MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates on Tuesday narrowly passed the Senate bill regarding teacher strikes, but easily surpassed the two-thirds supermajority needed to adopt a resolution […]
Tag: impeachment
Feb. 21 letters to the editor
Public being shut out of W.Va. lawmaking The 2021 legislative session is underway, and after a few days, I am alarmed. While I support alterations in protocols […]
Is McConnell’s post-Trump strategy working?
by Karl W. Smith Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has a knack for making everyone mad. With his vote against former President Donald Trump’s impeachment, he angered […]
Acquittal expected but still infuriating
That the most bipartisan presidential impeachment ever ended in Trump’s acquittal on charges of inciting an insurrection was expected, but that makes it no less infuriating. Because […]
Feb. 14 letters to the editor
Vote your conscience — if you have one By all appearances, it looks as if the U.S. Senate will never arrive at the 67 votes needed to […]
House impeachment team writing first draft of Jan. 6 history
by David Zurawik Just a few days into the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Rep. Jamie Raskin and the other House impeachment managers did what […]
Senate GOP as much on trial as Trump
by Scott Martelle With former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial getting underway in the Senate on Tuesday, the nation’s attention is, once again, drawn to a […]
Impeachment filing uses bizarre argument
by Noah Feldman The impeachment defense brief of former president Donald Trump mostly consists of three elements, each of which I’ve addressed (and rejected) in previous columns: […]
What’s it going to take to shock the GOP back to itself?
by Leonard Pitts Jr. What is it going to take? For years, that question has weighed upon the rest of us — and even some of its […]
Manchin talks with press on Biden transition, impeachment and more, as inauguration looms
MORGANTOWN – With just a just a day to go until the inauguration of the next U.S. president, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talked with the press about […]
