
Democrats urge Biden to protect paid leave in Build Back Better Act
House Democrats are urging President Biden to defend paid family and medical leave provisions in the ongoing negotiations over the Build Back Better Act.

House Democrats are urging President Biden to defend paid family and medical leave provisions in the ongoing negotiations over the Build Back Better Act.

Republicans don’t list COVID among their top three concerns. Healthcare isn’t even among their top three concerns.

Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Scott Peters (D-CA) have introduced the Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act.

Natural gas is a core fuel for the modern world. It is used to heat homes, power the electric grid, and make manufactured products, including plastics.

Enough Democrats were able to come together to pass a continuing resolution keeping the government open as the hours until a shutdown counted down, averting a disaster for the majority party.

Winston Churchill famously said, “There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place.” This accurately depicts how the Democrats’ impending tax-and-spending spree will affect the American people.

The Waynesboro Democratic Committee will hold its Summer Wind Down and Rev Up on Tuesday beginning at 6 p.m. at North Park in Waynesboro.

More than 180 House Democrats are urging leadership to include important clean energy, energy efficiency and clean transportation tax incentives in the plan.

Andrew Cuomo’s fall from grace, which has him saying today that he will step down as governor of New York later this month, brings to mind Ralph Northam, and how he somehow avoided a similar fate.

The Democratic National Committee has announced plans to spend at least $5 million in Virginia ahead of the 2021 election to support Democrats up and down the ballot – the DNC’s biggest investment in the Commonwealth in its history.
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