A conservative political advocacy organization, along with 24 elected officials, sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Thursday urging him to support President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court.
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A group of senators and representatives from West Virginia has sent a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma saying the agency’s May 9 interim final rule “does not go far enough” to ensure continued access to DME for the elderly and disabled in rural areas.
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In Washington, congressional aides waiting for the bus to take them to Capitol Hill stand by signs that picture a unicorn and ask: “What's rarer than a unicorn? A lifesaving program that costs taxpayers nothing. Congress please: Let340B.org.”
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The House of Representative voted on July 19th for a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and businesses and is not in the best interest of the United States.” The final vote on H. Con. Res. 119 was 229 to 180. Seven Democrats joined 222 Republicans in favor, while six Republicans joined 174 Democrats against.
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One by one, almost 20 members of Congress stood before the International Trade Commission on Tuesday and described in stark terms the threat to the U.S. newspaper industry.
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As President Donald Trump readies a strategy to bail out coal and nuclear power plants in part to help reinvigorate Appalachia’s struggling coal industry, West Virginia lawmakers are working to up the state’s participation in the natural gas business.
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President Donald Trump said Friday he believes the nation’s coal-fired and nuclear plants are vital to national security, and he directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take “immediate steps” to keep them open.
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U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E., R-W.Va., hosted an opioid grant workshop in Morgantown with representatives from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.
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