West Virginia:
MSNBC reporting and others…
“The Justice Department has told the ethics panel to suspend a probe of Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.), whose personal finances federal investigators began reviewing in early 2006 after complaints from a conservative group that he was not fully revealing his real estate holdings.”
“There has been no public action on that inquiry for several years. But the department’s request in early July to the committee suggests that the case continues to draw the attention of federal investigators, who often ask that the House and Senate ethics panels refrain from taking action against members whom the department is already investigating.”
“Mollohan said that he was not aware of any ongoing interest by the Justice Department in his case and that he and his attorneys have not heard from federal investigators. “The answer is no,” he said.
Photo of Congresswoman Capito with the Speaker’s 1,990-page bill.
From press release…
Capito Says Pelosi’s Trillion Dollar Health Bill is Wrong Solution for West Virginia
Congresswoman To Sponsor Alternative Plan
WASHINGTON – Today Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced that she will join a group of her congressional colleagues in sponsoring alternative legislation to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s, D-Cal., newly announced health care bill.
Capito will co-sponsor the Medical Rights and Reform Act of 2009 which creates an inter-state market for health insurance, allows young adults to access their parent’s insurance, and encourages enhanced attention to wellness initiatives. Among other reforms, the bill also includes meaningful tort reform and ensures that no federal bureaucrat can come between a patient and their doctor.
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This morning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled the House version of a health care reform bill that includes a public option plan.
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The State Journal says that the attack by Democrats in Washington on the coal industry is likely to result in less tax revenue from the coal industry and will result in cuts in state government and services.
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The most expensive single event for taxpayers occur upon retirement of our electeds.
Story By Rob Cornelius, The State Journal, (Cross-posted from the State Journal)
We’ve seen the articles bubbling out of our fine capital city during the past few weeks. Apparently the newest long-term abuse of power by our electeds and their scions comes from driving state cars here, there and everywhere, many without the courtesy of reporting the benefit for tax purposes.
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The editorial below is from the Martinsburg Journal-News on climate change and the manufactured crisis that is global warming.
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"You Lie!"
In an opinion piece published in The Hill newspaper, Don Blankenship, chairman and CEO of Massey Energy, recently quoted the “You Lie” outburst from Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) to characterize the current debate over cap-and trade legislation pending in Congress.
The Hill Newspaper, October 20, 2009:
“You lie!” Those two words made big news last month when Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) yelled them at President Barack Obama’s healthcare speech on the floor of the House of Representatives. Congress demanded an apology. Others applauded the words as refreshing and long overdue.
From an e-mail:
The Elkins Tea Party group is hosting a town hall meeting on November 3rd at 7:00 p.m. at the National Guard Armory located at 142 Robert E. Lee St. in Elkins , WV .
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Charleston Daily Mail reports…
“Dan Greear, the Republican lawyer who nearly unseated Attorney General Darrell McGraw, is eyeing the seat soon to be vacated by Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Irene Berger.”
Dana Milbank has an excellent piece in the Washington Post today about how Nevada politics and liberal groups played a role in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “going rogue” on the public option and health care reform.
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Climate extremists and global warming alarmists are currently pushing for cap and trade legislation which will limit the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere. Global warming extremists will be gathering in Copenhagen in December to discuss climate change.
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Alison Knezevich on the Charleston Gazette’s Squawk Box blog is reporting that Charleston’s “Urban Republican” Mayor Danny Jones is standing up for the federal judicial nomination of Democratic lobbyist and State Democratic Party Chairman Nick Casey.
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This is seriously not even news worthy.
State Senator Clark Barnes has an issue with a West Virginia Department of Highway’s salt pile in Elkins and the AP writes about it.
This must be what Larry Messina, the AP writer in Charleston, reports on when it’s a slow news day. Ken Ward probably gave him the heads up and wants some type of DEP hearings.
Speaking of State Senator Barnes, I’ve heard rumors that Barnes is considering switching parties and primary challenging Mollohan. I live in the First Congressional and not sure how valid this rumor might be, but it’s out there.
