by MCDC | Jul 18, 2013 | News, Sequester
Mapping the Sequester’s Impact on Low-Income Housing (via Moyers & Company) In April, Doug Rice, senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, released a paper that described some of the ways people would be affected by sequestration cuts to...
by MCDC | Jul 17, 2013 | Ethics, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
A prominent local Republican is calling for Governor Bob McDonnell to resign. Shaun Kenney is the Chairman of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, and the former spokesman for the Republican Party of Virginia. He says the ongoing gift scandal shows that the...
by MCDC | Jul 17, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
For the second time since his May nomination as the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, E.W. Jackson has failed to properly disclose donations to his campaign by the deadline set by state law, according to state election officials. By 5 p.m. Monday, the...
by MCDC | Jul 17, 2013 | Gun Reform, Issues, News
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Applauds Senate Increase in Funding for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and Gun Violence Prevention Programs (via PR Newswire) Senate-Requested Funding Represents Substantial Increase Over Current Program, Fulfills...
by MCDC | Jul 13, 2013 | Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
As attorney general, Cuccinelli last year declined to join a majority of his state counterparts in support of the Violence Against Women Act; he was among only three who didn’t sign a letter imploring Congress to reauthorize the legislation first enacted in...
by MCDC | Jul 11, 2013 | Ethics, News, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Bob McDonnell’s Growing Scandal Could Spill Over to Ken Cuccinelli “The Republican nominee always kept his distance from the governor. Now it’s a political imperative.” MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show has obtained financial disclosure statements...
