
Sam Rasoul commits to effort supporting progressive House of Delegates candidates
Roanoke State Del. Sam Rasoul is launching an effort through his Impact Center PAC to support Democrats running in House of Delegates races in the 2021 cycle.

Roanoke State Del. Sam Rasoul is launching an effort through his Impact Center PAC to support Democrats running in House of Delegates races in the 2021 cycle.

Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline, recently in the news for signing on to a Supreme Court brief seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election result, has the attention of his next most likely political challenger.

Gov. Ralph Northam told CNBC on Monday that he was considering additional public health restrictions, and now, we get word that he’s going to rev up his COVID-19 Facebook talk show tomorrow at 2 p.m.

A group of senators led by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are urging Democrats to demand that COVID-19 relief include direct payments to adults and children and reject provisions giving corporations liability shields.

Setting an agenda means setting priorities. Based on the agenda of the U.S. House of Representatives, apparently marijuana is a priority of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Paul Goldman is taking a shot at Terry McAuliffe, criticizing the former governor, who is reportedly planning a second run in 2021, for throwing fellow Democrats Ralph Northam and Justin Fairfax “under the proverbial political bus.”

Republicans, when they get power, are balls to the wall: tax breaks for billionaires, nominating the hell out of conservative judges, ripping up any progress made previous in healthcare, the environment.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and a group of Democratic and Republican colleagues announced today a bipartisan framework to provide emergency COVID-19 relief.

If ever there were a year filled with an abundance of bad news and a shortage of good news, 2020 would take the prize.

Seventh District Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger is leading a bipartisan effort to defend the foundational 340B Drug Pricing Program from changes that would lead to significant increases in the cost of prescription medications for Virginia healthcare providers.
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