Representative Alex Mooney is a Republican politician from West Virginia who currently serves as the U.S. Representative for West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2014 and has been re-elected every term since. Though the Representative may be changing his plans in 2024, as he announced plans
Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Jon Tester (D-MT) have turned the call for domestic oil production bipartisan. The two were questioned by CNN’s Manu Raju in the Capitol where they emphasized domestic production over new sources of foreign imports. “We shouldn’t be advancing other countries who don’t share our values,” Tester said. “So I think
As Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill before lunch, Joe Manchin (D-WV) crashed the party. In the middle of Wyden’s reassurances that Build Back Better would find common ground among Democrats and their moderate party members, Manchin walked around the corner. Asked about the legislation, Manchin pointedly responded, “What Build Back
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) outlined his plan to force tough votes on GOP sponsored bills if Democrats make changes to the current longstanding filibuster rule. Some of those votes include blocking vaccine mandates, prohibit federal grants for “sanctuary cities”, and other subjects intended to be tough to swallow for vulnerable Democrats. According to The Hill: McConnell,
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has taken his offer off the table. The $1.8 trillion dollar spending blueprint represented a counteroffer to the much larger Build Back Better proposal backed by President Joe Biden. It included enormous investments in climate initiatives, an expansion of the Affordable Care Act, and a universal pre-k program similar to one
Joe Biden is now personally trying to get Senator Joe Manchin D-W.V. on board with his Build Back Better spending plan. According to The Hill: President Biden spoke to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for the second time in a week on Monday in what is becoming an increasingly desperate last-minute effort to cajole him into voting for a
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) has driven the nail in the coffin for the Democrats’ dreams to snoop on bank accounts. According to Fox Business: Sen. Joe Manchin Tuesday said Democrats‘ proposal for banks to report the inflows and outflows of many bank accounts to the IRS is “screwed up” and won’t be in the final bill, despite what
The Texas Democrats who fled the state have proven they are ok with the filibuster. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Democrats, who have been toying all year with the idea of nuking the legislative filibuster in order to jam through a left-wing wishlist on party lines, have finally found a form of obstruction they
Documented border crossings for the month of March have reached a 15-year high according to reports. According to The Washington Free Beacon: U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 171,000 migrants at the southern border in March, marking a 15-year high. The figure includes nearly 19,000 unaccompanied minors, which tops the prior all-time monthly high
One of Biden’s top picks to work at the Pentagon ignored warning from colleagues about his Twitter use that could not derail his confirmation. According to The Washington Free Beacon: In March 2017, former Obama administration official Anne-Marie Slaughter told Colin Kahl, now President Joe Biden’s nominee for a top Pentagon post, that his lacerating Twitter broadsides
