by MCDC | Dec 8, 2013 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Ethics, Issues, Virginia
By Dana Milbank “What you fundamentally need to know about this organization is it’s completely legislator driven,” said senior director of public affairs Bill Meierling. Uh-huh. And ALEC is proving that by keeping reporters from the rooms where the legislators are...
by MCDC | Nov 27, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
via The Washington Post CHARLES E. Judd, the Republican operative who chairs Virginia’s Board of Elections, did a disservice Monday to the state he serves by simultaneously certifying the razor-thin results in the race for attorney general and suggesting,...
by MCDC | Nov 26, 2013 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Ethics, Health Care, Virginia
ProgressVA today announced Speaker William Howell as the recipient of the organization’s 2013 “Turkey of the Year” award, in recognition of his staunch opposition to expanding Medicaid to up to 400,000 low-income Virginians. A program expansion would...
by MCDC | Nov 26, 2013 | Health Care, Issues, Virginia
via NPR Saying he is “alive for a reason and I will work for change,” Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds has told a Virginia news outlet that his life’s work now “is to make sure other families don’t have to go through what we are...
by MCDC | Nov 25, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
The certified tally was Herring 1,103,777, Obenshain 1,103,612. Attorney General-elect Mark Herring released a statement following the State Board of Elections certifying him as the next Attorney General of Virginia: “I am gratified that the State Board of...
by MCDC | Nov 20, 2013 | Health Care, Virginia
via Blue Virginia The tragedy involving State Senator Creigh Deeds and his son Gus is horrible enough as it is. But then, we heard the infuriating news that Gus – who apparently had a history of struggling with mental illness – was “evaluated...
