HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 36

By Delegates Conley, Mallow, Kimes, Horst, Longanacre and Bruce

[Introduced March 11, 2021; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary then Rules ]

Urging Congress to censure U.S. Senator Joe Manchin for his recent votes against the beliefs of the majority of West Virginians.

Whereas, Senator Manchin has routinely referred to himself as a “moderate” or “conservative Democrat;” and

Whereas, Instead, Senator Manchin routinely votes against the will of the majority of his West Virginia constituents; and

Whereas, oftentimes, Senator Manchin will wait until the eve of a vote or moments before a vote is to be cast to decide how he is going to vote; and

Whereas, Twice, Senator Manchin has voted to impeach President Trump, which has wasted untold amounts of taxpayer dollars for what has amounted to nothing more than a witch hunt; and

Whereas, In doing so, Senator Manchin, during the first sham impeachment, said “The House impeachment managers’ case against Trump, on the other hand, was proven,” according to a Politico article: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/13/joe-manchin-trump-reelection-impeachment-114679; and,

Whereas, In reiterating his support for the first sham impeachment, Senator Manchin said, according to the same Politico article, “I had no doubt when everything [came] the way it came across;” and

Whereas, In the second sham impeachment, Senator Manchin said, according to a Business Insider article, located at https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-manchin-impeach-trump-joe-biden-2021-1, that “"There is no doubt about it he should be impeached;” and

Whereas, Even after President Trump was not-reelected, but carried a large majority of the vote in West Virginia, Senator Manchin has nevertheless continued his crusade of voting against the wishes of both President Trump and a large majority of West Virginians, including his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, and his unwillingness to stand up for West Virginia in the fight against coal; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That it hereby requests that the United States Senate hereby censure Senator Manchin for his blatant disregard of the large majority of values held by the voters and citizens of West Virginia; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate and to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and copies to the members of the said Senate and House of Representatives from this State, including Senator Manchin.