Three Democrats -- Michigan's Carl Levin, Arkansas' Mark Pryor, and West Virginia's Joe Manchin -- voted with the Republican minority to allow filibusters to continue. They failed on the 52-48 vote. (If you look at the roll call later, a "nay" vote was for the nuclear option -- ...
Sen. Joe Manchin, (D) West Virginia, member of the senate Energy Resources Committee and chair of the Mining Subcommittee Atune to lift your spirits! Executive producer Bill Wolff shares a preview of tonight's show, after the jump:
Ohio, and West Virginia, slamming Obama for not doing enough for the coal industry. In reality, not only has the president invested heavily in "clean coal technology," but coal production is up over the last three years, employment in the coal-mining industry is thehighest it...
BySteve Benen,Steve Benen MSNBC's Chris Hayes hosted an event in McDowell County, West Virginia, yesterday -- the event will air tonight -- in which he asked attendees how many of them have lost someone due to opioid addiction. By some accounts, roughlythree-fourthsof the audience...
/Updated BySteve Benen,Steve Benen Themapof states that have adopted Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act has looked kind of funny for a while. While it's not surprising that the Deep South has resisted the progressive policy, every state north of West Virginia and Mary...
Similar, about a month ago, the Romney campaigncomplained bitterlyabout Obama approving a free-trade agreement with Colombia -- which Romney also supported. Similarly, Karl Rove's attack operation, American Crossroads, recentlylaunched attack adsin Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, slamming Obama...
Sen. Joe Manchin III became the last Senate Democratic holdout to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Wednesday, CQ Roll Call has confirmed. The West Virginia Democrat apparently told The New York Times that he will vote yes when the bill comes before the chamber, as soon as next ...
sketch out the dynamic from memory: Dems may be able to flip seats in Nevada and Arizona, but they'd also have to find a way to hold onto a series of seats in states where Donald Trump won, including Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, West Virginia, Oh...
* With time running out before West Virginia's May 8 Republican primary, a new Fox News poll shows Rep. Evan Jenkins (R)leadingstate Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) in the race for the party's U.S. Senate nomination, 25% to 21%. Don Blankenship (R) is third with 16%. ...
challenger in Kentucky, but that hasn't happened. Mark Udall and Al Franken were supposed to be major GOP targets in 2014, but no one's eager to run against them, either. Democrats were supposed to have a deep bench in West Virginia, but there's still no top-tier candidate in the ...