The House of Representatives voted Friday evening to pass a bill that blocks President Barack Obama from continuing or expanding executive amnesty via the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program or programs like it. The bill passed 216 to
WASHINGTON, D.C.–While some of the House’s most conservative immigration hawks have signaled support for the expected border package, Louisiana Republican Rep. John Fleming remains skeptical and says that he is aware of about five or six other members who feel
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration are “deniers” if they believe they can take drastic energy action without causing other deleterious effects, according to West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. “You know we talk about deniers. I would say they’re
A bill that reauthorized the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which was criticized on the right as unnecessary interference by the federal government in the free market, passed the House in violation of the so-called “Hastert Rule” Thursday. The bill passed
Having recently placed West Virginia Democrat Rep. Nick Rahall on its “endangered list,” the House Majority PAC, an arm of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is out with a new ad touting Rahall’s support of the state’s vital coal industry.
A bipartisan, non-binding House resolution, introduced by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), would “strongly” disapprove “of attempts to ban references to Christmas.” The resolution has “36 co-sponsors, including two Democrats, Reps. Nick Rahall (D-WV) and Mike McIntyre (D-NV).” Rahall, one of the
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.
Yesterday, prominent Democrats in West Virginia — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Sen. Joe Manchin and Rep. Nick Rahall — announced they would not be attending the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina. And a spokesman for another Democrat, Rep. Mark
In West Virginia’s presidential primary, 41 percent of Democrats voted for convicted felon, Keith Judd, over President Barack Obama, and, yesterday, three of the state’s most prominent Democrats announced they would not be attending the Democratic National Convention in North
