MORGANTOWN – Longtime community activist Ace Parsi chose Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday to announce his run for U.S. Congress. Parsi, a Democrat, is seeking the 2nd District […]
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Mooney says ousting speaker is step too far
Congress is without a speaker, and Congressman Alex Mooney has a blunt assessment. “It was a rough day.” For the first time in history, the House of Representatives voted to […]
A primer on the national debt limit
MORGANTOWN — On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed a bill to raise the United States’ debt ceiling, narrowly avoiding a default on the country’s debt Oct. 18. If Congress had […]
CQ Roll Call: Office of Congressional Ethics sends report alleging Alex Mooney misspent campaign funds to House Ethics Committee
MORGANTOWN – The Office of Congressional Ethics has found that Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., misspent campaign money on himself and has referred its report to the House Ethics Committee, according […]
When will Dems see McConnell as he really is?
So much for quaint notions of bipartisanship. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week bluntly admitted what should long have been obvious: He views partisan politics as a zero-sum game […]
Advice to Dems on voting rights
by Doyle McManus The Democrats’ sprawling voting rights bill, known on Capitol Hill as HR 1, is dead. Officially, the bill is still clinging to life. But Sen. Joe Manchin […]
Morgantown Council to take up For The People Act resolution
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council will take up a resolution supporting the federal passage of the For the People Act (H.R.1). Currently before Congress, the bill would expand voting rights, […]
Lose a seat: West Virginia’s congressional musical chairs
The new U.S. Census figures have set the stage for congressional musical chairs in West Virginia. The decline in population here and the growth in other states translates into the […]
Bloom tapped by Manchin to attend event prior to Wednesday’s joint session
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said the Monday evening phone call was unexpected, but welcome. “I received a phone call late Monday night and was invited by Sen. […]
Capito tells WV press she favors more limited infrastructure bill focused on traditional infrastructure projects
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito met virtually with members of the West Virginia press on Thursday to talk about President Biden’s American Jobs Plan infrastructure bill and a few […]
