Manchin, Capito talk Iran attack
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released separate statements concerning the death of...
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Senate to vote on spending bill with miners’ pension protections on Thursday; workers’ bankruptcy protection next in view
MORGANTOWN -- The long journey to protect coal miners’ pensions will be one presidential signature from its conclusion on Thursday...
Read moreMiners Pension Act included in spending package; lawmakers, union leaders celebrate
MORGANTOWN -- The Bipartisan American Miners Act has been wrapped into Congress’ final funding package. While no votes have been...
Read moreManchin halts Senate action until Bipartisan American Miners Act approved
MORGANTOWN -- Sen. Joe Manchin came through on Wednesday on his promise to halt all Senate action until senators agree...
Read moreManchin, Capito, introduce Senate bill to promote VA hospital transparency, accountability
MORGANTOWN -- Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito to require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to pay closer...
Read moreWith Congressional spending bill deadline looming, Manchin and Capito push for miner’s pension action
MORGANTOWN -- Congress has until Dec. 20 to either pass a package of 12 spending bills to keep government working,...
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UMWA opposes proposal to save multiemployer pension plans; says it does nothing for miners
MORGANTOWN --The United Mine Workers of America is opposing a plan put forward by two leading Republican U.S. senators to...
Read moreBipartisan bill protects miners’ pensions, health care
Bipartisan legislation designed to protect retired miners — whose pensions and health care coverage have been threatened because of recent...
Read moreManchin, Capito, again sound alert on need to pass miners’ pension legislation
MORGANTOWN -- Both of West Virginia’s U.S. senators called attention to the approaching pension plight of coal miners and other...
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