Manchin Wants Speed On Mine Bills: ; When Second Disaster Struck, Governor Decided He Couldn't Wait to Unveil Proposals

Charleston Daily Mail › January 24, 2006

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DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER

The new mine safety legislation Gov. Joe Manchin plans to introduce today has been in the works since 12 workers died in the Sago mine, but the governor's office had no plans to release the bills so soon until a second mine accident killed two more coal miners this weekend.

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Manchin Wants Speed On Mine Bills: ; When Second Disaster Struck, Governor Decided He Couldn't Wait to Unveil Proposals

Today, the governor and supporters of his bills were hoping to get both the Senate and the House of Delegates to suspend their usual law-making rules to vote and ...

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