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• Apr 26, 2009 The Obama Administration - 100 Days The Democratic National Committee would like to provide you with the historical first 100 days of the Obama Adminstration    more...  
• Nov 6, 2008 November 4th - What a day! For all those you volunteered and were engaged this election - Thank You! You came from near and far to be part of history. You walked our neighborhoods, you phoned our community and you ensured our votes were protected. I and the rest of the Mt. Vernon Democratic Committee thank you.    more...  
• Jul 18, 2008 Senator Joe Gartlan  News came to us today, that a true friend and progressive stalworth of our community has passed away.  Senator Joseph V. Gartlan, who represented the Virginia 36th senatorial seat from 1972 to 2000. Many of our Mt. Vernon family has known and worked with Joe over the past...    more...  
• May 31, 2008 Mt. Vernon Picnic & Politics 2008 Submitted by:  Janet Myhre, Chair Yes – I bet a lot of you thought that the picnic was cancelled yesterday – but it was held on time – just cut a little short.   What are the odds that a major storm that pushed its way through the Washington DC metro area started @ 2:00 pm...    more...  
• Feb 12, 2008 Mount Vernon Volunteers out Shine the Sun No Wind,,,, No Rain,,,, Can Stop us,,,, from reaching the voters. (guess what song that is from?). There is just two many volunteers to list on the front page - click here to see all the stuff    more...  
• Jan 24, 2008 MVDDC Elects New Chair MVDDC Elects new Chair - Janet Myhre See Chairs Welcome Note on MVDDC Blog    more   
• Sep 4, 2007 MV Democrats Drop 5,000 Pieces On the first weekend of the MVDDC Lit Drop, 21 volunteers deliver 5,000 pieces to Mt. Vernon families.    more...  
• Sep 1, 2007 MVDDC Lit Drop Kickoff   ***THIS WEEKEND**** MV Democratic Bulletin Lit Drop!! 40,000 Pieces Starting Labor Day   Our own The 8-page MVDDC Vote 2007 Tabloid is IN!!!  The MVDDC Communications Committee team led by Mary Paden has done...    more...  
• Jul 19, 2007 Dispatch - GOP disputes union order Many of the state's 7,000 independent home health-care workers -- the ones who look after low-income elderly and disabled Ohioans -- say Strickland's order gives them a long-awaited opportunity to address concerns about pay, benefits and working conditions.    more   
• Mar 15, 2010 McDonnell now has control over VITA The governor has signed into law legislation giving the chief executive the power to hire and fire the head of the troubled Virginia Information Technologies Agency.    more   
• Mar 15, 2010 Edwards’ mistress didn’t want him to run for president RALEIGH, N.C.—John Edwards’ mistress says she didn’t want him to run for president and considered it “reckless” to stay in the race after his wife’s cancer returned. Rielle Hunter said in an interview with GQ released today that she and Edwards have been in...    more   
• Mar 15, 2010 Senate majority leader’s wife released from hospital FAIRFAX—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s wife has been released from a hospital, where she was taken after being seriously injured in a traffic accident. Reid spokesman Jon Summers confirmed the news about Landra Reid yesterday in an e-mail to The Associated Press. The 69-year-old...    more   
• Mar 14, 2010 Schools, health care, public safety lose millions in Va. budget RICHMOND -- The Virginia General Assembly adjourned its annual legislative session Sunday evening after adopting a two-year, $82 billion budget that cuts millions from education, health care and public safety -- curtailing state spending more aggressively than any in generations while fulfilling...    more   
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• Mar 14, 2010 McDonnell shows some successes in first legislative sessions RICHMOND -- Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell finished his first legislative session with modest victories in economic development and education -- limited goals set as the state continues to face a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall.    more   
• Mar 15, 2010 McDonnell likely to call legislators back to Richmond for pair of special sessions later this year Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) said he might call legislators back to Richmond for two special sessions later this year -- on transportation and government reform -- but only if he can first build support for his proposals. "I'm not going to put forth a half-baked proposal, have people complain and have...    more   
• Mar 15, 2010 Legislators act on thousands of bills during session before leaving town The state's $4-billion budget shortfall garnered most of the attention, but the General Assembly considered thousands of bills during its 61-day annual session. 2,964 bills to be exact. They passed 1,597, killed hundreds of them and put off others until next year. Remember SB221? It would have...    more   
• Jan 10, 2010 Farewell (For Now)                              (HT: New Yorker) This is our 400th and final post on 7 West. Since Kris and I started blogging here in July of 2006, two technologically challenged AARPsters have learned a lot about how to express ourselves through the marvelous series...    more   
• Dec 7, 2009 Anyone but me . . . think that it’s, well, a little self-defeating to publish a Kindle edition of The Case for Books?    more   
• Feb 15, 2010 All Good Things... This will be my last post on New Dominion Project. Our annual hosting bill is due, and I can't justify the expense to host a blog that I no longer have the time to maintain frequently. We'll be pulling out an archive soon and I will probably host it somewhere. I've been at this for a few years...    more   
• Jan 28, 2010 State Senate Dems to Ban Individual Mandate, Poke Congress With Sticks Virginia Democrats in the State Senate are about to pass as early as tomorrow on a bill banning an individual mandate from taking effect in Virginia. This move is little more than symbolic, as a federal mandate would override state petulance, but State Senators Chuck Colgan and Phil Pickett, at...    more   
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