Romney University 104: What Romney's tax plan means for Virginia

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Thursday November 01, 2012 · 12:47 PM PDT

2012/11/01 · 12:47

Today's Romney University video from former Congressman Tom Perriello is What Romney's tax plan means for Virginia. It is based our joint report with the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

Though Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan repeatedly refuse to say which specific tax breaks they would eliminate or reduce, the Tax Policy Center calculates that these major tax benefits for middle-class families would have to be reduced by 58 percent to pay for his tax cut for the rich. That 58 percent cut does not even account for the fact that middle-class taxpayers would be forced to pay for the $1.1 trillion corporate tax cut also championed by the Republican ticket.

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Wednesday October 31, 2012 · 11:56 AM PDT

2012/10/31 · 11:56

Today's Romney University video from former Congressman Tom Perriello is What Mitt Romney's Medicare changes mean for Virginia. It is based our joint report with the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

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Tuesday October 30, 2012 · 3:25 PM PDT

2012/10/30 · 15:25

Today's Romney University video from former Congressman Tom Perriello is What Mitt Romney's budget cuts mean for Virginia. It is based our joint report with the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

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Monday October 29, 2012 · 9:33 AM PDT

2012/10/29 · 09:33

Two weeks ago, former Congressman Tom Perriello broke down what a Romney-Ryan budget would truly cost Virginia's family based on a joint report released by ProgressVA and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Today, ProgressVA is releasing the first of 5 videos that will be posted this week from that session: What Romney-Ryan means for Virginia families' health care.

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Friday October 26, 2012 · 12:17 PM PDT

2012/10/26 · 12:17

Local Voices, an organization founded by Lee Hirsch, award-winning creator of the documentary “Bully,” aims to bypass the spin of traditional negative campaign ads and prompt a real conversation among voters in swing states about how they benefited under the Obama administration. This week they launched micro-targeted campaign ads in Lynchburg and Hampton Roads, featuring powerful 60-second testimonials from local residents about why they're voting for Barack Obama.

In addition to the Virginia ads, Local Voices is running ads in swing counties in Ohio, Colorado, Florida, and North Carolina. The combined national campaign will spend more than $300,000 on cable television and radio ad buys, all targeted to adults 35+.

Keep reading for more Virginia videos, and all the ads can be viewed at www.localvoices.org.

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Wednesday October 24, 2012 · 11:28 AM PDT

2012/10/24 · 11:28

Last week a contractor for the Republican Party of Virginia was arrested in Harrisonburg and charged with throwing away voter registration forms. Attorney General Cuccinelli, no stranger to using his office for partisan gain, so far has refused to investigate. There's every reason to believe these violations could be more widespread. The company the contractor worked for has been operating in localities across the Commonwealth. There's no excuse for not protecting the vote and ensuring the integrity of our elections so we're asking for help.

Yesterday, Congressmen Jim Moran, Bobby Scott, and Gerry Connolly called on Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice to investigate. Please join the Democratic Congressmen of Virginia and ProgressVA in calling for federal officials to investigate voter registration fraud in Virginia.

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Thursday September 27, 2012 · 8:15 AM PDT

2012/09/27 · 08:15

Following the Washington Post's breaking news of racist photos posted by the Mecklenburg County VA GOP on Facebook - offensively targeting President Obama - outrage has spread across the Commonwealth and into the national spotlight. Last night, on the same day the story broke, the Rev. Al Sharpton covered the offensive photos on his MSNBC show PoliticsNation.

Today, following this attention and pressure from their own state party, it appears as though the Mecklenburg County Republican Party has taken down their Facebook page entirely.

How Virginia is Shutting Down Women's Clinics

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Wednesday September 19, 2012 · 11:31 AM PDT

2012/09/19 · 11:31

How Virginia is Shutting Down Women's Clinics from Kontra on Vimeo.

A vignette of what happened inside and outside the September 14th Virginia Board of Health meeting as they were directed by Ken Cuccinelli to rule that new, unnecessary regulations could be used to shut down existing abortion facilities.

Women's Health Advocates Deliver Over 17K Petitions Opposing Clinic Regs to State Board of Health

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Thursday September 13, 2012 · 10:25 AM PDT

2012/09/13 · 10:25

Thousands of Virginians have taken action to urge regulators to rely on evidence-based medicine, preserve access to safe and legal abortion.

Women's health advocates delivered over 17,324 petitions and comments to the Virginia Board of Health Thursday, opposing proposed regulations that could shut down women's health centers and endanger access to safe and legal abortion in the Commonwealth. Virginians from across the state have took action to express outrage over new, burdensome regulations that prioritize ideological agendas over evidence-based medicine. In July, the Board voted to amend the proposed regulations, the most repressive in the nation, to "grandfather in" existing clinics from draconian building regulations unrelated to patient safety. That amendment would allow clinics to remain open and continue to provide thousands of Virginia women life-saving cancer screenings, STD testing, family planning services, and safe, legal first trimester abortions. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is misrepresenting the law and misguiding the Board of Health in an attempt to bully them into shutting down clinics against their will. By threatening to refuse to "certify" the Board's authority, the Attorney General has forced the Board to reconsider legally sound and medically correct regulations in order to advance a political agenda.

"Political agendas have no place in the doctor's office or governing decisions that should rely solely on evidence-based medicine," said ProgressVA Executive Director Anna Scholl. "The Board's mission statement declares they are the 'primary advocate and representative of the citizens of the Commonwealth', not agents of politicians' political agendas. Virginians have made their voices clear: base the regulations on evidence-based medicine. We hope the Board chooses to represent the will of the public and votes to uphold the grandfather amendment."

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Wednesday August 22, 2012 · 6:26 AM PDT

2012/08/22 · 06:26

Bob McDonnell Akin-izes Republican platform, Paul Ryan returns to VA to tout backwards policies

Putting to rest any doubt about conservatives' anti-woman agenda, Bob McDonnell's platform committee today approved language opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest. The move brings the official party position in line with Todd Akin and Paul Ryan's radical anti-woman, anti-family ideology. According to news reports, McDonnell, chairman of the platform committee, applauded the move as "affirming our respect for human life." The move fits squarely with McDonnell's own radical record, best exemplified by his support for the widely condemned "vaginal probe" ultrasound bill.

Virginians would be right to wonder whether conservatives are vying for some "Grand Poobah of Anti-Woman Conservatives" prize. Tomorrow, Paul Ryan returns to the Commonwealth, hoping Virginia voters won't pay much attention to his decidedly anti-family record. Never mind Ryan's support for federal personhood legislation, his refusal to support the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, or his scheme to end Medicare as we know it. A new report from the Center for American Progress Action Fund lays out that the Romney-Ryan ticket would be a disaster for women across the board.

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Friday August 17, 2012 · 7:34 AM PDT

2012/08/17 · 07:34

Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan is in Virginia today, trying to explain why raising taxes on the middle class, ending Medicare as we know it, and gutting home front investments is the right path for America. Our leaders are supposed to work for all of us, not just the wealthiest few. We put together a little info graphic about what the Romney/Ryan plan would be mean for Virginia (here's a hint: it isn't good).

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Monday July 16, 2012 · 2:09 PM PDT

2012/07/16 · 14:09

Just last week ProgressVA, along with some great progressive allies, participated in a forum on the corporate front group the American Legislative Exchange Council and their role in writing our laws. It was a great event with a fully packed room and we appreciate everyone who was able to attend and watch online. Additionally, the entire event is now available on YouTube.

Some quotes and highlights after the jump.

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Romney University 104: What Romney's tax plan means for Virginia

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Don't let them get away with voter registration fraud in Virginia

Outrage over Mecklenburg GOP's racist photos goes national

How Virginia is Shutting Down Women's Clinics

Women's Health Advocates Deliver Over 17K Petitions Opposing Clinic Regs to State Board of Health

The GOP Anti-Woman Double Down:

What would Paul Ryan mean for VA?

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