Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) has signaled he will vote for Joe Biden in November’s election, despite leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent, as he ruled out backing Donald Trump at the ballot box. Last November, the West Virginia senator announced he would quit the party and not seek a third term in […]
Jun. 24—MORGANTOWN — Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced separately on Monday that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $6.4 million, through Congressionally Directed Spending requests from them, for renovating WVU’s Personal Rapid Transit system. Capito said in her announcement that the money will go for refurbishment of the Beechurst, Walnut, Health […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Every election cycle, it seems, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia tries to find the best fit for himself, dragging both sides of the political aisle — and an entire home-state electorate — along for a wobbly ride. Five months before the general election, he’s still not a declared candidate for […]
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a longtime moderate Democrat, announced on Friday that he is registering as an independent. Manchin announced last year that he would not run for reelection in the deep red state, creating an opportunity for Republicans to flip the Senate seat. The news that Manchin has registered as an independent […]
Senator Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he had left the Democratic Party to become an independent as many have wondered whether he will run for governor of his home state of West Virginia. Mr Manchin was the last Democrat in a statewide office and announced in November that he would not seek re-election. He […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Friday he has registered as an independent, raising questions about his future political plans. Manchin, who would have faced a tough reelection in November if he had chosen to run, has long been an outspoken critic of the Democratic Party and an obstacle to […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and a group of Republican senators are moving to overturn a new retirement investment planning rule that was finalized by the Labor Department last month. The Labor Department unveiled a new rule last month that would update the definition of an investment advice fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act […]
Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Wednesday joined Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) to announce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s new rules on energy permitting, following a pledge Manchin made last week. The new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rule, announced last week, […]
Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he will lead a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to undo the Biden administration’s final rule on permitting announced Tuesday morning. “All the White House had to do was implement the commonsense, bipartisan permitting reforms in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, that all sides agreed upon, but once […]
For the full interview, watch CNN’s Inside Politics Sunday, April 21, at 8a/11a ET. (CNN) — Retiring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and former Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, are holding off on throwing support behind their parties’ presidential nominees, while taking aim at members on both sides of the aisle for […]
Feb. 17—MORGANTOWN — Sen. Joe Manchin reframed American politics past the ideological clashes between Democrats and Republicans seen in Congress on Friday in Morgantown. Manchin stopped by Vantage Ventures as part of his larger listening tour across the country, where he also announced he would not act as a spoiler for the presidential race. However, […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Friday that he is not running for president after spending months mulling a bid that would have shaken up the 2024 campaign. “I will not be seeking a third-party run. I will not be involved in a presidential run,” Manchin said during a speech. “I will be […]