Read Steve Shannon's entire
op-ed in today's Washington Post that points out how the Republicans are ignoring the needs of Virginia's unemployed. Remember, Shannon was the Democratic candidate for Attorney General whom we should have elected instead of The Cooch.
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Virginia's unemployment rate is 7.1 percent. Some areas of Virginia have twice this rate, with Martinsville topping the list with more than 20 percent. These cold numbers translate into nearly 300,000 Virginians and their families who are in desperate need of help from their elected officials. Yet the U.S. Senate and Virginia state officials seem disconnected from families hardest hit by the worst economic situation since the Great Depression. The Senate in June failed to extend long-term unemployment benefits and has continued to dither, a delay highlighted by The Post's July 13 editorial "Jobless benefits, now." And Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and members of the General Assembly also have failed to help, by allowing $125.5 million in federal aid to languish.
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Republicans - Moving VA backwards.