Warner campaign memo on Greenbrier Senate debate
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In tomorrow’s debate between Senator Mark Warner and Ed Gillespie, Virginians will see a stark contrast between two candidates with different histories in Virginia.
Search Results for Affordable Care Act
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Ken Plum: Virginia, Medicaid and the billion-dollar giveaway
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We got to this point by the Republican majority in the General Assembly refusing to pass a plan for Medicaid expansion that would bring more than $5 million dollars a day to the state, produce as many as 30,000 new jobs in the health care industry, insure as many as 400,000 of the working poor, and enhance the quality of life for Virginia’s workforce and their families.
President Obama: Let’s go out there and work
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President Obama at a private event in Los Angeles: “I’ve got two years left in this presidency. I want to get a whole bunch of stuff done. I need your help. So let’s go out there and work.”
Bob Goodlatte: Protecting the balance of powers
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The White House’s continued actions are in direct conflict with the carefully crafted balance of powers found in the United States Constitution, and the House of Representatives is preparing to take action to hold the Administration accountable and stop these abuses.
Andy Schmookler: The politics of hostility
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How did it come to this? How did our political life in America get to be so drenched in hostility?
President Obama in Austin, Texas, speaking on economy
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President Obama speaks at an event in Austin, Texas, on the economy, jobs and the political culture in Washington, D.C.
Howell, Norment intend to reconvene House, Senate in September
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Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) announced Wednesday that he intends to reconvene the House of Delegates the week of September 22 to debate Medicaid expansion. Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R-James City) announced that the Senate will be also be in session that week.
Veto! Governor McAuliffe pushes back on budget, Medicaid
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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a series of line-item vetoes of the budget passed by the Virginia General Assembly with the goal in mind of continuing efforts to expand the state’s Medicaid system.
Republicans pass budget: McAuliffe vows fight not over
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With their new majority in the Senate won with a backroom deal with disgraced Democrat Phil Puckett in tow, Republicans broke the budget logjam on Thursday, finally passing a state budget that does not include Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s signature expansion of the state Medicaid rolls.
Did House GOP resort to bribery to keep 400K Virginians uninsured?
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Calling it a ‘new low in GOP health care obstructionism’, Americans United for Change issued the following statement reacting to the Washington Post’s reporting that Virginia House Republicans appear to have persuaded a Democratic senator to resign his seat.
