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Jan 11, 2013 · After nearly three decades in the U.S. Senate, Democrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia said Friday he was ready to retire, calling his unrelenting fight to protect the nation’s coal miners...
Jan 3, 2015 · And as he heads into retirement as the last member of the Rockefeller family dynasty in political office — and the only Democrat — the five-term U.S. senator leaves a blueprint for fighting to fix real-life problems for burdened families and to protect the nation’s coal miners.
Jan 3, 2015 · Despite his support of the health care overhaul of President Barack Obama, who remains deeply unpopular in West Virginia, voters re-elected Rockefeller to a fifth term in 2008.
Jan 11, 2013 · As a senator, Rockefeller is known for his work on health care and as the co-author of the Children's Health Insurance Program. During the most recent fight over health care, Rockefeller was a champion of the "public option," a government-run health insurance program.
Jan 11, 2013 · Rockefeller’s efforts on health care earned him deep admiration from liberals. But they have been less enthralled with his efforts to protect West Virginia’s coal industry from legislation...
Jan 3, 2015 · And as he heads into retirement as the last member of the Rockefeller family dynasty in political office — and the only Democrat — the five-term U.S. senator leaves a blueprint for fighting to...
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Jan 11, 2013 · Rockefeller defended his support of Obama and the president’s signature health care overhaul, and insisted that their unpopularity with West Virginians did not influence his decision to retire.
