
We need leadership in this country which will improve the lives of working families, the children, the elderly, the sick and the poor. We need leadership which brings our people together and makes us stronger – not leadership which insults Latinos, Muslims, women,...
by MCDC | Jul 22, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Equal Rights, Ethics, Events, Gun Reform, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Income Inequality, Issues, Minimum Wage, News, Racism, Social Security, Voter Rights
In 2016, Democrats meet in Philadelphia with the same basic belief that animated the Continental Congress when they gathered here 240 years ago: Out of many, we are one. Under President Obama’s leadership, and thanks to the hard work and determination of the American...
by MCDC | Feb 28, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Gun Reform, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Income Inequality, Issues, Minimum Wage, Social Security
by MCDC | Jan 15, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, History, News, Social Security
And yet, on the very first day that the new larger House Republican majority got to work, it made a move that could mean some 11 million people who receive Social Security disability benefits will see their lifeline benefits cut by 20% in 2016—or even cuts to Social...
