Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Nick Joe Rahall II (born May 20, 1949) is the U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1977. Rahall is currently Ranking Member of the U.S.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Congress is producing little this election year that will become law, yet both parties are churning out bills designed to make the other side look bad.
Take a look at separate measures that would protect women from violence, keep student loan rates low and build roads and bridges. Each is a widely shared goal and seemingly easy to enact. But the proposals are caught in pitched battles, each party adding language that infuriates the other.As a result, the Democratic-led Senate and Republican-run House are writing legislation that dies right away or is assured of going nowhere in the other chamber. Instead of laws, the bills generate grist for fundraising pitches and campaign attack ads."It was, 'Let's put a bill on the floor that we know Republicans will never support, designed specifically to fail, so we can then spend the week talking about this on the Sunday talk shows and speeches on the floor and missives from the campaign,'" Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., complained last week after GOP ...President Obama ratcheted up the pressure on Congress Wednesday to return from a monthlong vacation and end an impasse over funding the Federal Aviation Administrati...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid signaled Tuesday that a deal is near to end the stalemate over funding the Federal Aviation Administration, which partially shut do...
After all the pleading and partisan accusations over funding the Federal Aviation Administration, Democratic lawmakers and Obama officials found the answer to ending...
The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oi...
The government said Monday it is toughening environmental reviews for all new deepwater oil drilling, ending an easy path to oil riches that allowed BP to drill its ...
The Justice Department has closed an ethics probe of former Interior Secretary Gale Norton, the Obama administration said Friday.Norton was accused of using her posi...
WASHINGTON -- The government said Monday it is toughening environmental reviews for all new deepwater oil drilling, ending an easy path to oil riches that allowed BP...
While Democrats rip into oil and gas companies for failing to pay their "fair share" because of tax breaks Congress gave them, another special interest break they're...
Congress is poised to look into the causes of Monday's deadly West Virginia mine explosion and whether policy changes can prevent future disasters.On Tuesday, Rep. G...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is proposing to split up an Interior Department agency that oversees offshore drilling, as part of its response to the Gul...
What a difference a vice president makes.Vice President Biden, a longtime Amtrak rider and supporter, announced Friday the nation's rails would start running better ...
WASHINGTON -- Congress on Wednesday set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness -- from California's Sierra Nevada mountains to the Je...
Rep . Nick Rahall on mining disaster, proposed safety legislation
The Democratic members of West Virginia's congressional delegation say the latest report on a deadly 2010 mine explosion should jar their colleagues into acting on s...
Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia says it's time for Congress to stop delaying federal legislation that would help keep coal miners safe.His comments come on the...
The House on Wednesday approved a Republican bill aimed at keeping alive prospects for enacting an overhaul of federal transportation programs and continuing the flo...
The House on Wednesday approved a Republican bill aimed at keeping alive prospects for enacting an overhaul of federal transportation programs and continuing the flo...
Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia says it's time for Congress to stop delaying federal legislation that would help keep coal miners safe.His comments come on the...
The nation's crumbling roads, bridges and transit systems are at the point of hindering U.S. economic growth, but Congress is struggling to come up with a solution.T...
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