It’s incredible that any politician would champion the rights of violent criminals at the expense of women and children’s safety. But many conservatives in Congress, under Eric Cantor’s leadership, voted yesterday to oppose renewing protections for abused women and children. Meanwhile, they’re fighting for the power of criminals, rapists, and stalkers to get guns. Stronger […]

Rather than pursue home grown education solutions to improve state schooling, much of Governor Bob McDonnell’s education “reform” proposals have mirrored policies pushed by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. As McDonnell appears with Jindal today to promote their plans for school “recovery districts”, it might be useful to review the programs’ outcomes in Louisiana. Recent Education […]

Elements of Governor Bob McDonnell’s education “reform” agenda follow closely policies supported and advocated by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. McDonnell will join Bush on a conference call this afternoon to discuss his A-F school grading proposal, an idea Bush‘s educational foundation has championed. A recent expose by a public interest organization foundBush‘s educational foundation frequently advocated for state education […]

According to the Virginian Pilot, a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday advanced SB723, a bill introduced by Senator Bill Carrico that would radically redistribute Virginia’s electoral votes. Rather than award the electors on the basis of which candidate won the most votes, Carrico’s scheme would essentially gerrymander the presidential elections, giving priority to the size of […]

As we’ve mentioned before, today our caroling events are part of our statewide day of action asking Virginia’s representatives to protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security in the fiscal cliff negotiations while letting the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% expire. Right now, singing is underway in Tyson’s Corner: Even more great photos from ProgressVA […]

Tomorrow at noon, Virginians are gathering at Senator Warner’s Norfolk and Vienna offices to “Carol Against Cuts”. ProgressVA, the Virginia AFL-CIO, Virginia Organizing, Move On, AARP, Alliance for Retired Americans, SEIU, and fellow progressives from cross the Commonwealth will reprise well-known holiday melodies with new lyrics, such as such as “Oh Fiscal Cliff” to the […]

Elections have consequences. In the voting booth, Virginians and Americans spoke loud and clear in favor of raising revenue and creating jobs. As Congress approaches the so-called “fiscal cliff”, it’s time to bring some sanity in to the discussion. Below is a terrific 5-point guide from MoveOn to the fiscal showdown cuts through the political noise. […]

The new organization “Fix The Debt” has billed itself as a nonpartisan organization dedicated to finding compromise on budget issues before we go over the fiscal cliff. But according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies and reported by Reuters, the big business CEO coalition is lobbying for budget policies that could result in […]

Today’s Romney University video from former Congressman Tom Perriello is What Romney’s tax plan means for Virginia. It is based our joint report with the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Though Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan repeatedly refuse to say which specific tax breaks they would eliminate or reduce, the Tax Policy Center calculates […]

Today’s Romney University video from former Congressman Tom Perriello is What Mitt Romney’s Medicare changes mean for Virginia. It is based our joint report with the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Seniors in Virginia would lose health care benefits and pay more. Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan would force seniors in the state to […]