Shelley Moore Capito

Obama's candid, uh, conversation with House Republicans and how to read it

2010-01-29 16:34:57

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Obama's double standard on bailouts?

2009-04-02 00:00:00

Today's topic: Is there a good reason for keeping the Obama administration intimately involved in the firms it aids in Detroit but not the firms on Wall Street? Complete Dust-Up: Day 1��|��Day 2��|��Day 3 Why good governments don't run industries Point:...

Election 2002: State-by-State Results

2002-11-06 00:00:00

Here are the results of elections around the nation Tuesday. Not all returns were available at press time. ALABAMA Governor: Democratic Gov. Donald Siegelman won reelection over Republican Rep. Bob Riley. Senate: Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions held...

House speaker resignation sparks political jockeying

2013-05-17 04:54:03

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Even before House Speaker Rick Thompson, D-Wayne, announced his resignation, fellow delegates began debating who would be next to lead the House. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thursday Thompson is leaving his post as speaker to...

Rahall off and running to seek his 20th term

2013-05-11 09:04:02

Nick Rahall landed his first term in Congress the same year Jimmy Carter won a four-year lease on the White House. Carter soon fell in disfavor with American voters and served only one term as president, but Rahall has kept his job in the House of...

Rahall plans to run again

2013-05-10 03:44:01

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For the 20th time, U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall is running to represent West Virginia in Washington, D.C. "Let there be no doubt . . . I am running for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's Third District...

Rahall announces intentions to run for re-election

2013-05-09 10:44:01

For the 20th time, U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall is running to represent West Virginia in Washington, D.C. The longtime Democratic congressman plans to send out a fundraising/announcement letter today, said spokesman Allen Crow. Although there were rumors of...

Longtime online sales tax advocate hopeful about House chances

2013-05-09 12:24:04

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After devoting more than a decade advocating for Internet sales taxes, former state delegate John Doyle made a point of being in the U.S. Senate chambers for the 69-27 passage vote on the Marketplace Fairness Act. "I was in the...

Poll shows Tennant could lead Senate race

2013-05-08 10:24:03

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new poll shows Secretary of State Natalie Tennant comfortably ahead of potential challengers in the event she runs for U.S. Senate. Tennant has not announced her intentions, but 40 percent of Democrat voters polled said they'd...

TV newsman Martin Staunton running for Senate

2013-04-29 09:34:02

While he looms as a self-described long shot, veteran television newsman Martin Staunton is off and running for the U.S. Senate, hoping to fill the seat vacated next year by Jay Rockefeller. Staunton, running without any political affiliation, has...

BRIEF: Wells not running for Congress

2013-04-27 00:00:00

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State Sen. Erik Wells announced Friday that he won't run for the U.S. House of Representatives next year, when the state's 2nd Congressional District seat opens up. Wells, a Kanawha County Democrat and the husband of Secretary of...

New citizens sworn in at Martinsburg courthouse

2013-04-26 15:30:00

Forty men and women from 20 countries raised their right hands Friday morning in the federal courthouse in Martinsburg and pledged their allegiance to the United States of America. They were sworn in by U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh in a second-...

U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., left, talks Thursday night with Boy Scout James Lamp, 11, at the Distinguished Citizens Dinner at the Holiday Inn in Martinsburg, W.Va. Capito was honored by the Shenandoah Area Council for her significant contributions to Scouting and the community.

2013-03-07 00:00:00

U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito speaks at the pedestrian underpass that connects the east and west campus. Monday was the official opening of the tunnel.

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Art Thomm waits to speak Saturday at a rally in front of Rep. Shelley Moore Capito's Martinsburg office building.

2012-12-29 00:00:00