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In contrast to the tradition of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker must vote unless excused. The House rules state that in some cases, the speaker is not required to vote unless the House is equally divided, or unless the speaker's vote, if given to the minority, will make the division equal.
Speaker of the House. Robert S. Kiss (D), Raleigh Co., 27th District; Speaker Pro Tempore. John Pino (D), Fayette Co., 29th District; Majority Leader. W. Richard ...
The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's split from Virginia during the American Civil War ...
The current dean of the West Virginia delegation is Senator Shelley Moore Capito, having served in the Senate since 2015 and in Congress since 2001. From June 1861 to June 1863, during the Civil War and before West Virginia statehood, the United States recognized the Restored Government of Virginia sitting in Wheeling as the "legitimate", pro ...
The House Rules provide that the chairman of a committee presides over its meetings, maintains decorum and ensures that the committee adheres to the House Rules governing committees and generally acts in an administrative role respective to such issues as determining salaries of committee staff, issuing congressional subpoenas for testimony and ...
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from West Virginia. The list of names should be ...
November 3, 2020: House, Senate [5] 86th West Virginia legislature 2023 November 8, 2022: House, Senate [5] 87th West Virginia legislature 2025
U.S. representatives. Kevin McCarthy, U.S. representative from CA-20 (2007–2023) and former Speaker of the House (2023) [40] Alex Mooney, U.S. representative from WV-02 (2015–present) [35] State legislators. Patricia Rucker, state senator from the 16th district (2016–present) [41] 40 members of the West Virginia House of Delegates [41 ...