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Virginia Democrats were successful in getting legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by Jan. 1, 2027 to the desk of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who almost certainly will use his veto pen to block it from being enacted.
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Virginia Democrats have pushed through bills on abortion, gay marriage and voting rights that will be centerpiece issues in the 2025 state elections.
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Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader, is apparently getting tired of having to deal with pressure from voters and civic groups who want Democrats to do something to stand up to Donald Trump.
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Across the United States, 70 percent of political races go uncontested and often are occupied by incumbents who are Republicans.
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Donald Trump, for a second time, has withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, which puts us in the company of Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries in the world not part of the international agreement on climate change.
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Donald Trump is threatening the whole world with tariffs now, so that he can give his rich buddies another tax break. You’ll pay more for everything, but that’s OK – that’s what you voted for, and he told you ahead of time he was going to do this.
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You can expect that reproductive rights will be a ballot issue in the 2025 Virginia elections, and to that end, we have House Democrats pushing forward two pieces of legislation that will put the issue front and center with voters.
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The federal government provides $757 billion – billion, with a b- – in tax breaks and subsidies to the oil and gas industry. (And Republicans whine about the Green New Deal.)
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Donald Trump is still working on the concepts of a healthcare plan. Senate Democrats, now in the minority in the senior chamber, have a plan in place.
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Two House Democrats have introduced a bill to try to address rising childhood obesity rates and diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes
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