Click Here to sign the petition to stop the war on women! A note from Mark Sickles, Democratic Caucus Chair: Tuesday was ‘Crossover’ at the General Assembly. It was the last day for both the House and Senate to consider legislation introduced on their respective sides before ‘crossing the bill over’ to the other legislative [...]
Below is an exceprt from a January 14th Times Union article entitled, “Super Pacs sway GOP.” To read the entire article click here. It goes back to politics before we had campaign finance reform and Watergate,” said David Woodard, a professor of political science at Clemson University and a South Carolina Republican strategist. “It’s just a complete [...]
Tell Eric Cantor and Congress, “No Cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.” The National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare is working to make sure that Congress votes for NO CUTS to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. In that effort, we are having events all over the country to bring awareness to the issue [...]
Eric Cantor Petition signers – you rock! We have 600 signatures! YOU are lighting the fire under this. I can only do so much on my own, but when you send this to your like-minded contacts we grow, and FAST. Please help keep this growing. Try these methods: · Forward the information to your own [...]
The Roanoke Times recently asked 6th district Democratic congressional candidate Andy Schmookler to write a rebuttal to congressman Bob Goodlatte’s balanced budget amendment. In the piece (http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/299978) he characterizes Goodlatte’s amendment as a “bad idea offered in bad faith.” Some excerpts: Goodlatte’s rules would mean inevitable cuts to Social Security and Medicare — programs seniors rely upon for [...]
