Brian Devine

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• Posted Cuccinelli's Koch Party to Progress|VA
  Billionaire and right-wing Tea Party funder David Koch has next to nothing in common with the Virginia working families Ken Cuccinelli wants to represent as Governor. But tonight, Cuccinelli will be collecting big checks from Koch and his right-wing buddies,...
• Posted 2013 Convention Guide, Limited Women's Health Edition to Progress|VA
  Below, ProgressVA's 2013 GOP Convention Guide, Limited Women's Health Edition details the records of the Virginia GOP candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General on women's reproductive rights and access to health care. As the guide demonstrates, no matter who is...
• Posted What have Cuccinelli and McDonnell been hiding? to Progress|VA
  Bob McDonnell and Ken Cuccinelli's relationship with Star Scientific and its CEO is making headlines across the Commonwealth and generating questions about conflicts of interest and ethics violations. The story is complicated, with numerous gifts, vacations, flights, and law suits....
• Posted While Star Scientific case languishes, Cuccinelli pushes to keep government in the bedroom to Progress|VA
  While litigation concerning Star Scientific, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's sole stock investment, continues to languish, the Attorney General's office has moved swiftly to challenge a recent court ruling striking down Virginia's anti-sodomy law. The Washington Blade reports Cuccinelli filed a...
• Posted I Support VAWA, These VA Congressmen Did Not to Progress|VA
  It's incredible that any politician would champion the rights of violent criminals at the expense of women and children's safety. But many conservatives in Congress, under Eric Cantor's leadership, voted yesterday to oppose renewing protections for abused women and...
• Posted McDonnell's Louisiana Education Model Comes With Few Results to Progress|VA
  Rather than pursue home grown education solutions to improve state schooling, much of Governor Bob McDonnell's education "reform" proposals have mirrored policies pushed by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. As McDonnell appears with Jindal today to promote their plans for school...
• Posted McDonnell's Education Reform Mentor Carries Water For Private Education Profiteers to Progress|VA
  Elements of Governor Bob McDonnell's education "reform" agenda follow closely policies supported and advocated by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. McDonnell will join Bush on a conference call this afternoon to discuss his A-F school grading proposal, an idea Bush's educational foundation has championed....
• Posted Key Virginia GOP State Senators Previously Opposed Electoral Vote Gerrymander Scheme to Progress|VA
  According to the Virginian Pilot, a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday advanced SB723, a bill introduced by Senator Bill Carrico that would radically redistribute Virginia's electoral votes. Rather than award the electors on the basis of which candidate won the most...
• Posted Caroling Against Cuts Live UPDATED to Progress|VA
  As we've mentioned before, today our caroling events are part of our statewide day of action asking Virginia's representatives to protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security in the fiscal cliff negotiations while letting the Bush tax cuts for the top...
• Posted Caroling Against Cuts Across Virginia Tomorrow to Progress|VA
  Tomorrow at noon, Virginians are gathering at Senator Warner's Norfolk and Vienna offices to "Carol Against Cuts". ProgressVA, the Virginia AFL-CIO, Virginia Organizing, Move On, AARP, Alliance for Retired Americans, SEIU, and fellow progressives from cross the Commonwealth will...
• Posted "Fiscal Cliff" Notes to Progress|VA
  Elections have consequences. In the voting booth, Virginians and Americans spoke loud and clear in favor of raising revenue and creating jobs. As Congress approaches the so-called "fiscal cliff", it's time to bring some sanity in to the discussion. Below...
• Posted CEOs lobbying for tax cuts, not deficit solutions to Progress|VA
  The new organization "Fix The Debt" has billed itself as a nonpartisan organization dedicated to finding compromise on budget issues before we go over the fiscal cliff. But according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies and reported by...
• Posted Romney University 104: What Romney's tax plan means for Virginia to Progress|VA
  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...
• Posted Romney University 103: What Mitt Romney's Medicare changes mean for Virginia to Progress|VA
  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. Seniors in Virginia would lose health care benefits...
• Posted Romney University 102: What Mitt Romney's budget cuts mean for Virginia to Progress|VA
  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....
• Posted Romney University 101: What Romney-Ryan means for Virginia families' health care to Progress|VA
  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...
• Posted Local Voices SuperPAC launches innovative ad campaign to localize election, break through the noise to Progress|VA
  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...
• Posted Medicare Enrollment Starts Today to Progress|VA
    With Medicare open enrollment upon us, now is the time to reflect on how important Medicare is to our country--and to keeping seniors across Virginia and the nation healthy. Thanks to Medicare, seniors have access to life-saving healthcare without...
• Posted Conservatives guilty of voter fraud themselves after pushing voter ID bills to Progress|VA
  Across the country and here in Virginia, conservative politicians have been pushing ALEC-backed voter ID bills to combat a nonexistent voter impersonation problem. But it turns out they may have been the real election fraud problem the whole time.  CBS 6...
• Posted Outrage over Mecklenburg GOP's racist photos goes national to Progress|VA
  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...
• Posted How Virginia is Shutting Down Women's Clinics to Progress|VA
  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...
• Posted The GOP Anti-Woman Double Down: Bob McDonnell Akin-izes Republican platform, Paul Ryan returns to VA to tout backwards policies to Progress|VA
  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...
• Posted What would Ryan mean for VA? to Progress|VA
  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...
• Posted Virginia elected official attendees to the ALEC annual conference to Progress|VA
  Our final list of Virginia elected official attendees to the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) annual conference in Salt Lake City included: Delegate Riley Ingram Delegate John Cosgrove House Majority Leader Kirk Cox Delegate Terry Kilgore Delegate James Massie Delegate...
• Posted My Week at ALEC Part 2: Their Agenda to Progress|VA
  By Anna Scholl The week before ALEC's annual conference, ProgressVA and Virginians for Responsible Gun Laws requested meetings with the Virginia legislators attending the conference to learn about the discussions happening behind closed doors and what legislation might be coming...
• Posted My Week at ALEC, Part 1: Lobbyists, Golf and Gifts, Oh My! to Progress|VA
  Opulent chandeliers. A 5 Diamond resort. And corporate lobbyists everywhere. The legislators attending the American Legislative Exchange Council's annual conference in Salt Lake City sure weren't roughing it.  The annual ALEC conference last week at the Grand America Resort in...
• Posted Live from Salt Lake City...it's your legislators at "work" to Progress|VA
  Next week, at least 12 Virginia legislators will head to Salt Lake City, Utah to meet with corporate lobbyists behind closed doors at the 39th Annual American Legislative Exchange Council conference. If that name sounds familiar, it's probably because ALEC...
• Posted The Role of ALEC in Writing Our Laws [VIDEO] to Progress|VA
    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...
• Posted Let's talk about ALEC! to Progress|VA
  Let's talk! This Thursday, I'm going to be in Arlington to join great progressive allies for a forum on the corporate front group American Legislative Exchange Council and their role in writing our laws. I know you've heard a lot...
• Posted Romney's 100 Day Plan Is Bad News For Virginia Families to Progress|VA
  In Mitt Romney's new ad he admits that his first 100 days would only mean two things for Virginia: trying to undo health care reform and opening our coast to the dangers of offshore oil drilling that devastated the Gulf....