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Senator John Rockefeller
Democrat • West Virginia • 5th Term • Sworn In 1985
- 59 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 11 of 100) 1 Made Into Law (Ranks 3 of 100)
- 141 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 45 of 100) 1 Made Into Law (Ranks 32 of 100)
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- Sen. Benjamin Cardin
- Sen. Susan Collins
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Ben Nelson
- Sen. Mike Lee
- Votes with party 95%
- Abstains: 8%
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Advocate speaks out in favor of reauthorizing bill against domestic violence
With the Violence Against Women Act in limbo between Senate and House, Sen. Jay Rockefeller met with advocates against domestic violence from around the state Tuesday in Charleston to discuss its reauthorization. The reauthorization act is currently ...
Prescription drug abuse — Senate measure will help
Manchin was joined by Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., in introducing the amendment. It passed the Senate unanimously in a rare showing of bipartisanship in Washington.
Diane Mufson: Old clippings yield look at quick changes
In 1996 Pamela Brogan and Shannon Martz wrote about Gov. Gaston Caperton and Sen. Jay Rockefeller's inability to get a Cabell County landowner to sell his land for a Toyota plant here. Cabell's loss has been Putnam County's immense gain.
Roundtable brings together state's advocates against domestic violence
Julian shared those statistics at a roundtable discussion of advocates against domestic violence hosted by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Tuesday morning. The meeting brought together services providers, members of law enforcement, clergy and domestic ...
Rockefeller hosts domestic violence roundtable in Charleston
Domestic violence was the focus of a roundtable discussion in Charleston today. Sen. Jay Rockefeller led the session on the Violence Against Women Act. The participants included members of the judicial system, law enforcement officials, advocates and couns
Senator Takes Note Of Domestic Violence Deaths
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 Charleston. Rockefeller was in ...
This Hour: Latest West Virginia news, sports, business and entertainment
Mills and Sen. Jay Rockefeller will speak Wednesday at the Small Business Week Awards Celebration at the Waterfront Place Hotel. Later in the day, Mills will join Sen. Joe Manchin for a tour of 2 small businesses: Advantage Health and Wellness and AAMCO of
SBA head to visit Morgantown businesses
Mills and Sen. Jay Rockefeller will speak Wednesday at the Small Business Week Awards Celebration at the Waterfront Place Hotel. Later in the day, Mills will join Sen. Joe Manchin for a tour of 2 small businesses: Advantage Health and Wellness and AAMCO of
Kanawha County
and we worked very hard to get it started because it's important for our veterans and their families to know they will be remembered always in a place of such honor and distinction," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller. "This memorial cemetery is the least we can do
First State Veterans Cemetery Dedicated in Kanawha County
"Usually the cemeteries are federal and they wouldn't give us a federal cemetery so we said ok, can we go the state route,” Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-WV said. “And they said yeah. And I said, can you give us some money for that? And they ...
Thacker Swearing in Set for Tuesday
Last year, President Barack Obama nominated Thacker for the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on the recommendation of U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller. The U.S. Senate confirmed her in April.
$14.1M veterans cemetery dedicated
and we worked very hard to get it started because it's important for our veterans and their families to know they will be remembered always in a place of such honor and distinction," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller. "This memorial cemetery is the ...
State veterans cemetery dedicated
Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery. The dedication ceremony included remarks by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Sen. Joe Manchin, U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, and Rebecca Kinnard, widow of Don Kinnard, as well as honors by the Donel C.
Veterans cemetery dedicated on Memorial Day
Sen. Jay Rockefeller helped dedicate the cemetery Monday afternoon, saying the warmth and comfort of our homes are bought with the sacrifice of those who will one day be buried there. The new cemetery sits on a 354-acre site near the State Police Academy.
Memorial Day dedication set for veterans cemetery in Institute
Sen. Jay Rockefeller will help dedicate the cemetery Monday afternoon. The new cemetery sits on a 354-acre site near the State Police Academy. Kinnard was a longtime veterans advocate. He died in 2009.
Big tests for Baucus
...lobbying war on Capitol Hill and at the White House. âThis is probably the biggest thing heâs ever faced in his life,â said Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), a senior Finance Committee member who spent an hour with Baucus recently trading tax reform id
New State Vet Cemetery Opens
Kinnard's family members will be part of the dedication. Those also scheduled to attend include U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, Second District Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito and Keith Gwinn ...
Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Honoring our living and fallen soldiers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. --West Virginia has a long and proud history of military service. We each have brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, grandparents or close friends who were called or volunteered to put their lives on the line to defend our country and our .
Politics stall West Virginia's invitation to Big 12
“The Big 12 picked WVU on the strength of its program — period,” West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller said. “Now the media reports that political games may upend that. That’s just flat wrong. I am doing and will do whatever it takes to get us back
Missing Angler's Wife In Financial Limbo
Presumption of death can be declared earlier if sufficient evidence can be provided. A representative of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said she couldn't speak about any similar situations they've dealt with in the past, but encouraged McCauley to contact
Concussions Being Talked About More
This is the first part of that series. On Oct. 19, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, held a hearing on concussions and the marketing of sports equipment. His mission was to ...
Coal ash poses real threat to residents
I was appalled by your editorial of May 2, in which you were critical of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., for opposing Rep. David McKinley's, R-W.Va., coal ash amendment to the Transportation Bill. Coal ash contains high levels of arsenic, lead, mercury and
Get World War I Bill Over the Top
Congress is another matter entirely. On Feb. 1, 2011, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., introduced a bill "to establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I, and to designate memorials to the service of men and ..
Congress votes down Sen. Durbin's anti-supplement amendment, as well as Sen. Paul's freedom of health speech amendment
...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.) While it is great news that the Senate was smart enough to reject Sen. Durbin's flagrant assault o
Mr. Cook goes to Washington
...in declining to send executives to testify at an April 2010 hearing on Internet privacy, prompting Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to snap, "When people don't show up when we asked them to… all it does is increase our interest in wh
Baucus faces the biggest campaigns of his career
“This is probably the biggest thing he’s ever faced in his life,” said Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), a senior Finance Committee member who spent an hour with Baucus recently trading tax reform ideas. “The politics line up against it, but the ...
Senate bill aims to increase drug import safety
Senators also passed a provision introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., to launch a study on tools and training for health professionals to promote safe pain management while reducing prescription drug abuse and preventing medication shortages.
U.S. Senate Taking Look At Prescription Drug Abuse
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 a provision to create a new ...
Rockefeller questions cybersecurity of gas pipelines
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) questioned whether gas pipelines are vulnerable to cyberattacks in a letter on Thursday to the president of a gas trade association. Hackers recently attacked computer networks managing several major gas pipelines ...
Senators approve Manchin amendment to reclassify hydrocodone drugs
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and three other senators -- including two other Democrats and a Republican -- co-sponsored the amendment. "I'm truly pleased that this amendment has passed and will make it much harder for anyone to abuse these prescription .
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