For Democracy
Engage • Volunteer • Organize • Vote
News
First Week of the 2015 Virginia Legislative Session
https://www.facebook.com/creigh/posts/10152551311821402
MEDIA ADVISORY: Democratic Legislators Hold Press Conference on Keeping Virginia Communities Safe
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2015 CONTACT: Morgan Finkelstein, morgan@vademocrats.org RICHMOND -- Democratic legislators will hold a press conference TOMORROW, January 19th, to highlight the need to pass common-sense gun safety proposals outlined by Governor...
Obama’s new tax plan would go straight after Mitt Romney’s money
By Jia Lynn Yang President Obama will unveil a slew of new taxes targeting the wealthiest Americans in his State of the Union address Tuesday. And there's one person in particular who would be hit extra hard if the policies ever became law: Mitt Romney. When...
#GOP to Give Elizabeth Warren’s Consumer Protection Agency the Darrell Issa Treatment
By Erika Eichelberger Ever since Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) helped get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau off the ground in 2010, Republicans have been trying to shut it down. GOPers drafted legislation to weaken the fledgling agency, which was designed to...
The GOP’s Absurd, Hilarious Ploy to Pretend They Care About Poor People
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet Across the #GOP, there’s been an outbreak of claims by party leaders and presidential candidates that Republicans deserve credit for a slow-but-steady economic recovery, and that the GOP is the emerging champion of still-struggling...
GOP launches a direct attack on seniors, disabled Americans and the Social Security trust fund
And yet, on the very first day that the new larger House Republican majority got to work, it made a move that could mean some 11 million people who receive Social Security disability benefits will see their lifeline benefits cut by 20% in 2016—or even cuts to Social...
Silencing you in secret
Time is running out for disclosure. We only have one more day to submit comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as it considers proposing new rules to expose the dark money spenders flooding our airwaves with anonymous political ads in the wake of...
New Jersey Firstish
http://youtu.be/Umnlz_RVocY
Statewide #VAMarch4Justice – ALL LIVES MATTER
Good Afternoon, On January 24th at 4:00 PM there will be a statewide march for justice in Richmond, VA. The peaceful protest will begin at the Bell Tower located next the Capitol building, and will proceed to Lumpkin's Jail. Action items will be presented, along with...
DREAMers Are Under Attack AGAIN
We are hours away from the General Assembly returning to Richmond – and launching their latest attack on Virginia's DREAMers. But we can stop them. This year we have an opportunity to take back the Virginia Senate by electing leaders who believe in equality and...
