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(CNN)President Joe Biden on Wednesday will host Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia at the White House as Republicans and the White House continue infrastructure negotiations but remain far apart on new spending and how to pay for it. "The President is looking forward to hosting Senator Capito on Wednesday afternoon at the White House, where they will continue their bipartisan negotiations about investing in our middle class and economic growth through infrastructure," a... Read More

Washington - Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) last week introduced a resolutiondesignating May 2021 as National Cancer Research Month. The resolution recognizes the importance of cancer research and expresses support for continuing efforts to establish it as a national and international priority. “For millions of Americans, myself included, cancer has affected their personal lives in unspeakable ways. Whether it affects your personal health or the... Read More

WASHINGTON (WTRF) — President Joe Biden says that time is running out for Republicans and Democrats to agree on an infrastructure deal.  According to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, without GOP support if there’s not a  “clear direction” by next week.  US Senator Shelley Moore Capito is the lead negotiator for the Republican side. She says that she will be meeting with... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner and 54 of the state’s 55 county clerks have come together to voice their opposition to a bill currently before the U.S. Senate — S.1 — which is also known as the For the People Act of 2021. Warner penned a letter urging U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., to vote against the bill. The letter bears the signatures of every county clerk except for Monongalia... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the lead GOP negotiator on President Biden's infrastructure plan, said on Sunday that she believes Democrats and Republicans could still reach "real compromise" on the proposed spending plan. While appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Capito was asked by host Shannon Bream if a deal could be reached, with the Fox News host noting the stark differences in the White House's American Jobs Plan and the counteroffer that GOP lawmakers made... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican, defended President Joe Biden's efforts to pass a large bipartisan infrastructure bill, arguing that he continues to negotiate with GOP lawmakers in good faith. Republican leaders and many lawmakers have repeatedly attacked Biden for leading in a partisan manner after campaigning as a moderate who would seek out bipartisan solutions. GOP lawmakers point to the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which Biden and... Read More

CHARLESTON — After 20 months of dormancy, professional baseball returned to Appalachian Power Park Friday night as the West Virginia Power played its inaugural game in the independent Atlantic League. From the start — heck, even before the start — it was not a pretty picture for the Power. Day-long rain delayed the start of the game, and when it got underway, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs scored early and often, running away for a 12-3 win. The Blue Crabs scored in every... Read More

CHARLESTON — Calling it the “anchor” for ongoing infrastructure talks with the White House, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito threw her support behind a transportation improvement package Wednesday. The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously passed the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 on Wednesday morning after the committee marked up the bill. “I have always been optimistic that we would get here,” said Capito,... Read More

The White House on Thursday welcomed the $928 billion Republican counteroffer on infrastructure as “constructive” and signaled bipartisan talks would continue into next week as President Biden pressed for swift action. “At first review, we note several constructive additions to the group’s previous proposals, including on roads, bridges and rail,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Thursday. “At the... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled Thursday a counteroffer to the White House’s infrastructure plan, which includes $257 billion in new spending on issues such as roads and water systems. The eight-year, $928 billion proposal comes after the Biden administration offered last week to reduce its American Jobs Plan from nearly $2.3 trillion to $1.7 trillion and amid concerns both sides have drifted further apart on reaching a compromise. The... Read More

WASHINGTON D.C (WOAY) – Senator Shelley Moore Capito held a press conference Thursday to update on the progress with the infrastructure package. On Wednesday Senator Capito and the Environmental and Public Works Committee was able to create a Surface Transportation bill that frees up $311 billion for road construction and programs to address climate change over the next five years. Senator Capito, other Republicans, and President Joe Biden are still working on negotiating, but have begun... Read More

The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed a $303.5 billion bill focused on national highway programs. The Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act authorizes five years of funding for highway improvements as well as addressing climate change and rural transportation. The proposal also serves as a possible cornerstone of a legislative transportation package. Committee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito,... Read More

At the beginning of this year, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito appeared poised to take the gavel of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. But when two Senate races in Georgia upended that possibility, she became something else: the go-to deal-maker for Senate Republicans on infrastructure. In just 24 hours last weekend, the benefits and disadvantages of that role became evident. Capito had a win on Saturday when she and Democratic Sen. Thomas R. Carper of Delaware, the... Read More

A Senate panel today unanimously approved a $350 billion surface transportation bill amid an increasingly tense infrastructure debate between Democrats, Republicans and the White House. Despite that friction, the "Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act" passed on a bipartisan 20-0 vote after the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee incorporated about 90 additional provisions to the bill. One addition from Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) would direct $200... Read More

U.S. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the release of a bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization bill. Carper, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Capito, the committee’s ranking member, said the bill would come before their committee on May 26 for review. “I’m proud to join with my colleagues in crafting a bipartisan bill that invests in our nation’s... Read More

WASHINGTON — A cease-fire has been reached, and a solution to the on-going and historic Israeli-Palestinian conflict may be difficult, but possible, said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. “I support a two-state solution,” she said In an interview last week, a solution that would include an independent State of Palestine and the State of Israel. The most recent outbreak of hostilities lasted 11 days and reportedly cost the lives of more than 200, with missiles reigning down on... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — On West Virginia Politics, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) discusses the Reta Mays sentencing and how the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg failed the victims and their families. Capito also discusses the $300 million West Virginia will receive as part of President Joe Biden’s Infrastructure bill. The money will go towards expanding broadband, maximizing the United State Department of Agriculture and Appalachian Regional Commission... Read More

A group of Republican and Democratic senators unveiled a transportation package over the weekend that would increase funding for highways, roads and bridges as Congress searches for bipartisan paths to repair the nation’s infrastructure. The legislation, released by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, would increase funding by 34% to a baseline of about $300 billion over five years. The previous authorization expired in 2020 and Congress passed a one-year... Read More

WASHINGTON — Legislation for keeping the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from being used as a political weapon was introduced this week in Congress. Lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, and U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., in introducing the legislation. “Government targeting individuals for their political beliefs is about as un-American as you can get, yet that’s exactly what the IRS did during the... Read More