by MCDC | Oct 16, 2013 | Ethics, GOP Shutdown, Issues, Virginia
A tip-of-the-hat to Jean K. for recommending this story to us Like most Americans, Sister Simone Campbell is feeling desperate about the current stand-off and shut down of the government. So Sister Simone along with an interfaith group of religious leaders decided to...
by MCDC | Oct 16, 2013 | Economy, Ethics, GOP Shutdown, Sequester, Virginia
by Jennifer Bendery WASHINGTON — Two Virginia congressmen fumed Tuesday about the damage being done to their state by the ongoing government shutdown and laid the blame squarely on a fellow Virginian, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R), for preventing...
by MCDC | Oct 14, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Carol D. Leonnig A wealthy political donor has told federal prosecutors that he believed that Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell was helping his company get state research funding at the same time the executive was providing McDonnell’s...
by MCDC | Oct 13, 2013 | Events, Madison County, Virginia Election 2013
2013 Orange County Candidates Forum Please join us in supporting Traci Dippert for the 30th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates October 14 – 7pm Locust Grove Elementary School Locust Grove, VA It is a Q& A format Spread the Word!...
by MCDC | Oct 7, 2013 | Opinion, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Given the extreme ideology of the current slate of Tea Party candidates Cuccinelli, Jackson and Obenshain, this letter to the editor of the Madison Eagle is every bit as on point now as it was then.. Feb. 21, 2003 Letter to the Editor “Cider House Rules”...
by MCDC | Oct 3, 2013 | Action Alerts, News, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
From the Bristol Virginia Democratic Committee Today the Democratic Party of Virginia released a complaint filed in federal court asking a judge to stop a plan by the Virginia State Board of Elections, in coordination with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli – who has a...
