by Dave Anderson Gallup’s fresh quarterly assessment of Americans’ political leanings finds 44% of Americans regard themselves as independents. This is a remarkable statistic — especially because […]
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One cheer for the return of earmarks
by Ramesh Ponnuru After a 10-year hiatus, earmarks are coming back to the U.S. Congress. Democrats and Republicans alike repudiated the practice of letting congressmen direct federal […]
Senate approves congressional term limits amendment resolution; will apply to Congress for convention of states
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia will apply to Congress to call a convention of states to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to set congressional term limits. […]
House OKs resolution for Congressional term limits amendment; Senate OKs revamp to House union dues bill
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates on Thursday adopted an amendment calling for a constitutional convention to approve Congressional term limits. And the Senate adopted a Judiciary […]
Senate Judiciary OKs bill to guide actions of constitutional convention delegates, should one ever be called
MORGANTOWN – It’s not a legislative session without at least one Senate Judiciary debate on an Article V constitutional convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. Judiciary had […]
Manchin to preserve filibuster — and an obstructionist Senate
In an interview with Salena Zito for the Washington Examiner last week, Sen. Joe Manchin talked about the Senate as a “deliberative” body: The way we govern […]
What Congress can learn from W.Va.’s Legislature
It’s not often we suggest that the national government can learn something from West Virginia. This is not about vaccine distribution, although West Virginia has certainly set […]
Delegate Derrick Evans arrested, charged with federal misdemeanors for participation in break-in at U.S. Capitol
MORGANTOWN — Newly elected Delegate Derrick Evans, R-Wayne, faces a federal charge of entering a restricted government building in connection with his participation in Wednesday’s break-in at […]
Manchin, Collins and bipartisan group of lawmakers unveil their COVID emergency relief bills
MORGANTOWN — Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, led a bipartisan group of senators and representatives assembled Monday to unveil their $908 billion emergency COVID-19 […]
McKinley pushes Congress for direct relief to families
Newsroom@DominionPost.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives David B. McKinley, R-W.Va, and Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., introduced Tuesday bipartisan legislation calling for immediate relief for families. “American families […]
