Obituary: Jay Rockefeller, one-time Democratic governor and senator of West Virginia, has died at the age of 89. He was also married to one of the daughters of the late GOP senator Charles Percy, when the GOP had some good people. Jay's sister-in-law Valerie was tragically a murder victim back in the 1960s, and the perp was never found.
Jay was a member of one of the richest families on Earth, but he was a liberal Democrat who cared about the economic problems facing the people of his state. He was governor and then spent many years in the United States Senate.
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Arriving on Capitol Hill in 1985, after two terms as governor, Mr. Rockefeller worked in the shadow of West Virginia’s long-serving senior senator, Democrat Robert C. Byrd, while burrowing deep into committee work and distinguishing himself as an earnest and dogged advocate for society’s most vulnerable.
His signature accomplishments included expanding eligibility of the earned income tax credit and establishing the child tax credit and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, a federal-state initiative that provides health coverage to children in low-income families. He also worked to protect Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, from proposed budget cuts.
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Anothe obit of note: UK author Simon Winchester 82, who wrote bestselling books like the one about the volcano Krakatoa, died.
He loved travel, and he put that love to good use when he wrote and published a slew of books that sold well.
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Instead of being run out of town or even going to prison, Stephen Miller instead gets promoted to White House Chief of Staff, replacing Susie Wiles.
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