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Help Us Protect Social Security!

Help Us Protect Social Security!

 Will you help us protect Social Security? Call Senator Mark Warner today at 1-877-676-2759 and ask him to protect and strengthen Social Security. Then share your o ...

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Medicaid Expansion Rejected By Governors Who Say Earning $11,000 Is Too Much

Medicaid Expansion Rejected By Governors Who Say Earning $11,000 Is Too Much

 By Carla Johnson and Kelli KennedyAugust 14, 2012Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/14/medicaid-expansion-gop-governors_n_1775973.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg0 ...

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“End Bush tax cuts for richest 2 percent like me”

“End Bush tax cuts for richest 2 percent like me”

Joel KantorAugust 5, 2012 (Richmond Times-Dispatch op-ed)http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2012/aug/05/tdopin02-end-bush-tax-cuts-for-richest-2-percent-l-ar-2107547/T ...

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Margot Dorfman Explains Why Raising Minimum Wage is Good for Economy

Margot Dorfman Explains Why Raising Minimum Wage is Good for Economy

http://augustafreepress.com/2012/07/30/margot-dorfman-raising-minimum-wage-good-for-business/Posted July 30, 2012 The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce supported the las ...

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Report on Bush tax cuts over the last nine years

Report on Bush tax cuts over the last nine years

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released the following on July 30, 2012. Please visit http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3811 for the full report and ...

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August 1: Women’s Health Care Package Implementation Is Cause for Celebration and Caution

August 1: Women’s Health Care Package Implementation Is Cause for Celebration and Caution

By Nancy KaufmanJuly 31, 2012 August 1 is a great day for women. It marks the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) package of preventive and diagnostic care that must no ...

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Virginia Organizing Joins Other Civic Engagement Organizations in State Board of Elections Petition

Virginia Organizing Joins Other Civic Engagement Organizations in State Board of Elections Petition

July 26, 2012http://www.progressva.org/news/civic_engagement_organizations_oppose_romney_request_to_reject_voter_registration_applications.html Civic engagement organizations ...

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We Need You to Call Senator Webb NOW!

We Need You to Call Senator Webb NOW!

URGENT ACTION NEEDED It's time the ultra-rich paid their fair share... Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will have a chance to show us where their priorities really lie ...

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Why America- Where Only The Rich Get Richer- Is Not A Democracy

Why America- Where Only The Rich Get Richer- Is Not A Democracy

Click here to watch a video on why America is no longer a Democracy and what we have become. Bill Moyer explains,"[The] marriage of money and politics has produced gross ineq ...

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Virginia stands to lose 207,571 jobs if federal budget cuts happen

Virginia stands to lose 207,571 jobs if federal budget cuts happen

 This week is Tax Fairness Call-in Week! Use the toll free number 888-744-9958 to call your elected officials in Washington to demand they end the Bush tax cuts for the wealt ...

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