On Monday afternoon, White House press secretary Jen Psaki made that rare assertion on which Democrats and Republicans can both agree. “West Virginia doesn’t usually get this much attention,” she said. The state has a breathtaking new national park, New River Gorge, but she didn’t mean that, either. The press secretary was also not referring to Babydog, Gov. Jim Justice’s jowly canine, who recently became the unofficial mascot of the state’s.
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Gayle Manchin is the first West Virginian to serve as federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission in its 56-year history. Her husband, Sen. Joe Manchin, is a key vote for President Joe Biden in an evenly divided Senate. Biden can’t advance his priorities without the centrist Democrat’s support.
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Dawn breaks at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
CHARLESTON Once again, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and 1st District Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., came in among the top 10 of members of Congress willing to work across party lines.
The nonpartisan Lugar Center founded by former U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University released their annual Bipartisan Index Rankings on Monday for the 116th Congress, covering 2019 and 2020.
The index looks at members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and ranks members based on their willingness to work with members of the opposite political party. Lugar Center Policy Director Dan Diller said that despite the perception that the country is more politically divided than ever, individual members of Congress still worked together on numerous issues.
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PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor is getting a second job as the host of the Friday night journalists roundtable
Washington Week.
The New York Timescalls this a calm redoubt in the shouty battleground of political television. That s because it s a table full of liberals. Think of it as the liberal counterpart to
The Journal Editorial Report on Fox News.
Sharon Percy Rockefeller, the wife of former Sen. Jay Rockefeller, is the CEO of WETA, the Washington PBS superstation that produces the show. She offered a statement.
“One of the most respected voices in journalism today, Yamiche is known for her command of public-policy issues and her