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07/14/11 Sens. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller, both Democrats from W.Va., announced Thursday that West Virginia will receive $8.68 million in funding through the Public Housing Capital Fund Program.
07/14/11 Two public transportation entities will benefit from a portion of more than $1 million in federal funds recently released to help repair and replace vehicles. U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, both D-W.Va., along with U.S. Rep.
07/12/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state will receive more than $1.6 million in federal funding for the purchase of new public transit buses and vans in 19 counties.Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, Congressman Nick Rahall and U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockef...
07/09/11 CHARLES TOWN - National defense, the debt ceiling and the environment were some of the topics discussed during a town hall-style meeting between U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.V.
06/28/11 Rural development projects in West Virginia's Weirton and in Wayne County will receive federal funding. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller and Congressman Nick Rahall announced Tuesday that the Wayne County Building Commission will received $300,000 toward construction of a new emergency services center.
06/22/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va.-- Two Southern West Virginia Head Start projects will receive nearly $2.7 million in federal funding. U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin and Rep. Nick Rahall announced Wednesday the Raleigh County Community Action Association w...
06/22/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two southern West Virginia Head Start projects will receive nearly $2.7 million in federal funding. U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin and Congressman Nick Rahall announced Wednesday the Raleigh County Community Action Associat...
06/21/11 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, along with Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin (all D-W.Va.), Tuesday announced $3.2 million in federal funding for a new Bluefield Area Transit (BAT) bus
06/08/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. Five West Virginia groups will receive grants to fight substance abuse. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller and Congressman Nick Rahall announced the $25,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. The groups include the Barbour County Commission Partnership in Philippi, the STOP Coalition in Gilbert, the Health ...
06/08/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Five West Virginia groups will receive grants to fight substance abuse. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller and Congressman Nick Rahall announced the $25,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. The groups include ...
06/06/11 U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) urged the U.S. Attorney General and Drug Enforcement Agency to immediately shut down an anonymous online black market for drugs.
05/28/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Six months into his new job on Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has busily pursued a brand of consensus-building that helped him twice win the Governors Mansion and continues to keep him in view of West Virginia voters as the 2012 e...
05/14/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., has won support from more than half the Democrats in the U.S. Senate -- but not Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. -- for a letter to President Obama asking him to support efforts to stop "propos...
05/12/11 High fuel prices across the nation have prompted action from the state's two U.S. senators. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller, both D-W.Va.
05/03/11 The Associated Press Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: April 29 The Journal, Martinsburg, W.Va., on federal funding of abortions: We don't know that it is possible to build an impenetrable "firewall" that prevents taxpayers' money from being used by some organizations to fund abortions. Still, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is right to insist the public is entitled to more information ...
05/01/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin heads toward the 2012 election without a longtime political ally, with West Virginians for Life alleging the freshman Democrat has betrayed those who helped him win office.The states leading anti-abortion grou...
04/27/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va.--U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., wants a statutory cap on federal spending as well as a balanced budget amendment in order to help rein the nations ballooning debt. Manchin, who has said he would not vote to raise the nations $14.29 trill...
04/26/11 (CNN) -- Ratcheting up the pressure on Democratic leaders to accept steep cuts in government spending, freshman Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Tuesday he would back a bill that places strict caps on spending enforced by automatic cuts if those caps were breached.
04/21/11 In West Virginia and other small communities across the U.S., rural post offices provide a "vital" communication link. Recent discussions about possibly closing some post offices have prompted U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.
04/19/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia is getting $5 million to fix highways damaged in major storms last year. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller announced the federal grants for the state Department of Transportation on Monday. They say the funds wi...
04/15/11 In the video above, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer uses a branding iron to veto a handful of environmentally damaging state laws that were passed by the Republican legislature. And why not? Joe Manchin shot a copy of the cap and trade bill with a rifle. I like that Schweitzer is vetoing these laws, and doing so proudly and publicly, but I guess I'm a little nervous about the idea that physically ... | 
