by MCDC | Sep 23, 2013 | Ethics, Farm Bill, Issues, Sequester, Virginia
Don’t Let Your Constituents Go Hungry A letter from Melissa Harris-Perry Dear Mr. Cantor, It’s me Melissa. Now I’m not going to quibble with you over your philosophical approach. But let’s deal in facts. The beginning of your speech on the House floor before...
by MCDC | Sep 20, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Ken Cuccinelli, the Tea Party/GOP candidate for governor in Virginia, is struggling to save his campaign from a pair of slow-moving — but unrelenting — scandals that cast doubt upon his character and integrity. To be clear, neither of these scandals are...
by MCDC | Sep 19, 2013 | Farm Bill, Minimum Wage, Sequester, Virginia
The House SNAP bill is harsh. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates it would deny SNAP to approximately 3.8 million low-income people in 2014 and to an average of nearly 3 million people each year over the coming decade. Those who would be thrown off the...
by MCDC | Sep 19, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) hosted a “Constitution Day” rally with right-wing shock jock Mark Levin on Tuesday, in support of his campaign to be Virginia’s next governor. But his campaign struggled to respond when a prominent Republican district chairman...
by MCDC | Sep 18, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants to be the state’s next governor. But he has been dogged by an ethics scandal involving gifts he received from the head of a company that has sued the state. So last week, Cuccinelli tried to put the issue to rest...