Tag: Shelley Moore Capito

LIVE NOW: Senator Capito Speaks at ‘A Time for Choosing’ Series of Reagan Foundation

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) speaks at “A Time for Choosing” Speaker Series of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute at 9:00 p.m. ET on May 22.   …


Senator Capito Speaks at ‘A Time for Choosing’ Series of Reagan Foundation

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) speaks at “A Time for Choosing” Speaker Series of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute at 9:00 p.m. ET on May 22.   …


Daughter of House Majority Whip Moves Closer to Co-Chairing Southeast Crescent Regional Commission

Senators on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee praised the nomination of Jennifer Clyburn Reed, daughter of House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), to serve as the first federal co-chair of the Southeast Regional Crescent Commission. Clyburn himself looked on during the Oct. 27 hearing from the live audience. The commission, which was authorized…


Biden EPA Official Grilled on ‘Forever Chemicals’

Two days after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a roadmap on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works questioned the EPA’s Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, Radhika Fox, about how her agency plans to address PFASs, which are still used in…


Sen. Capito: Republicans, Democrats ‘Inching Toward Each Other’ in Infrastructure Negotiations

Republicans and Democrats are slowly getting closer in negotiations on a major infrastructure package, a top GOP negotiator said on Sunday. Democrats used a budget tool called reconciliation to ram through the COVID-19 relief package earlier this year but have not turned to the tool for infrastructure because “there is a hunger for bipartisanship,” Sen. Shelley…


Biden Speaks with Key Republican Senator About Infrastructure Bill

President Joe Biden spoke with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who is leading a Republican response to Biden’s infrastructure proposal, on Thursday about the president’s plan to pass a sweeping $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, according to the White House. The call signals willingness from both sides to negotiate on a bipartisan infrastructure plan following intense criticism over the…


Republicans Hope to Unveil Infrastructure Counterproposal by End of Week

Republicans are hammering out an infrastructure proposal that is aimed at serving as a counter to the $2.3 trillion plan from President Joe Biden, with an eye on unveiling it soon. “We need to find, settle on a conceptual sort of idea and hopefully we’ll do that in the next several days. And then I…


Constitutional Amendment to Prevent Supreme Court Packing Resurfaces

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced legislation Jan. 22 to amend the U.S. Constitution to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices, the numerical cap that has been in place for well over a century, in order to prevent Democrats from enlarging the court’s membership. Amending the Constitution is no easy task. The amendment bill…