Posted on 05/09/2022 1:03:28 PM PDT by cotton1706
The crumbling roads and bridges of West Virginia could be the path to the U.S. Capitol in one of the hardest-fought House Republican primaries this year.
Two GOP congressmen face off in the same district Tuesday after population loss caused West Virginia to lose one of its three House seats. How Reps. David McKinley and Alex Mooney voted on last year's bipartisan infrastructure bill could keep one of them in Washington and send the other home.
Infrastructure may not seem like a top issue when inflation is squeezing American families and a leaked Supreme Court opinion has inflamed public debate over Roe v. Wade. But it matters a lot in a state that ranks among the worst for its roads and bridges.
"It's very important for us," Sen. Joe. Manchin, D-W.Va., told USA TODAY.
Since his vote in November, Manchin has repeatedly touted the roughly $6 billion the infrastructure bill will send to West Virginia for its most urgent needs.
"Every single West Virginian will benefit from this bill," he said.
Manchin was a key player in brokering the roughly $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package President Joe Biden signed last fall – and for good reason. The Mountain State historically is one of the largest beneficiaries of federal transportation spending. For every dollar its citizens contribute in gas taxes and other fees, the state receives nearly $2 to spend on its highways, studies show.
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The infrastructure bill passed with the help of these nineteen Assistant Democrats.
Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Trump endorsed
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Trump endorsed
Mike Crapo (R-ID) Trump endorsed
Roy Blunt (R-MO) Retiring
Richard Burr (R-NC) Retiring
Deb Fischer (R-NE) Trump endorsed
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Trump endorsed
Rob Portman (R-OH) Retiring
Thom Tillis (R-NC) Trump endorsed
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) being primaried by Trump endorsed candidate
Jim Risch (R-ID) Trump endorsed
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Trump endorsed
Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Trump endorsed
Kevin Cramer (R-ND) Trump endorsed
Roger Wicker (R-MS) Trump endorsed
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Trump endorsed
John Hoeven (R-ND) Trump endorsed
Susan Collins (R-ME) Trump endorsed
Mitt Romney (R-UT) Trump endorsed
We will NEVER Make America Great Again by re-electing Assistant Democrats.
Trump has to stop endorsing them.
Mooney will condemn the infrastructure bill up to the election and once elected he will claim credit for every dollar from the bill spent in his district.
You should see US 48 from near Davis east, it’s an impressive interstate type highway through the mountains that just ends at Davis.
We’ll see but McKinley also voted for authorizing the January 6th House committee. There are times to reach across the aisles but neither of those votes were those times!
I remember Dave McKinley from my involvement in WV pollitics in the 1990’s. He was a RINO then and is a RINO now.
Thank Byrd for that. Now if only Va would commit from 81 to the state line I’m sure WVa would get the rest done from Wardensville to the line. All I need “H” for is to get to near Petersburg via Moorefield.
Every time I’ve been on it there is little traffic.
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