Eleven months outside of Virginia’s U.S. Senate election George Allen is already relying on false TV ads sponsored by Karl Rove’s extreme right-wing group Crossroads GPS to mislead voters in the Commonwealth. Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, also known as Crossroads GPS, is a secretly-funded 501(c)(4) conservative political group created in June 2010 by right-wing political
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Tuesday, November 1st 6:45-7:30 pm private reception 7:30-8:30 pm general reception At Ireland’s Four Courts (1 block from Courthouse Metro; 2051 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201; map, click here). RSVP online, click here. We need to do everything to keep this year’s crop of Tea Party extremists out of the state Senate. With the Governor’s
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Virginia would change radically if the McDonnell-Cuccinelli Cantor Republicans take over the Senate In less than three weeks Virginia voters will go to the polls and make decisions that will affect the future of our Commonwealth and the families who live here. If Republicans are successful in taking over the state Senate they will have
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New DPVA Web Video – A jobs Governor? DPVA released a new web video urging Governor McDonnell to get results to match his rhetoric on jobs. In August Virginia’s unemployment rate increased for the second straight month while the national rate declined, and the percentage of Virginia’s population that had a job was lower than
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The next quarterly meetings of the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA) will be in Prince William County located right on the Occoquan River. Steering Committee meets Friday evening, September 16 at 7:30 pm at Osprey’s Landing (401 Belmont Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22191) Central Committee meets (and workshops) Saturday, September 17 at Harbour View (13200 Marina
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Crisis averted – Congress passes a debt ceiling increase As with any compromise, it wasn’t perfect, but President Obama and congressional leaders finally got together and passed a debt ceiling increase that will allow our nation to meet it’s obligations, avoid the economic catastrophe of a default and preserve the possibility of reducing our deficit
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The mission of the DPVA is to constantly strive to provide the best services and resources possible to our Democratic grassroots activists, campaigns, and elected officials. Democrats win when they are educated, trained, and equipped with the right tools. That’s what the Virginia Summit was all about, and that’s why we’re proud to be unveiling
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Virginia lost 14,600 jobs last month The U.S. Department of Labor reported last week that Virginia lost more than 14,000 jobs in the month of June, more than every other state but two. The loss amounted to nearly a quarter of the gains the state has made since Governor Bob McDonnell took office, which should
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McDonnell embraces Republican cuts to federal transportation funding Always ready to put right-wing politics ahead of what Virginia needs, Governor Bob McDonnell endorsed a plan put forward by congressional Republicans to cut federal transportation funding by as much as one-third. The Democratic staff of the House Transportation Committee estimates that the cuts could cost Virginia
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Does one of these topics ‘grab’ you? Wanna say something more about it? Write a letter to the editor to one of our local papers, click here. Allen was against ethanol before he was for it before he was against it Senate candidate George Allen has never met a poll-driven position he couldn’t find a
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