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 […]

  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.