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 […]

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 […]