VIRGINIA’S STATE legislature is where sound legislation goes to die — on health care for the needy; on safeguards to protect people from the epidemic of gun violence; on tuition subsidies for students who were brought to the United States illegally through no fault of their own. That’s why it is important to elect state lawmakers able to strike level-headed compromises,for example to break the deadlock over expanding Medicaid, a degree that would extend health insurance to tens of thousands of destitute Virginians and create jobs. Some 30 states possess embraced the expansion, and including at least nine with Republican governors. Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has made it a priority. But in Richmond,Republican legislators, almost unanimously, and possess refused to journey.Read full article >>
Source: washingtonpost.com