A vote is scheduled for Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives on the bill authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline project and a vote is expected in the U.S. Senate as early as next week.
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After being sworn in on the opening day of the 114th Congress, the House of Representatives immediately started its work and passed the Hire More Heroes Act. This bill will encourage small businesses to hire veterans without being punished by Obamacare mandates.
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Environmental Protection Agency officials have backed away from a plan to regulate coal ash as a hazardous material. But the agency's action leaves too many questions unanswered and could leave the door open to problems in the future.
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Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.) released the following breakdown of his Congressional work over the past year. Here's a look at his work, by the numbers:
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For the past four years we have sought to find a workable solution for the regulation of coal ash that will maintain hundreds of thousands of jobs, keep electricity prices low, encourage recycling, protect the environment, and provide certainty. Today's announcement by the EPA shows that our work has made a difference and the EPA has listened, but there is still more to be done.
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When the Republican House majority came to Washington four years ago we sought to increase transparency, implement a more open process, and end the closed door practices that marked the Nancy Pelosi era. Yet this week we were presented with a 1,600 page spending bill with 48 hours to review it before funding runs out. We were given no opportunities to change the bill.While I appreciate the work of the House Appropriations committee and recognize there are many good provisions included in this bill, it did not include protections for West Virginia's coal miners, so I voted against the bill and the broken process that produced it.
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Yesterday Reps. David B. McKinley (R-WV) and Dave Loebsack (D-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to help volunteer firefighters and other first responders who keep our communities safe. The bill creates a tax deduction for volunteer first responders and will help Volunteer Fire Departments and other public safety organizations recruit and retain volunteers.
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West Virginia's state and federal Republican leaders agree that jobs, education, energy and transportation will top their platform in 2015.The state's top Republicans met Monday at the Capitol Building in Charleston, the first in a series of meetings to foster cooperation between both levels of government.
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Congressman David McKinley met with representatives of the agricultural community in Mineral County on Friday, discussing a variety of issues including overregulation, infrastructure and the tax code.Following the meeting, McKinley told the News Tribune he has conducted 21 such meetings over the course of the past year as he strives to keep in touch with the concerns and issues with which his constituents must cope every day.
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