Senator John Rockefeller

Democrat  •  West Virginia  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 1985
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05/30/12
First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (3rd ...

I don't think he gets sufficient credit, but it was Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia. Senator Rockefeller surprisingly was unrelenting in getting this passed. In the monograph I referred to, I give some of the history of what ...

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05/30/12
Thacker sworn in as federal appeals judge | judicialnominations.org

Last year, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., nominated Thacker, a Charleston attorney and Lincoln County native, to fill the seat on the 4th U.S. Circuit Appeals left by Judge M. Blane Michael, who died in March 2011. “That's the ...

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05/30/12
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CHARLESTON, W.Va.-Senator Jay Rockefeller today gathered with advocates against domestic violence from around the state to discuss the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, and how shared resources can ...

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05/30/12
Senator Takes Note Of Domestic Violence Deaths - West Virginia ...

That's how U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller describes his feelings over the death of 11-year-old Jahlil Clements earlier this year as he tried to flag down help for his mother who was being beaten by the side Interstate 64 in ...

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05/28/12
Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Honoring our living and fallen soldiers ...

May 27, 2012. Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Honoring our living and fallen soldiers. Advertiser. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia has a long and proud history of military service. We each have brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, grandparents or ...

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05/28/12
Militant Libertarian » Congress votes down Sen. Durbin's anti ...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Sen. John “Jack” Reed (D-R.I.) Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Sen. Bernard “Bernie” Sanders (I-Vt.) Sen. John “Jay” Rockefeller (D-W.V.) ...

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05/27/12
The Daily Vampire: Quote of the Day/Week- Nelson Rockefeller

Ironically, Rockefeller's own great nephew Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) is a high-ranking member of the Democratic delegation in the current U.S. Senate. Rockefeller was known to prefer problem-solving as opposed to ...

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05/27/12
Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Honoring our living and fallen soldiers ...

May 27, 2012. Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Honoring our living and fallen soldiers. Advertiser. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia has a long and proud history of military service. We each have brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, grandparents or ...

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05/26/12
Daleen Berry: Rockefeller to hold roundtable discussion about ...

So I'm guessing that commission may just become a reality. I say this because Sen. Jay Rockefeller agrees with us. He agrees with the 2735 members of the "Justice for Shannon Stafford" Facebook page, that was started after ...

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05/26/12
Ethan E. Huff – NaturalNews – Congress Votes Down Senator ...

Sen. John “Jay” Rockefeller (D-W.V.) Senate also votes down Sen. Rand's amendment to reign in FDA, restore freedom of health speech. While it is great news that the Senate was smart enough to reject Sen. Durbin's flagrant ...

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05/25/12
Senate passes amendment, reclassifies hydrocodone

Jay Rockefeller. slideshow. By CHAD ABSHIRE. Staff Writer. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed an amendment to the FDA's Safety and Innovation Act yesterday, reclassifying drugs containing hydrocodone as schedule II ...

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05/25/12
Congress votes down Sen. Durbin's anti-supplement amendment ...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Sen. John "Jack" Reed (D-R.I.) Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Sen. Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (I-Vt.) Sen. John "Jay" Rockefeller (D-W.V.) ...

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05/24/12
U.S. Senate Taking Look At Prescription Drug Abuse - West Virginia ...

West Virginia U.S. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin have taken steps this week in the Senate that they say will help fight prescription drug abuse. Sen. Rockefeller says a bill passed by the Senate Thursday includes ...

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05/23/12
100 Mbps the New Minimum for 'Critical' Broadband Services in ...

Barbara Pryor, a senior legislative assistant to Sen. Jay Rockefeller (WV), a stalwart supporter in Congress of the $2.25 billion federal E-rate program, said schools' demand for E-rate discounts for telecommunications services ...

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05/22/12
Elected Leaders React To Bill Stewart's Death - West Virginia ...

U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller: “I was saddened to learn about the death of Bill Stewart this afternoon. Bill loved West Virginia, and he loved the student-athletes he worked with. My heart aches for his wife, Karen, and their son, ...

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05/18/12
Jay Rockefeller's House - Virtual Globetrotting

Description: John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia, a position he held from 1977 to ...

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05/17/12
Jay Rockefeller's House - Virtual Globetrotting

Description: John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia, a position he held from 1977 to ...

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05/17/12
The Evidon Weekly Digest 5/17/12 « Evidon's Corporate Blog

The FTC made more privacy news last week as two separate articles recognized the commission's role as key to protecting consumer privacy while regulations are mulled in congress and senate. Senator Jay Rockefeller ...

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05/17/12
Jay Rockefeller's House - Virtual Globetrotting

Description: John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia, a position he held from 1977 to ...

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05/17/12
Tr-Ash Talk: Living With Lies and Coal Ash | Earthjustice

Thankfully, the Administration and conferee Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) are publicly opposing Rep. McKinley's legislation. Former Republican Congressman and current Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood states that ...

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05/17/12
Congressional Delegation Asks For Another Look - West Virginia ...

She signed a letter, this week, asking the CMS to look closer at the issue. U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, First District Congressman David McKinley and Third District Congressman Nick Rahall all ...

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05/17/12
Black boxes in trucks are a $2 billion, big brother mandate | OOIDA ...

Todd Spencer, Executive Vice President. Two U.S. lawmakers from West Virginia are currently on a committee negotiating the long overdue highway funding bill. Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Rep. Shelley Moore Capito are part of a short list of ...

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05/17/12
The Evidon Weekly Digest 5/17/12 « Evidon's Corporate Blog

The FTC made more privacy news last week as two separate articles recognized the commission's role as key to protecting consumer privacy while regulations are mulled in congress and senate. Senator Jay Rockefeller ...

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05/15/12
TaoSecurity: SEC Guidance Is a Really Big Deal

Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller thinks the SEC needs to ensure hacked companies are adequately informing their investors about when they suffer a security breach or cybersecurity risk that could jeopardize ...

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05/14/12
TaoSecurity: SEC Guidance Is a Really Big Deal

Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller thinks the SEC needs to ensure hacked companies are adequately informing their investors about when they suffer a security breach or cybersecurity risk that could jeopardize ...

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05/13/12
Jay Rockefeller on rocky ground with coal « Hot Air

Perhaps from an unlikely source. Sen. Jay Rockefeller is being called on by the West Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club in its fight to kill another West Virginia representative's coal ash provision of the transportation bill…

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05/13/12
Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Remember the hard work of women this ...

Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Remember the hard work of women this Mother's Day. Advertiser. It is hard to overstate how much we value our mothers. They are the heart of our families. No job is too big, too small, or too messy for our ...

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05/13/12
Jay Rockefeller on rocky ground with coal « Hot Air

Sen. Jay Rockefeller is being called on by the West Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club in its fight to kill another West Virginia representative's coal ash provision of the transportation bill… Rockefeller, a Democratic member of ...

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05/13/12
Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Remember the hard work of women this ...

It is hard to overstate how much we value our mothers. They are the heart of our families. No job is too big, too small, or too messy for our mothers, who spent countless hours packing lunches, kissing sick foreheads in the ...

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05/13/12
Jay Rockefeller on rocky ground with coal « Hot Air

Sen. Jay Rockefeller is being called on by the West Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club in its fight to kill another West Virginia representative's coal ash provision of the transportation bill… Rockefeller, a Democratic member of ...

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Official website: http://www.rockefeller.senate.gov/
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531 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6472
Fax: 202-224-7665

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