WASHINGTON – Sen. Joe Manchin always said inflation would be his guide in deciding on the massive Build Back Better bill. Now, a new report on inflation says it will stay with us for much longer than anticipated, further calling into question by some the addition of trillions more in federal spending.
CHARLESTON – A federal 4th Circuit appeals court judge and West Virginia native has rescinded his plan to become a senior status judge and will remain on the bench.
CHARLESTON – Now that the compromise voting rights legislation championed by Sen. Joe Manchin has been defeated, one election law expert says Manchin’s stance on the filibuster becomes even more important.
The “Freedom to Vote Act” would not protect the integrity of elections or preserve the rights of legitimate voters. If a filibuster is the only way to stop it, then filibuster it.
CHARLESTON –Republicans were successful in blocking U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s Freedom to Vote Act earlier this week thanks, at least in part, to Manchin’s staunch support of maintaining current filibuster rules.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a group of 52 attorneys general in supporting efforts by a U.S. Senate committee to protect the wellbeing of children — particularly their mental health — while they use social media.
Sen. Joe Manchin could be the man who saves the filibuster, but will he? We sure hope so. We want our senior senator to fight for what his constituents believe in and support, just like Senator Smith did. After all, Smith was doing his constituents' bidding, not that of his party.
CHARLESTON – In an opinion piece, two conservatives say U.S. Senator Joe Manchin shouldn’t support the latest version of the For the People Act because his fellow Democrats have turned the election legislation into a power grab.
WASHINGTON – The version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act passed last week by House Democrats varies greatly from the compromise Sen. Joe Manchin offered earlier this summer. And the ranking member of the Committee on House Administration says Manchin, who likely will be the key vote when the matter goes to the Senate, wouldn’t support this latest version of the bill if he “were to follow his own framework.”
CHARLESTON – Inflation just this year has eaten up all of the wage increases working Americans have gained in the last five years, according to a Harvard economist and former key adviser to President Obama. For the West Virginia household, that means nearly a $1,000 annual loss.
CHARLESTON – Richard Ojeda, the former state Senator who later ran for U.S. Senate and president, says a current Logan County state Senator improperly used his name and voice in political campaign ads.
CHARLESTON – Earlier this year, as Joe Biden became president, another Democrat was being touted as the most powerful man in Washington. Six months later, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is living up to that moniker.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in calling on the U.S. Senate to reject David Chipman’s confirmation as director of the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
On Monday, February 22, 2021, the Biden administration announced several reforms to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the main U.S. COVID-19 aid program for small businesses, to further ensure equitable access for the smallest businesses and those that have been left behind in previous rounds of the PPP.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee opposing the nomination of Janet Gaven McCabe as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.