by MCDC | Jan 21, 2014 | Ethics, Virginia
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were indicted today by a federal grand jury on 14 counts stemming from the first couple’s acceptance and solicitation of thousands in gifts and loans from a wealthy businessman during McDonnell’s term. The...
by MCDC | Jan 18, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, Madison County, Virginia
Uninsured Virginians are in every district across the commonwealth Virginia lawmakers should provide needed health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of Virginians who live and work in the communities they represent by expanding access to health care through...
by MCDC | Jan 17, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, Issues, Virginia
Letter to the Editor of the Times-Dispatch Medicaid expansion is the right thing to do, despite Ken Cuccinelli’s claims in his Op/Ed column, “Medicaid expansion is wrong for Virginia.” Cuccinelli claims that if Medicaid is expanded under Obamacare to provide care for...
by MCDC | Jan 15, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Citizens United, Issues, News
by Joan McCarter Since September, Americans for Prosperity, a group financed in part by the billionaire Koch brothers, has spent an estimated $20 million on television advertising that calls out House and Senate Democrats by name for their support of the Affordable...
by MCDC | Jan 10, 2014 | Health Care, Issues, Virginia
Explains how system failed his son, Gus By Anne Adams HOT SPRINGS — The loss is crushing. A 24-year-old with everything to gain thanks to his multiple talents, Gus Deeds was cherished by his friends and family; he touched everyone around him. “He could have written...
