Today’s Romney University video from former Congressman Tom Perriello is What Mitt Romney’s budget cuts mean for Virginia. It is based our joint report with the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

Two weeks ago, former Congressman Tom Perriello broke down what a Romney-Ryan budget would truly cost Virginia’s family based on a joint report released by ProgressVA and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Today, ProgressVA is releasing the first of 5 videos that will be posted this week from that session: What Romney-Ryan means […]

Local Voices, an organization founded by Lee Hirsch, award-winning creator of the documentary “Bully,” aims to bypass the spin of traditional negative campaign ads and prompt a real conversation among voters in swing states about how they benefited under the Obama administration. This week they launched micro-targeted campaign ads in Lynchburg and Hampton Roads, featuring […]

  With Medicare open enrollment upon us, now is the time to reflect on how important Medicare is to our country–and to keeping seniors across Virginia and the nation healthy. Thanks to Medicare, seniors have access to life-saving healthcare without having to worry about excessive bills. The Affordable Care Act extends the life of Medicare […]

Across the country and here in Virginia, conservative politicians have been pushing ALEC-backed voter ID bills to combat a nonexistent voter impersonation problem. But it turns out they may have been the real election fraud problem the whole time.  CBS 6 WTVR is reporting, “The Republican Party of Virginia has terminated its relationship with Strategic Allied Consulting over […]

Following the Washington Post‘s breaking news of racist photos posted by the Mecklenburg County VA GOP on Facebook – offensively targeting President Obama – outrage has spread across the Commonwealth and into the national spotlight. Last night, on the same day the story broke, the Rev. Al Sharpton covered the offensive photos on his MSNBC […]

How Virginia is Shutting Down Women’s Clinics from Kontra on Vimeo. A vignette of what happened inside and outside the September 14th Virginia Board of Health meeting as they were directed by Ken Cuccinelli to rule that new, unnecessary regulations could be used to shut down existing abortion facilities.

Putting to rest any doubt about conservatives’ anti-woman agenda, Bob McDonnell’s platform committee today approved language opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest. The move brings the official party position in line with Todd Akin and Paul Ryan’s radical anti-woman, anti-family ideology. According to news reports, McDonnell, chairman of the platform committee, […]

Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan is in Virginia today, trying to explain why raising taxes on the middle class, ending Medicare as we know it, and gutting home front investments is the right path for America. Our leaders are supposed to work for all of us, not just the wealthiest few. We put together a […]

Our final list of Virginia elected official attendees to the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) annual conference in Salt Lake City included: Delegate Riley Ingram Delegate John Cosgrove House Majority Leader Kirk Cox Delegate Terry Kilgore Delegate James Massie Delegate Kathy Byron Delegate Mark Dudenhefer Delegate Jim LeMunyon Delegate Tim Hugo Speaker William Howell State […]