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	U.S. Senate
		Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) began his rise to national prominence with a speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, in which he charged that Communists had infiltrated federal government agencies.
		Vice presidents cannot vote in the Senate, except to break a tie, nor may they formally address the Senate, except with the senators' permission.
		Junior senators fill in as presiding officer when neither the vice president nor president pro tempore is on the Senate Floor.
	www.senate.gov (569 words)

	Republican Senate » West Virginia
		Tennessee - The Senate isn’t the Governor’s mansion.
		Elizabeth Dole’s latest failure is her inability to convince West Virginia Secretary of State Betty Ireland to challenge Sen. Robert KKK Byrd.
		While some may seek to justify this by West Virginia’s union bent, the fact is that she differs from her state on the very social issues that make KKK so vulnerable.
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	West Virginia (WV) hotels - Discount West Virginia hotel room reservations
		West Virginia is a state of the United States, known as The Mountain State.
		Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War and the seccession of Virginia from the union, the western counties of the state in turn seceded from Virginia on April 27, 1861.
		Geography It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the north, by Ohio and Kentucky to the west, and by Virginia to the east.
	west-virginia-wv.hotels-united-states.com (711 words)

	Senator Robert C. Byrd - Timeline
		Senator Byrd was re-elected the Senate Majority Leader, again conducting the legislative and executive discussions in the Senate.
		Senator Byrd was elected as Chairman in 1989 and held the position until 1994.
		Senator Byrd has carried all 55 West Virginia counties several times, and, impressively, in his most recent general election in the year 2000, he carried all but seven of the state's 1,970 precincts.
	soulofthesenate.org /timeline.html (3020 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Freemasons, politicians, West Virginia, H
		West Virginia state house of delegates from Calhoun County, 1943-45; died in office 1945.
		West Virginia state house of delegates 35th District, 1985-88; member of West Virginia state senate 16th District, 1989-92.
		West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1957-58; defeated, 1954, 1958.
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	RustyWebb.com \| Four Term Delegate for West Virginia Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In Kanawha County beginning in 1992, Delegates to the West Virginia House of Delegates were elected in three separate districts rather than Kanawha County as an entire district.
		The 31st District is comprised of one member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and the 32nd District is comprised of four members of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
		This particular delegate from Cabell County, however, was not impressed and attempted to portray the members of the 32nd District as not going along with the crowd and not being a part of the political group at the legislature.
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	West Virginia Statehood Images, D-H (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		After the war, Davis was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates and was a congressman from 1871 to1875.
		Isaac Hardin Duval of Wellsburg was colonel of the 9th West Virginia Infantry and later commanded the Second Division of the Army of West Virginia.
		In 1863, Hubbard was elected to the West Virginia State Senate, and from 1865 to 1869 he served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
	www.wvculture.org /HiStory/statehood/imagesd-h.html (689 words)

	HSLDA \| West Virginia Homeschoolers Fight for More Freedom
		The West Virginia Legislature is now considering Senate Bill 181, a bill that would make significant changes to the homeschool law, including permanent removal of the long-disliked four-year rule.
		West Virginia is the only state in the country with this unusual and unjustifiable restriction.
		Senate Bill 181 would allow a parent to continue the home instruction program even if progress at the required level cannot be demonstrated, if the parents provide evidence that appropriate instruction is being provided.
	www.hslda.org /hs/state/wv/200302070.asp?PrinterFriendly=True (566 words)

	CHT's Senate and Election Page - West Virgina
		Very senior Senators also tend to fare poorly in their last campaigns; Fritz Hollings was held to 53% in 1998, and just two years earlier, Strom Thurmond won just 54% in the very Republican Palmetto state.
		West Virginia had not gone to a Republican since Ronald Reagan before Bush picked it off in 2000.
		Alongside John Rockerfeller IV, Robert Byrd is the senior Senator from the state of West Virginia.
	www.coldheartedtruth.com /index.php/Senate?cat=87 (2163 words)

	byrd,robert,us senator,west virginia
		Also in 1989, Senator Byrd was unanimously elected President pro tempore of the Senate, a post that placed him third in line of succession to the Presidency and gave him the distinction of having held more leadership position in the U.S. Senate than any other Senator of any party in Senate history.
		In 2000, Senator Byrd was re-elected to an eighth consecutive six-year term in the Senate, making him the only person in the history of the Republic to achieve that milestone.
		Senator Byrd has carried all 55 West Virginia counties three times(1970, 1994, and 2000), making him the first person to do so in contested statewide general elections.
	www.appalachiacoal.com /rbyrd.htm (609 words)

	USATODAY.com - West Virginia Senate passes mine safety proposals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin introduces legislation to address mine safety issues in the State Capitol in Charleston.
		The Senate and House both acted speedily at the urging of Gov. Joe Manchin, who unveiled the legislation about 11 a.m.
		If the West Virginia accidents lead to federal action, it would not be the first time that mine tragedies in that state have had nationwide ramifications.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2006-01-23-mineproposals_x.htm (1034 words)

	West Virginia Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.
		This means, for example, that the 99% of the population of the 5th District residing in Cabell County can vie for only one Senate seat, and the tiny portion of Wayne County in the district acts as a sort of rotten borough, as it must have one senator.
		While the West Virginia Constitution does not create or even mention the title of Lieutenant Governor, West Virginia Code 6A-1-4 creates this designation for the Senate President.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Virginia_Senate (299 words)

	WVSOS - Elections - Political Districts in West Virginia
		Redistricting is done by the West Virginia Legislature, the new plan was adopted at a special session in 2001.
		Since the West Virginia Senate has thirty-four members, and each district must have two senators, the number of senatorial districts is fixed at seventeen, unless the number of members changes.
		The minimum number of magisterial districts per county is three, and most of West Virginia's 55 counties have three magisterial districts.
	www.wvsos.com /elections/offices/districts.htm (636 words)

	West Virginia Senate Committee Advances Abortion Bill on Parental Consent
		Senate Health and Human Resources Chairman Roman Prezioso, a Democrat, said he agreed to hold hearings on the bill because he realized the House Judiciary Committee was not going to hear it.
		Under current West Virginia law, parents must be notified 48 hours before an abortion if their daughter is under 18 and has not yet graduated from high school.
		More than 2000 abortions were performed in West Virginia in 2002, and more than 120 of those were performed on girls under 18 according to the state registrar of vital statistics.
	www.lifenews.com /state1453.html (448 words)

	Government
		West Virginia's senior senator, Robert C. Byrd (D), is steeped in history and the Constitution and is widely accepted as having no equal when it comes to the understanding of the institutions of our government.
		Jay Rockefeller (D), the state's junior senator, is the honorary chairman of the Chemical Alliance Zone and has been a long-time, active supporter of the chemical industry in the Kanawha Valley.
		In 2001, Shelley Moore Capito (R) was elected to represent the 2nd congressional district of the U.S. House of Representatives.
	www.dow.com /ucc/locations/westvir/awv/awv03.htm (315 words)

	Diverted Pharmaceuticals - West Virginia Drug Threat Assessment
		Anecdotal reporting from treatment providers throughout West Virginia indicates that pharmaceutical abuse is endemic and a way of life for many West Virginians, with members of various socioeconomic classes and age groups abusing these drugs.
		Of the 28 law enforcement respondents to the NDTS 2002 in West Virginia who rated the level of diverted pharmaceutical availability in their jurisdictions, 22 indicated that availability was high.
		West Virginia Senate Bill No. 239 Controlled Substances Monitoring Act was passed in 1995 and became effective in 2002.
	www.usdoj.gov /ndic/pubs5/5266/div.htm (1192 words)

	West Virginia Senate Approves Pro-Life Unborn Victims Legislation
		Charleston, WV (LifeNews.com) -- Eager to become the thirtieth state to pass unborn victims legislation, the West Virginia state Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a bill that would make it a crime to kill or injure an unborn child as a result of a violent crime against the mother.
		The bill was in the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, and in one day passed out of both the Committee and the full Senate.
		Currently West Virginia law allows not only a judge, but a second abortion practitioner to waive the parent's right to know that their minor daughter is getting an abortion.
	www.lifenews.com /state420.html (446 words)

	U.S. Senate: Committees Home
		Due to the high volume and complexity of its work, the Senate divides its tasks among 20 committees, 68 subcommittees, and 4 joint committees.
		Although the Senate committee system is similar to that of the House of Representatives, it has its own guidelines, within which each committee adopts its own rules.
		In the Senate there is one officially recognized caucus -- the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control established by law in 1985.
	www.senate.gov /pagelayout/committees/d_three_sections_with_teasers/committees_home.htm (170 words)

	West Virginia United States Senate election, 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, easily won a fourth term to the Senate in 2002 by a margin of 63-37 over Republican Jay Wolfe.
		He resigned his state Senate seat in December of 1952 after he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in November of 1952, to represent the now extinct 6th District.
		He was unopposed in the election of 1976 and he carried all fifty-five counties of West Virginia in the elections of 1994 and 2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Virginia_United_States_Senate_election,_2006 (1878 words)

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		The legislation would make English the official language of West Virginia and ensures that the state does not have an obligation to provide foreign language services.
		The legislative success marks the second time in two years that the West Virginia Senate has overwhelmingly supported unifying the state under one common language.
		According to the U.S. Census, 67 languages are spoken in West Virginia, including 27 in the Charleston Metropolitan Area.
	www.us-english.org /inc/news/preleases/viewRelease.asp?ID=156 (393 words)

	Firehouse.Com News - 3/14/01 - 911 Confidentiality Bill in West Virginia
		The bill (SB412), which originated in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, will be in the amendment stage on the Senate floor today.
		Senate Judiciary Chairman Bill Wooton, D-Raleigh, said he introduced the bill at the 911 directors' request.
		He said he believed their concern was with radio and television stations broadcasting lurid 911 calls, such as the audio of a homicide recorded during the victim's 911 call.
	www.firehouse.com /news/2001/3/14_confidential.html (615 words)

	West Virginia Record
		After all, a survey conducted in West Virginia not long ago showed that most of us here feel such ads encourage people to sue even when they have not been injured.
		On at least one front, West Virginia is already ahead of the curve.
		The Disciplinary Board here responded to a West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse inquiry by saying it looked with "great disfavor" on a former judge who wore a judicial robe in ads for her law practice.
	www.wvrecord.com /printer/article.asp?c=180984 (637 words)

	Bikers Rights Online! - West Virginia SB237
		By an 18-16 vote, the Senate today rejected an attempt to repeal the state's mandatory motorcycle helmet law.
		All but one of the legislators who addressed the Senate spoke against the legislation, arguing that the state would pay in lives lost and health care costs if the bill passed.
		It made it as far as the Senate floor on the last night of the session in 1997, where it was defeated by a narrow vote.
	www.bikersrights.com /states/westvirginia/sb237vote.html (454 words)

	wvinsurance.gov - West Virginia Insurance Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In addition to the voting members, the Governor appoints two members of the West Virginia Senate and two members of the West Virginia House of Delegates to serve as advisory nonvoting members of the Board.
		Five members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms that begin upon appointment after the effective date of the legislation.
		In accordance with the laws and rules of West Virginia, establish and monitor performance standards and measurements to ensure the timeliness and accuracy of activities performed under Chapter twenty-three of the WV Code and applicable rules;
	www.wvinsurance.gov /wc/industrialcouncil/qualifications.htm (883 words)

	West Virginia U.S. Senate: Byrd 63%, Raese 30%: Angus Reid Global Monitor
		Raese is the former chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party and the chief executive officer of Greer Industries.
		The election to the U.S. Senate is scheduled for Nov. 7.
		No Republican has represented West Virginia in the upper house since Revercomb and John D. Hoblitzell in 1959.
	www.angus-reid.com /polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13117 (234 words)

	State Politics & Policy \| West Virginia Senate Approves Amended Fetal Homicide Bill - Kaisernetwork.org
		The West Virginia Senate on Tuesday without debate unanimously approved a bill (SB 566) that would make it a separate crime to injure a fetus during the commission of a violent crime against a pregnant woman, the
		The state Senate Judiciary Committee last week amended the bill to allow separate charges only in cases when a person intentionally tries to harm or kill a fetus.
		The committee also deleted provisions from the original measure that would have allowed two separate charges to be filed when a pregnant woman is killed by involuntary manslaughter or reckless homicide.
	www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=22503 (314 words)

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