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CHARLESTON — The lack of progress on high profile bills, such as Build Back Better and the Freedom to Vote Act, might be getting all the headlines, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito sees a number of successes as 2021 begins to fade into the rear-view mirror.   Capito, R-W.Va., virtually spoke with West Virginia reporters from her Capitol Hill office Thursday afternoon as the U.S. Senate begins to wind down for Christmas recess.   The biggest victory of 2021 for Capito was... Read More

MORGANTOWN — After two appearances with the GOP senators this week to criticize elements of Build Back Better, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke with West Virginia press members Thursday about D.C. goings-on.   She reiterated her opposition to BBB’s childcare and pre-K provisions, which reportedly will double costs for middle class families and essentially wipe out access to faith-based care – used by 53% of U.S. families – by prohibiting access to subsidies and... Read More

WASHINGTON (WDVM) — West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito alongside other Republican senators are claiming that the new child care plans in the Build Back Better agenda will only help some families and leave others to make a difficult choice.   During a press conference, Senator Capito claimed that the new universal child care initiative will only increase the cost of child care while also limiting parents’ choice of what type of child care they want for their kids. She... Read More

Speaking of Build Back Better … Moderates on the left side of the Senate aisle and all senators to the right continue to insist the price tag is too much, despite Congress slashing the cost nearly in half to appease Congressional centrists.Well, there’s one measure in Build Back Better that the Senate is welcome to take a machete to instead of whacking away at climate and social safety net proposals: an increase of the SALT deduction cap from $10,000 to $80,000.The SALT (state and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced that $108,801 will go to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.   This funding is courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and will be used to help West Virginia when it comes to its animal disease preparedness.   “Investing in the health of our livestock protects vital agricultural sectors in our economy, while also... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito joined with other GOP senators at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to blast a Democratic proposal to increase Internal Revenue Service funding by $80 billion to beef up tax collection and enforcement.   The proposal is included in the Build Back Better legislation now before the Senate. More than half of the money would go toward hiring 87,000 new enforcement agents; it also includes $105 million to hire new regulation writers, they... Read More

THE OTHER WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR’S PLANS: Joe Manchin is not the only West Virginia senator resolved to trim the Democrats’ “Build Back Better” spending bill.   Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has been left out of negotiations over the partisan spending bill but is planning a trio of amendments to pluck energy and climate-related provisions from the bill once it’s introduced on the... Read More

WHEELING — The next step in the federal courthouse in Wheeling being named for Judge Frederick Stamp Jr. is complete.   The United States Senate this week passed by unanimous consent a resolution that would rename the courthouse the “Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse.” The resolution now will go to the desk of President Joe Biden for him to sign.   The resolution originated in the U.S. House of Representatives and was sponsored by... Read More

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate vote Wednesday night to stop the federal vaccine mandate on private businesses passed, but even if it would make it through the House it is unlikely to get past a presidential veto.   Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was one of the GOP senators pushing the vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure to cancel Pres. Joe Biden’s mandate, which is now stalled in the court system.   Capito said during a virtual press conference Thursday... Read More

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate vote Wednesday night to stop the federal vaccine mandate on private businesses passed, but even if it would make it through the House it is unlikely to get past a presidential veto.   Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was one of the GOP senators pushing the vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure to cancel Pres. Joe Biden’s mandate, which is now stalled in the court system.   Capito said during a virtual press conference Thursday... Read More

A measure in the House’s $2 trillion economic initiative would require states to cut greenhouse gas emissions, promising rewards for transportation departments that post reductions and “consequences” for those that don’t.   To its supporters, the proposal — set forth in a few dozen lines in the mammoth budget bill — is an overdue acknowledgment that decisions about transportation infrastructure shape how much carbon people emit as they get around. But its... Read More

WEST VIRGINIA (WOAY) – The U.S Senate passed a resolution to overturn President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private-sector employees Wednesday, Dec. 8 in a 52-48 bipartisan vote.   During a virtual press conference the day following, U.S Senator Shelley Moore Capito is voicing the concerns she has for the mandate if it is to pass in the House, a reflection of the worry most West Virginia workers are facing.   “I’ve heard from numerous West Virginians and West... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said President Joe Biden “went back on his word” when he ordered a vaccine mandate for private businesses, and she joined several of her GOP colleagues Wednesday afternoon urging passage of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) to stop it.   A vote in the Senate on the CRA Wednesday night passed with bipartisan support. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. John Tester, D-Mo., joined the Republicans in the vote to repeal... Read More

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – West Virginia officials of both parties have voted to reject President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses.   Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R) and Joe Manchin (D) both voiced their opposition to the mandate and voted to overturn it. The vote, which took place on Wednesday, Dec. 8, overturned the mandate 52 to 48.   “I’ve heard from countless West Virginians who strongly oppose President Biden’s illegal vaccine mandate,... Read More

With the Senate overturning President Biden's employer vaccine mandate, West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito talked with reporters Thursday.   She said while she's pro vaccine and the numbers of those vaccinated need to rise, it's not a matter of government coming down on people or employers.   "I think the rapidity of which the vaccine was developed kind of scared some people off in the beginning,” Capito said. “I think that dissipates. I think we just keep working with... Read More

WASHINGTON (WDVM) — West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito is taking aim at President Biden’s vaccine mandate during a Senate GOP press conference on Wednesday. In September, Biden issued an executive order requiring federal contractors and subcontractors mandating they get a COVID vaccine in order to stay in compliance with workplace safety guidelines developed by a federal task force.   The task force issued guidelines that new, renewed, or extended contracts include a... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., on Wednesday joined 13 other Senate Republicans at a press conference outlining their opposition to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses.   The Biden Administration is instituting the mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees by directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to implement an Emergency Temporary Standard.   The group, led by Indiana Sen. Mike Braun,... Read More

Fighting federal vaccine mandates is becoming a central pillar of Republicans’ health care agenda, one supporters say could help carry them into power in Congress next year.   Republicans say requirements that some people get vaccinated against Covid-19 or risk losing their jobs are deeply unpopular among Americans and worsen employment and inflation — two major issues they want to tie to Democrats and the Biden administration going into the 2022 midterm... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced that $57,272 from the West Virginia Humanities Council of the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration will go to support a Veterans Legacy Program contract.   “If we are going to encourage our youth to be the leaders of tomorrow, we must build off of the great examples set by West Virginians in the past,” Senator Capito said. “Projects like this help bring... Read More

WHITE HALL — With the Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital in White Hall set to open in December, officials hosted an open house Monday, as well as a visit from Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.   In addition to a 24/7 emergency room with eight beds, the new hospital will offer 10 inpatient beds for people who don’t require the acute care provided at a larger health care facility.   Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital Chief Administrative Officer Dr. Christopher Edwards... Read More