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A Letter to Senator Warner on Budget Negotiations
March 20, 2013Dear Senator Warner,We are writing to strongly support the plan to raise $975 billion in new taxes over the next 10 years that is contained in the Senate Budget Reso ...
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It’s Here
It's here. The automatic budget cuts known as the sequester have started and some people have already started to feel this burden. Virginia Organizing leader ...
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The Great Wealth Gap
What do you think the wealth distribution is in America? What do you think it should be? Click here to watch this informative video to learn more about wealth inequity and how con ...
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Armed With Powerful New Data, Progressive Groups Launch Grassroots Campaign to Enable Medicare Drug-Price Negotiations
Washington, D.C. – American taxpayers could save as much as $541 billion by 2022 if Congress and the President enable Medicare to negotiate drug prices like other ...
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Economist Says a Fairer Tax Code Could Close the Deficit
By Monique Coppolahttp://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30543-1(01/28/13) RICHMOND, Va. - Some in Congress want cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to ...
Read More »Governor proposes ‘radical’ shift in transportation funding
By Michael SlussJanuary 9, 2012http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/318794RICHMOND -- Virginia's gasoline tax would be eliminated and its retail sales tax would increase from 5 ...
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Don’t Cut Social Security to Pay for Pentagon Waste!
December 20, 2012Social Security benefit cuts are part of the emerging fiscal showdown deal. But the deal includes only $100 billion in cuts to the bloated Pentagon budget!We ...
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It’s time for Big Pharma to pay more
December 14, 2012The Roanoke Times: http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/317917By Sandra A. CookCook is the chairperson of Virginia Organizing, a non-partisan statewide ...
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“Fix the Debt” CEO’s are Destroying Jobs!
Five Job-Destroying CEOs Trying to “Fix” the Debt by Slashing Corporate Taxes and Cutting Social Security BenefitsLet's name them and shame them.By Sarah Anderson ...
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Tell Senator Mark Warner to Keep Defense Cuts on the Table!
December 11, 2012As the Budget Showdown in Washington continues, Congress is debating where cuts should be made. They have left a lot of options on the table when it comes to ...
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