The EPA’s final Clean Power Plan, released on August 3, financially hammers coal-dependent states, compared to the Obama Administration’s 2014 draft proposal. Nine months after the loss of Kentucky Democrat Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes and the retirement of West Virginia Democrat Jay Rockefeller, the EPA’s attack on coal country is all about going after Republicans.
President Barack Obama attended a private $32,400-a-seat Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the home of Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) on Thursday as news hit that Dr. Craig Spencer had been rushed to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan and tested for Ebola–tests
West Virginia Democrat Sen. Jay Rockefeller is one of the wealthiest U.S. senators, having a reported estimated worth north of $100 million. Nonetheless, he makes taxpayers pay for his private charter flights to West Virginia. According to a Washington
Wednesday at hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) went after Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) after he said Republican opposition to ObamaCare is because the president is “the wrong color” Johnson shot back saying it was “offensive”
Following Tuesday night’s primary wins for senatorial hopefuls Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Natalie Tennant, Charleston, WV ABC affiliate WCHS interviewed the two candidates. Both candidates won their respective contests by large margins and both candidates look to distance
This week at a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) accused his colleagues of racism while ranting about gridlock in Washington
(AP) NJ’s Christie looks to recover after staff shakeupBy STEVE PEOPLES and ANGELA DELLI SANTIAssociated PressTRENTON, N.J.A wounded Chris Christie is working to move beyond the most challenging test of his political career, a traffic scandal that rocked his administration
On Thursday, the Democratic chairmen of the Senate Transportation and Energy committees, Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pushed the Obama administration to take “prompt and decisive” action addressing the problem of oil train derailments. The senators wrote
Americans on main street may have a bleak outlook on the Obama economy in 2014, but President Barack Obama’s Wall Street campaign donors and friends are scoring record profits off the Obamacare debacle–a reality that may further complicate Democrats’ “income
On the heels of Amazon’s announcement that the company plans to deliver packages using drones, a Senate committee is preparing to hold hearings about integrating drones into “civilian life.” Sen Jay Rockefeller’s (D-WV) office confirmed to Fox News a hearing
Judicial Watch has long been on the trail of the corruption and deceit that were part and parcel of former First Lady Hillary Clinton’s National Taskforce on Health Care Reform. I’m pleased to report that we have scored another breakthrough,
Obamacare is bagging Washington lobbyists big bucks as corporate clients line up to hire K Street lobbying firms made up of former government officials with high-powered connections. “After passage of major legislation, those who have networks on CapitolHill take exceedingly
(AP) By ANDREW TAYLOR – The Senate Tuesday confirmed billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker to be commerce secretary, filling a vacancy that has stood since John Bryson resigned last summer. The sweeping 97-1 vote installs Pritzker, a longtime friend of
President Barack Obama’s chief strategist says Democratic angst about a potential Obamacare “train wreck” before the 2014 midterm elections is overblown. “We’re going to implement the law well, and we don’t worry,” said Obama strategist Dan Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer confidently predicted
Frederick Mayer, 92, a World War II hero and the subject of the History Channel’s The Real Inglorious Bastards, finally received ten medals for his service during the war, presented by Senator Jay Rockefeller, on May 3rd. Mayer’s story is emblematic
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) warned he sees “a huge train wreck coming down” with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, known to its critics as Obamacare. The candid comments came during a Wednesday hearing with Obama’s Health and Human Services
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), one of the architects of the Affordable Care Act, said on Tuesday that the healthcare law, set to go into full effect in less than eight months, is “probably the most complex piece of legislation ever
President Barack Obama’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairwoman has an apparent conflict of interest with regard to her recent regulatory activity grounding Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes. Financial disclosure documents for NTSB chairwoman Deborah Hersman (pictured) obtained by Breitbart News
In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, there has been increasing pressure to ban specific items, such as certain guns, in an effort to change the behavior of others. This week, we’re now seeing several similar efforts that target
By LAWRENCE MESSINA and JOHN RABYAssociated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va.U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who came to West Virginia as a young man from one of the world’s richest families to work on antipoverty programs and remained in the state to build a
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announced Thursday she is resigning from her position. According to reports, Jackson is leaving before an investigation can be launched into the agency’s alleged illegal use of private emails for official government business. Senator
American Civil Liberties Union Legislative Counsel Gabe Rottman says that cracking down on violent video games in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre would be a step in the wrong direction. The group says that just because Adam Lanza,
Senator Jay Rockefeller, from the conservative state of West Virginia, is up for reelection in 2014. The Senator has decided to sidestep the gun control issue after the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut by attacking Hollywood, video games, and the Internet.
Yesterday, four top West Virginia Democrats ripped the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency for taking action that will result in 150 lost mining jobs in the coal industry. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, and Rep.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has basically been shut down thanks to the Senate Democrats addition to pork. 4,000 FAA employees have been furloughed until further notice. 70,000 construction workers must now sit on their hands as all airport construction
So. With yesterday’s farcical Senate theater, the brain-trust begs a very basic question: “Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., who presided over the hearing [said] ‘Businesses should make a profit. That’s what drives our economy. But do these profitable
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently hit a major stumbling block in its effort to impose net neutrality via the “reclassification” of broadband services. Following months of civil rights groups, artists, and a major union voicing their opposition to net
Four senior congressional Democrats inadvertently confirmed Monday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)–which, under Chairman Julius Genachowski’s leadership has been trying for months to impose contentious net neutrality rules–lacks the authority needed to regulate the Internet. For weeks, the FCC
Poll after poll have recently affirmed that the ClimateGate revelations (I actually say “affirmations“) dealt a mortal blow to the public’s belief in the environmentalist brass ring of “catastrophic Man-made global warming.” The dishonesty exposed therein iced the cake for