MORGANTOWN – It’s not a legislative session without at least one Senate Judiciary debate on an Article V constitutional convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. Judiciary had […]
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Manchin to preserve filibuster — and an obstructionist Senate
In an interview with Salena Zito for the Washington Examiner last week, Sen. Joe Manchin talked about the Senate as a “deliberative” body: The way we govern […]
What Congress can learn from W.Va.’s Legislature
It’s not often we suggest that the national government can learn something from West Virginia. This is not about vaccine distribution, although West Virginia has certainly set […]
Delegate Derrick Evans arrested, charged with federal misdemeanors for participation in break-in at U.S. Capitol
MORGANTOWN — Newly elected Delegate Derrick Evans, R-Wayne, faces a federal charge of entering a restricted government building in connection with his participation in Wednesday’s break-in at […]
Manchin, Collins and bipartisan group of lawmakers unveil their COVID emergency relief bills
MORGANTOWN — Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, led a bipartisan group of senators and representatives assembled Monday to unveil their $908 billion emergency COVID-19 […]
McKinley pushes Congress for direct relief to families
Newsroom@DominionPost.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives David B. McKinley, R-W.Va, and Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., introduced Tuesday bipartisan legislation calling for immediate relief for families. “American families […]
McKinley, Cline field questions on state issues
Renewables and broadband among topics MORGANTOWN — Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and his Democratic challenger Natalie Cline recently met with The Dominion Post Editorial Board to field […]
House of Representatives passes ACE Act, sending another impressive conservation bill to President Trump’s desk
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives passed America’s Conservation Enhancement Act on Thursday by a voice vote, effectively sending another piece of bipartisan conservation legislation to […]
U.S. Senate Republicans, Democrats, reverse roles from 2016 in naming, approving Ginsburg successor
MORGANTOWN — Shoes switch feet often in politics. The latest example is the U.S. Senate battle over the timing of approving a replacement for the late Justice […]
Capito, Manchin offer opposing views on failure of scaled-down COVID package
MORGANTOWN — Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin took opposite views on the not-unexpected failure of a scaled-down GOP COVID relief package to move in the […]