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Moran and Child Advocates: McDonnell and House GOP Must Restore Alicia's Law Funding

2/22/2012
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Child Abduction Survivor Alicia Kozakiewicz Asks Former Delegate's Help

 

 

Today Democratic Party of Virginia Chairman and former Virginia Delegate Brian Moran joined with Virginia child safety advocates in urging Governor Bob McDonnell and Republicans in the House of Delegates to restore funding they cut out of Virginia's Alicia's Law.

 

Moran, the original sponsor of the 2008 Alicia's Law, was asked by crime victim Alicia Kozakiewicz to help draw attention to Governor Bob McDonnell's attempt to raid the child rescue fund. 

 

In Advance of Controversial Vote Overreacher-in-Chief Visits General Assembly Republicans

2/21/2012
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In Advance of Controversial Vote Overreacher-in-Chief Visits General Assembly Republicans

RICHMOND, VA: As Republicans in the Virginia General Assembly prepare to vote today on legislation that would force an invasive and medically unnecessary ultrasound on Virginia women seeking an abortion, they received a pep talk from Congressman Eric Cantor who knows a thing or two about using political power to push a radical agenda that has little to do with why Virginians elected him. 

"Meeting with Eric Cantor may be the most appropriate way for Virginia Republicans to prepare to try and force invasive and medically unnecessary ultrasounds on Virginia women," said DPVA Executive Director David Mills. "If anyone understands taking power with a mandate to focus on jobs and ignoring it to pursue a divisive and distracting social agenda it's him. 

McDonnell brings anti-woman agenda to Michigan

2/20/2012
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McDonnell brings anti-woman agenda to Michigan

  

Richmond, VA - Governor Bob McDonnell is in Michigan today trying to help Mitt Romney salvage his big for the Republican nomination for president. His trip may be welcome respite given the force of the public outcry and national media attention over the radical and overreaching agenda that he and the Republicans in the legislature, on whose campaigns he spent millions of dollars, have sought to impose on Virginia families.

 

Two of the most controversial bills currently in the Virginia General Assembly would radically alter a Virginia woman's right to make her own health care decisions. One would require an invasive and medically unnecessary ultrasound before an abortion and the other could outlaw abortion and some forms of FDA-approved birth control by defining "personhood" as beginning at conception.

 

Pilot columnist to VA GOP: 'Why you gotta be so mean?'

2/17/2012
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Pilot columnist to VA GOP: 'Why you gotta be so mean?' 

Hypocrisy Alert: Allen offers petition to stop 'reckless spending' (No seriously)

2/13/2012
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In one of his most brazen displays of hypocrisy yet, today former Senator George Allen is circulating a petition urging supporters to sign his petition to fight 'out-of-control spending in Washington.' The petition, like the rest Allen's campaign rhetoric, ignores his record in the U.S. Senate where he helped turn a record surplus into a record deficit and add $3 trillion to the nation's debt by voting for major spending without paying for it.

 

It's a Simple Question: Will Romney Address Personhood Bill during VA Stop?

2/10/2012
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It's a Simple Question: Will Romney Address Personhood Bill during VA Stop?

Previously said he "absolutely" supported issue when asked on national TV

 

RICHMOND, VA - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will campaign in Virginia this morning at a Reston event with Governor Bob McDonnell. And while Mitt Romney is in Virginia, will he address Personhood - what is becoming a very real issue in the Commonwealth?

 

In Virginia, the Personhood Amendment, proposed legislation that would define "personhood" at conception and could in turn outlaw all abortions and some forms of FDA-approved birth control, has a good chance of passing through a right-wing legislature and landing on McDonnell's desk. The bill is Bob Marshall's House Bill 1, and might be moving TODAY.

 

The question is - what does Mitt Romney think of Personhood becoming law in Virginia?

Maryland Dems Expose McDonnell's Transportation Failure

2/07/2012
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Maryland Dems Expose McDonnell's Transportation Failure


RICHMOND, VA - In case you missed it, the Maryland Democratic Party today released a message from their Executive Director David Sloan outlining the differences between the transportation plans put forth by neighboring state Governors Bob McDonnell and Martin O'Malley.

 

The message highlights McDonnell's utter failure to offer a plan to solve Virginia's transportation crisis with a real long-term source of dedicated revenue that would cover a construction and maintenance deficit of $1 billion per year.

 

Publications statewide condemn distracting and divisive GOP overreach

2/07/2012
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Just about a month into the 2012 session of the Virginia General Assembly, Republicans are proving what many Virginians suspected in the run up to the 2011 elections: Bob McDonnell and the Virginia GOP aren't nearly as interested in creating jobs, improving schools and fixing transportation as they are in cracking down on women's health care, voting rights and reasonable protections against gun trafficking. 

 

Below are excerpts of reactions to the Republican approach to the 2012 session from publications across the Commonwealth.

Democrats urge McDonnell to come back to reality on economic recovery

2/06/2012
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Democrats urge McDonnell to come back to reality on economic recovery



RICHMOND, VA - The Democratic Party of Virginia today urged Bob McDonnell to focus on his job as Governor and less on making tortured and patently absurd efforts to explain the nationwide economic recovery as anything other than a reflection on President Barack Obama's strong leadership. On Sunday Bob McDonnell went on CNN's State of the Union and said:

 

"Look, I'm glad the economy is starting to recover, but I think it's because of what Republican governors are doing in their states, not because of the president."

Hypocrisy Alert: A Brand New George Allen

2/03/2012
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The Democratic Party of Virginia has made a practice of pointing out the many, many ways in which former Senator George Allen's current campaign rhetoric does not match his behavior and record during his six years in the U.S. Senate and his political career before that.

 

From his hypocrisy on budget cuts and the debt ceiling to congressional pay, the theme of Allen's campaign so far is "pay no attention to the things I did the last time you hired me."