Goodlatte says illegal immigrants aren’t all the same, and should get varied treatment
By David Ress, Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com//news/2050231-10/goodlatte-says-illegal-immigrants-arent-all-the-same.html The most difficult issue in immigration reform may w ...
Read More »
Talk to your family members about health insurance!
Did you know that health care reform means people without insurance can start enrolling in the Health Insurance Marketplace on October 1? Virginia Organizing wants to make su ...
Read More »
Domestic Violence Victim Killed By Boyfriend After ICE Ignored Her Pleas For Protection And Deported Her
How important is immigration reform to the lives of real people? Read on to find out...By Esther Yu-Hsi Leehttp://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/06/25/2201451/sent-back-to-mex ...
Read More »
Supreme Court Throws Out Federal Defense of Marriage Act, Elevating Rights of Same-Sex Couples
By Stephen Rosenfeldhttp://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/scotus-throws-out-domaIn the first of two highly anticipated same-sex marriage cases, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled th ...
Read More »
Study Shows Bipartisan Senate Immigration Bill Will Decrease National Deficit, Boost Virginia’s Economy
Petersburg, Va.—The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on Tuesday, June 18 showing the bipartisan Senate immigration bill will decrease the federal deficit ...
Read More »
Action Alert: MIRC Meets Monday!
Next week, the Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission (MIRC) is planning to meet. As you know, this commission is tasked with ensuring that certain reforms to Medicaid are met ...
Read More »-167x168.jpeg "Senate votes to begin historic immigration reform debate")
Senate votes to begin historic immigration reform debate
By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC NewsFull story: http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/11/18902366-senate-votes-to-begin-historic-immigration-reform-debate?chrome ...
Read More »-167x170.jpeg "The America We Want: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Now")
The America We Want: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Now
By Rhonda MiskaCrossposted from: http://millennialjournal.com/2013/06/05/the-america-we-want-comprehensive-immigration-reform-now/The Daily Progress ran a photo of a six ...
Read More ».jpeg "Expand Medicaid, save money, lives")
Expand Medicaid, save money, lives
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/06/expand-medicaid-save-money-lives The Virginian-Pilot© June 6, 2013The folly of failing to expand Medicaid, as outlined in the ...
Read More »
Austerity is Dead
More and more, people are starting to agree with what we have known all along—austerity measures (when we use a “cuts-only” approach to budgeting) are hurting ou ...
Read More »