By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — Republican businessman Bill Maloney filed candidacy papers today for another run for Governor of West Virginia, hoping to close the three-point gap that saw him fall to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
Maloney was joined by his wife Sharon and several supporters at the Secretary of State’s office; [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — Despite being fed up by the lack of cooperation in Congress, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin filed for his first full six-year term for the U.S. Senate.
Manchin was joined by his wife Gayle as he filed for reelection at the Secretary of State’s office today.
“Gayle and I [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — In his fourth bid for U.S. Senate, Republican Businessman John Raese will once again challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin in 2012.
Raese flew into Charleston this afternoon and filed his candidacy papers with the West Virginia Secretary of State‘s office. He was joined by his wife [...]

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., explains the Rebuild America Jobs Act to press in Charleston, W.Va. (Photo/Steven Allen Adams)
By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — Infrastructure was on the mind of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin today.
The West Virginia Democrat was in Charleston, W.Va., promoting the Rebuild America Jobs Act. Manchin is a co-sponsor [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — President Barack Obama’s plan to save and create jobs has at least one set of unfunded mandates.
According to the White House, the American Jobs Act, which was voted down 50-49 last week by the U.S. Senate, includes a plan to invest $30 billion to prevent layoffs [...]

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) explains his thoughts on job growth during a press conference at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Monday. (Picture/Steven Allen Adams)
By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
After a contentious week in Congress, which began with a down-to-the-wire vote to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and ended with Standard & Poor’s taking away the [...]

U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd returns to West Virginia one last time to lay in repose in the lower rotunda of the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, W.Va. (Photo/Steven Allen Adams)
By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Robert C. Byrd, the longest serving U.S. Senator and longest serving Member of Congress, passed away one year ago today.
Byrd – a [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller saw themselves on opposite sides on a vote to reduce debit card swipe fees.
Manchin joined 19 other Democrats Wednesday in voting for an amendment created by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., which would have postponed reforms limiting debit card swipe fees to 12 cents per transaction; [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Del. Jonathan Miller of Berkeley County, with two terms as a state lawmaker under his belt, announced today his intentions to run for U.S. Congress. The announcement came Tuesday morning in an email to supporters.
“I’m running for Congress. And you’re the first to know,” Miller said. “This is my first public announcement [...]

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Last year the Cato Institute released their Fiscal Policy Report Card, giving former Gov. Joe Manchin an A and giving his Senate campaign against Republican John Raese a much-needed boost.
In this video from Reason.tv, Nick Gillespie interviews Chris Edwards, the CATO Institute’s director of tax policy studies and author of the report. [...]