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The statea s top elected leaders pledged Tuesday to lobby for a meeting with White House officials to discuss bringing a oecertaintya in the federal governmenta s handling of mining permits, particularly with regard to mountaintop mining.

The House has used a near party line vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill.

U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is asking a question that should have been answered before her peers in the House of Representatives approved a health care bill Saturday night.

Based on Saturday's razor-thin 220-215 House vote, can we say Southern Democrats are friends or foes of health care reform? It depends on how you slice the numbers .

The trillion dollar Affordable Health Care for America Act, narrowly passed the U.S House of Representatives, Saturday night, 220 to 215.

Nov. 8, 2009 Mollohan Backs Affordable Health Care for America Act Special to Huntingtonnews.net Washington, DC -- Congressman Alan B. Mollohan, D-WV joined a majority of his colleagues in voting for the Affordable Health Care for America Act late Saturday night, Nov.

Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has regularly accused the Republicans in the House of displaying 'a culture of corruption.' Yet the critical vote to get the House version of the health bill out of the House, demonstrates that Speaker Pelosi not only likes corruption, she counts on it.

Editor's note: The following questions pertaining to the House health care reform bill were submitted Friday to U.S. Reps.

U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va., will not be representing the vast majority of his constituents well if he votes in favor of a health care bill scheduled to go to the House floor within a few days - perhaps this weekend.

West Virginia's two Democratic Congressmen are working to make sure a House overhaul of the nation's health care system does not lead to the federal financing of abortion.

About 50 local residents were among the thousands of conservatives chanting, ''Kill the bill,'' as they rallied against the Democrats' health care overhaul plan at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

In an open letter to the governor, columnist Rob Cornelius proposes Joe Manchin run for Congress.

West Virginia's congressional delegation put aside partisan differences Wednesday with a resolution that would create a National Miners Day to honor the nation's coal workers.

West Virginia's federal representatives have given miners a reason to celebrate.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer has more than two years to go on his second four-year term, but that won't stop potential candidates from testing the waters this far out from the 2012 elections.

U.S. Rep. Alan B. Mollohan, D-1st District, announced that a $4 million Economic Development Administration grant is headed to the Canaan Valley Public Service District for construction of a new, decentralized wastewater treatment system.

The House ethics committee and the Office of Congressional Ethics scrutinized the activities of more than 30 lawmakers, the Washington Post reported , citing a confidential report that it obtained from a publicly accessible computer network.

The Justice Department is apparently not finished looking into the personal finances of Rep.

In the uphill battle to reform Health Care, the latest firestorm comes after Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, announced the newest version of this bill which clearly extends federal funds for abortions.

The worst recession since World War II. Angry town hall meetings over health care.