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Politics
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and other members of the House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force, chaired by Congresswomen Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), sent a letter to President Obama asking that he protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as he continues to work on a deal to raise the debt ceiling. The Task Force stressed that cuts to benefits in these programs would have a profoundly negative impact on the lives, and health, of older Americans.
Congresswoman Matsui stated, “Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are vitally important programs in our country, especially for our nation’s seniors – they should in no way be used as a playing card in the political game that is the debt deal. While we are ready and willing to work to improve these programs and shore up their solvency, a cut to benefits is simply out of the question.”
Anderson represents the 51st House District, which under redistricting now stretches from the edge of Occoquan in the east across Prince William County to Brentsville and Nokesville in the west.
Stafford County, Va. –– As budget negotiations between House Republicans and President Barack Obama continue over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, Virginia First District Congressman Rob Wittman (R) took the discussion to his constituents in late June with a Town Hall.
May, a Republican currently running unopposed, represents Prince William’s Occoquan District and is Vice Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors.
Voters go to the polls on Nov. 8.
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The 30-year-old Democrat said a family emergency kept him from greeting his supporters at Todos supermarket in Woodbridge. Thankfully, he says, things are OK with his family but he did not elaborate on what the issue was.
There are plans to reschedule the campaign kick off on July 25 but did not say where it would be located, and did not say why he is choosing to postpone the event to the end of the month.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– Babur Lateef says he’s focused on redeveloping brownsfields.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– The first phase of widening U.S. 1 in Woodbridge is fully funded.