West Virginia legislators have reached an 11th-hour compromise to allow a special Senate election Nov. 2 to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D).
Gov. Joe Manchin (D) signed a conference version of the bill that the state House of Delegates and state Senate passed this evening. The compromise bill More…
When West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) said Friday that he was “passing the torch” to Carte Goodwin, his former general counsel and appointee to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D), he likely thought Goodwin would end up handing it back to him in just a few months. But More…
On Tuesday, the Senate plans to vote on a federal extension of unemployment benefits, blocked by Senate Republicans for an unprecedented two months. The swearing-in of Carte Goodwin, the temporary replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), will give Democrats the crucial 60th vote to overcome a More…
Carte Goodwin (D-W.Va.) hasn’t even been sworn in as a U.S. senator, but he’s already making waves. First, his colleague-to-be announced that he’d be voting for the long-delayed unemployment benefits extension. And now Goodwin has come out against the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, saying the House bill and the Senate More…
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) has answered the question on the minds of all the people who have lost their unemployment benefits in recent weeks: Senate appointee Carte Goodwin (D-W.Va.) will vote in favor of the unemployment benefits extension bill that the Senate will take up shortly after he More…
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) has released a statement addressing reports that Gov. Joe Manchin (D) selected his former general counsel, Carte Goodwin, to replace late Sen. Robert Byrd (D), confirming that Goodwin is Manchin’s pick.
Here is the statement, courtesy of CNN:
“Carte Goodwin is unquestionably among
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) will name his administration’s former general counsel, Carte Goodwin, to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D).
While there has been no official confirmation from Manchin’s office, sources have identified Goodwin as Manchin’s pick to The Associated Press. Goodwin was one of More…
In a press release, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin’s office announced that he will name a replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd during a 2 p.m. press conference tomorrow in the state capitol building in Charleston.
Presumably if Manchin has scheduled the press conference, he’s already picked More…
While West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) has made no public comments yet on who he will pick tomorrow as an interim replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D) — or even who is on his short-list — analysts and some of the candidates themselves have managed to narrow More…
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, the most prominent West Virginia Republican, appears to be leaning against running in a special election for the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Robert Byrd (D).
In an interview with The Hill, Capito noted that she had committed to serving out More…
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