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• WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY

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  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED AWINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHTTONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER INEFFECT.* PRECIP TYPE...SNOW.* ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH SUNSET SATURDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE... [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 7:21am EST
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• NOAA: WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

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  WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGHLATE SATURDAY NIGHTTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGHLATE SATURDAY NIGHT.* PRECIP TYPE...SNOW.* ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 5 INCHES.* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 3:01pm EST
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• Capito Votes Against Democrats’ Year-End Spending Spree

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  House Leaders Rush to Spend Even More as 2009 Session Comes to CloseWASHINGTON – With the House of Representatives finishing up the year today with appropriations measures and a hike in the debt limit, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., didn’t mince words when discussing her views on the Democrat’s year-end [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 9:19am EST
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• Capito Reacts to Idling of Clay County Mine

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  Ambiguity from EPA, Courts Leaves Miners in the LurchWASHINGTON – In light of reports that as many as 300 employees may face layoffs at a Clay County coal mine, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement:“Today’s news is a sobering reminder that continued uncertainty surrounding mine permits poses [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:49pm EST
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• Capito on the Federal Response to the Mortgage Crisis

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  Congresswoman’s Opening Statement to Financial Services Committee HearingWASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community and Opportunity, made the following opening statement at this morning’s full committee hearing to discuss the status of federal efforts to address the mortgage [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:35am EST
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• Borrowers Get Time for Proper Review of Documents in Bean-Capito Mortgage Rights Bill

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  Full mortgage documents would be available days in advanceWASHINGTON – Homebuyers would get three full days to review their complete mortgage documents before signing them at closing under a bipartisan proposal from Congresswomen Melissa Bean, D-Ill., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.“Buying a home is one of the most important financial [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 2:01pm EST
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• USS West Virginia (BB-48) December 7th, 1941

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  On Sunday, 7 December 1941, West Virginia lay moored outboard of Tennessee at berth F-6 with 40 ft (12 m) of water beneath her keel. Shortly before 0800, Japanese planes, flying from a six-carrier task force, commenced a well-planned attack on Pearl Harbor. Several 18 in (460 mm) aerial torpedoes [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:40pm EST
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• Urgent Weather Message for Eastern Mineral, WV

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  URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTEDNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 450 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009.LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY AND THEN EAST OF THE DELMARVA TOWARD THE GULF OFMAINE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MID [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 7:59am EST
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• Capito Opening Statement at Financial Services Committee Hearing on FHA Actuarial Report

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  WASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., made the following opening statement this afternoon at the House Financial Services Committee hearing with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and other witnesses to address the financial soundness of the Federal Housing Administration and the recently released FHA Actuarial Report:“Mister Chairman, thank you for [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:23pm EST
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• Capito Statement on President Obama’s Afghanistan Address

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  WASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement this morning in response to President Barack Obama’s address to the nation regarding his administration’s strategy for the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan:“First and foremost, our men and women in uniform must know that we stand fully behind them and [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:22am EST
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• Kudos to Keyser Police Department

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  Yesterday afternoon I was walking off some turkey before my next meal by walking around Keyser. I could feel a few drops of rain, so I figured I would walk over through Keyser Square in case it started to rain heavy I could walk under the awning. As I was [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:06am EST
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• Happy Thanksgiving

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  On this Thanksgiving Dayit seems more important than everto count our blessings.May the years ahead bringPeace, Good Health andmuch Happiness to you and yours. [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:33am EST
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• Obama: Industrial Efficiency Bad!

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  Industrial efficiency is the foundation of our high standard of living. Building more goods with less workers lowers cost and raises the standard of living for all. It allows more people to purchase the same good increasing demand, requiring more product to be built thus increasing employment. The President needs [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:28am EST
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• Republicans Stand Up For Taxpayers : Democrats Stand Up For Tax-Hikes

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  Republican Delegates Block Democrat Speaker Thompson's Attempt to Ram Through 15 Million Dollar Tax Increase on Working West VirginiansYesterday evening Republicans in the House of Delegates successfully used a parliamentary maneuver to fend off, for at least one more day, a proposed Democrat gas-tax bill that if passed will cost [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:12am EST
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• Capito Opposes House Effort to Blow Another $210 Billion Hole in Budget

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  Congresswoman Criticizes Democrat’s ‘Doc Fix’ as Latest Example of Budget-Busting PoliciesWASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement today as the House of Representatives considered the so-called ‘doc-fix’ which will add yet another $210 billion to the deficit:“In what’s becoming an incredibly troubling pattern, the House today [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:05am EST
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• Capito Statement on Meeting With EPA Administrator Jackson

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  Congresswoman: “The bottom line from today’s meeting is that Administrator Jackson and the EPA believe they have no obligation to take economic factors or jobs into account when it comes to mine permits.”WASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore, R-W.Va., released the following statement today after meeting with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:03am EST
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• Mammogram Study Highlights Perils of Government-Run Care, Capito Says

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  As Most Push for Early Detection, Government Panel Considers Saving Lives to be InconvenientWASHINGTON – A government panel’s recommendation would turn back the clock in the fight against breast cancer and cast a troubling shadow over the prospect of government-run health care. That was Rep. Shelley Moore Capito’s, R-W.Va., message [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:58pm EST
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• Taylor County Republican Executive Committee will host their annual Christmas dinner

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  The Taylor County Republican Executive Committee will host their annual Christmas dinner on December 22, 2009, beginning at 5:00 p.m. for our gathering. We will eat at 6:00 p.m. The menu will be Chicken or ham, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Green beans, Salad, Drinks of Coffee or tea. Desert and gratuity will [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:30pm EST
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• Capito Applauds Passage of Fire Grant Reauthorization

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  Program Benefits Dozens of West Virginia Fire Departments Each YearWASHINGTON – A federal program designed to provide support for community fire departments got a lift today with passage of the HR 3791, the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., praised House passage of the measure, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:21pm EST
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• Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - Help Stop Obamacare Now!

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  Today in Charleston, Joe Manchin, Democrat members of the Legislature, Democrat staffers and Democrat congressional aides will gather to celebrate Senator Byrd becoming the longest serving Congressional member in U.S. history. It is also widely rumored that Senator Byrd himself is planning on attending. But while Democrats party under the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:03am EST
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• The Changing Political Map of West Virginia

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  This is the current political look of the of the state by county. Between 1996 and 2006 the Democratic Party in West Virginia went down from having 63.48% to 57.05% of registered voters, while Republican gained from 29.69% to 30.15% in the same time frame.If current trends continue, next election [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:39am EST
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• Lone American distrupts a major Obamacare Rally

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:09am EST
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• Swine Flu (H1N1) vs Seasonal Flu Statistics

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  Seasonal Flu * 5 to 20 percent of the population get the flu (15 to 60 million people)* More than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related complications* About 36,000 people die from flu-related causesSwine Flu* 7.3 percent of the population has gotten the Swine Flu (22 million people)* About 98,000 [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:17am EST
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• As Nation Honors Veterans, Capito Announces Legislation to Improve Veterans TBI Care

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  Capito Re-Introduces Bill to Increase Access to Care for Rural Veterans Suffering from Traumatic Brain InjuryCHARLESTON – As the nation honors America’s military men and women, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., today announced that she has re-introduced legislation designed to improve access to care for rural veterans suffering from traumatic [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:31am EST
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• To the Active and Veteran US Armed Forces

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  THANK YOU! [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:22am EST
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• Martin's Food Evacuated, Explosion Feared

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  UPDATE: 1:10 All Clear GivenMartins Food in Keyser, WV was evacuated because of a natural gas smell. Local Police and Fire responded and detection equipment detected explosive levels of gas in the structure. As of 11:40 Mountaineer Gas confirmed that the levels were dangerously high but had not located the [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:54am EST
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• Capito Joins Bipartisan House Coalition to Oppose Speaker Pelosi’s Trillion Dollar Health Plan

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  West Virginians Deserve Meaningful Health Reform, Not a Government Over-Reach That Will Raise Taxes and Slash Billions of Dollars From MedicareWASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement this evening as the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 2,000-page, trillion-dollar health reform plan that [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:03am EST
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• 11/7/2009 - Rep. Capito Discusses Health Care During Debate on Pelosi Health Bill

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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:59am EST
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• Capito Asks W.Va. Health and Human Resources for Estimate of How Speaker’s Medicaid Changes Will Impact State Budgets

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  WASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement this afternoon regarding her letter to West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources seeking clarification on the impact Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s health bill will have on the state budget:“States across our nation are facing the prospect of budget [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:40pm EST
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• Fort Hood Shooter Served on President Transition Team

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  In a report from George Washington University, Thinking Anew—Security Priorities for the Next Administration, on page 32, Nidal Hasan (the accused Fort Hood Shooter) is listed as one of the participants in the Presidential Transition. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:53pm EST
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• Capito: Rising Unemployment Demands Real Focus on Jobs

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  Capito: Rising Unemployment Demands Real Focus on Jobs, As Congress Prepares to Vote on a Trillion Dollar Health Bill, West Virginians Ask How Exploding Spending and Tax Hikes Will Create JobsWASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., made the following statement today after the U.S. Labor Department reported that another [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:54am EST
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• Potomac Highlands Conservative interviews Mike Huckabee

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  I had a short interview with Mike Huckabee last night as he traveled from Harrisburg, PA to Allentown, PA. Here are a few of his thoughts on recent events, his new book and West Virginia.On the New York 23rd District race, Huckabee confirms he was asked not to endorse any [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:59am EST
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• Alan Mollohan's last term in Congress?

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  As Congressman Alan Mollohan’s problems continue to mount many are speculating that this me be his last term as West Virginia’s Congressman from the 1st Congressional District. Last week the U.S. Justice Department told the US House ethics panel to stop its investigation of Congressman Mollohan. Federal investigators had also [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:36am EST
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• WV First Congressional District on French TV 24

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  French TV 24's English language broadcast covers West Virginia's First Congressional District race and interviews GOP candidate Tom Stark, that seat is currently held by Alan Mollohan. They also interview several West Virginia residents on their feelings of Obama and his qualifications for President. They also cover the New Jersey [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:41pm EST
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• Government-Run Healthcare at Your Fingertips?

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:28pm EST
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• Harry Reid Doesn't Like Smelly Tourists

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  Don't you love the fact that Harry Reid doesn't like to smell the American people like me and you when we come to visit the capital. Imagine that, he doesn't like the smell of his bosses.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:12pm EST
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• New Keyser Bridge Traffic Patterns

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  If your coming from the Fountain area on Rt 46 and want to go North on US 220, then your going to see some major changes in the traffic patterns. The blue lines are where the new roads and bridge will be.You will no longer be able to turn onto [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:45am EST
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• GOP Takes New Jersey

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  Chris Christie (R) takes New Jersey from incumbant Democrat [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:27pm EST
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• GOP Sweeps Virginia Elections

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  GOP Sweeps Virginia. Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General all taken by GOP with heavy margin of 2 to 1! [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:03pm EST
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• Job Numbers Contradict Claims of Stimulus Success: Where are the jobs?

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  WASHINGTON – As the Administration pats itself on the back for supposedly “creating or saving” 2,400 jobs in West Virginia at the hand of economic stimulus legislation, count Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., among those who are a bit more skeptical.“For the 35,000 West Virginians who’ve lost their job since [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 2:36pm EST
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• WVGOP Launches New Underwood Institute Initiative

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  Republican Party Program Seeks to Circumvent Democrat Majority's Stranglehold on West Virginia GovernmentToday the West Virginia Republican Party is announcing the launch of a new initiative by the Underwood Institute. The Cecil Underwood Fellows Program is designed to honor our former governor, as well as encourage participation in the political [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:59am EST
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• Reps. Capito and Driehaus Announce Bipartisan Ohio River Basin Caucus

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  WASHINGTON - Representatives Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Steve Driehaus, D-Ohio, today announced the establishment of the bipartisan Ohio River Basin Congressional Caucus. The caucus is dedicated to addressing critical economic, infrastructure, agricultural, environmental, and community issues within the entire Ohio River Basin and watershed. Reps. Capito and Driehaus will [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:51am EDT
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• Gary Howell to guest on Joe Danger's Show (to be reschudeled)

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  Gary Howell will be a guest on Joe Danger's, Talk of the Town on WDNE to be rescheduled. The topic will be Israel, the United States and Iran's nuclear program.' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:20am EDT
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• Obama Stumps for Cap and Tax

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  [Charleston, WV] West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Doug McKinney issued the following statement in response to President Obama's speech this morning at MIT about the energy legislation working its way through the Democrat Congress:"Moments ago, President Obama concluded his remarks to a small crowd of supporters in Massachusetts as he" [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 3:12pm EDT
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• A worthy read on Robert C. Byrd

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  Robert C. Byrd, Dirty Money & That Old Company Store by Halli Casser-JayneHalli Casser-Jayne is the author of A YEAR IN MY PAJAMAS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, The Politics of Strange Bedfellows. You can follow her thoughts @ http:www.thecjpoliticalreport.com [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:22am EDT
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• Obama thinks Republicans do as they’re told; has he been to WV?

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  I find it ironic that President Obama thinks that the party of individual responsibility takes its marching orders from the top. He obviously has never read the Republican Party platform. Republicans are very passionate about insuring the views of all are heard, but mostly we passionate about keeping the rights [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:44am EDT
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• Kook or Prophet?

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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:12am EDT
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• Obama's attack on Unbias News organization makes Leno

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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 12:11am EDT
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• Horse Drawn Wagons and Newspapers

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  A paper commissioned by the Columbia University Journalism School basically says the government should step in to save the newspapers across the county. One of the nations largest newspapers, The New York Times, recently announced it is laying off additional workers as its market share contracts adding fuel to the [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 12:55am EDT
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• Fundraising issues for Mollohan: Barnes, Smith lead challenger pack

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  Alan Mollohan is having fund raising trouble. According The Hill, "Third quarter House recap: Big funding surprises from little-known challengers. They list Mollohan as only one of six incumbents that failed to raise more than $100,000 in the last quarter, despite facing tough challengers.Among announced Republican challengers against Mollohan for" [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 10:02am EDT
  by Gary Howell