by MCDC | Aug 14, 2014 | Health Care, Issues, Virginia
The Daily Press “Not only do we not have a plan, we don’t even have a process.” The General Assembly is to convene next month to talk about Medicaid expansion, but there’s still no firm word on the scope of what they’ll tackle – or even...
by MCDC | Jul 26, 2014 | Events, Issues, Video, Virginia
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner and Republican Ed Gillespie met Saturday for their first debate, hosted by the Virginia Bar Association. The 90-minute session, moderated by PBS NewsHour co-anchor Judy Woodruff, was broadcast live online from the Virginia Bar Association’s...
by MCDC | Jul 20, 2014 | News, Surveys, Virginia
By Joshua Holland As a coherent and consistent political narrative, “the war on women” is relatively new. But the underlying tension between conservative religious beliefs and women’s access to reproductive health care — including legal abortion without overly...
by MCDC | Jul 19, 2014 | Health Care, Issues, Minimum Wage, Virginia
By By Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post A gravel parking lot deep in the green hills of Virginia coal country was packed to capacity by 4 a.m. Friday. More than 1,500 people with canes, wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, bleeding gums, black lungs and other ills had come to...
by MCDC | Jul 11, 2014 | Issues, Minimum Wage, Opinion, Video, Virginia
Letter to the Editor Recently, Republican Senate nominee Ed Gillespie was a guest on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. In his appearance, Gillespie said that he doesn’t believe in a “federally mandated increase in the minimum wage”. For someone who is running to represent our...
by MCDC | Jul 2, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Ethics, Health Care, Virginia
WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL BOARD THE MORE circumstances emerge about the deal that flipped control of the Virginia state Senate to Republicans, the seamier it looks. And there’s plenty we still don’t know. To recap: The Senate was under Democratic control until early...
