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WASHINGTON West Virginia’s congressional lawmakers for Northern and Southern West Virginia submitted funding requests for projects through the new earmark system. Meanwhile, the congressman for the middle of the state submitted none.
Through the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, 1st District Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., and 3rd District Congresswoman Carol Miller, R-W.Va., submitted projects for the new Community Project Funding (CPF) program, though 2nd District Congressman Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., made no requests.
The CPF program is the first earmark program since the Democratic and Republican caucuses in the U.S. House of Representatives voted in March to allow for earmarks – banned more than a decade ago due to incidents of abuse. Despite the incidents, earmarks were often an effective way to trade for votes while also providing a source of funding for projects important to constituents back home.
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WASHINGTON West Virginia’s congressional lawmakers for Northern and Southern West Virginia submitted funding requests for projects through the new earmark system, while the congressman for the middle of the state submitted no requests.
Through the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, 1st District Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., and 3rd District Congresswoman Carol Miller, R-W.Va., submitted projects for the new Community Project Funding (CPF) program, though 2nd District Congressman Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., made no requests.
The CPF program is the first earmark program since the Democratic and Republican caucuses in the U.S. House of Representatives voted in March to allow for earmarks – banned more than a decade ago due to incidents of abuse. Despite the incidents, earmarks were often an effective way to trade for votes while also providing a source of funding for projects important to constituents back home.
sadams@newsandsentinel.com U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, and Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chair Gayle Manchin join park rangers to celebrate the official naming of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) The New River winds its way through the gorge, a view from the Canyon Rim Visitor Center. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, and Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chair Gayle Manchin join park rangers to celebrate the official naming of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
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U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, and Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chair Gayle Manchin join park rangers to celebrate the official naming of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
LANSING, W.Va. State and congressional officials were on hand Wednesday as the New River Gorge National River received a long-sought upgrade to New River National Park and Preserve, the nation’s 63rd and newest national park.
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined Chelsea Ruby, the secretary of the new Department of Tourism, and Park Superintendent Lizzie Watts in pulling down a curtain revealing new signage for the park.
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Wheeling Health Right Executive Director Kathie Brown tells Ohio County commissioners of plans for an addition to the clinic in the coming months.
WASHINGTON West Virginia’s congressional lawmakers for northern and southern West Virginia submitted funding requests for projects through the new earmark system. Meanwhile, the congressman for the middle of the state submitted none.
Through the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, 1st District Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., and 3rd District Congresswoman Carol Miller, R-W.Va., submitted projects for the new Community Project Funding (CPF) program, though 2nd District Congressman Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., made no requests.