1. Nicholas Joseph Rahall II is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2015.
33 Facts About Nick Rahall
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Nick Rahall is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia.
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Nick Rahall was elected as a Democrat to the US House of Representatives in 1976 to represent the now-defunct 4th congressional district.
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Nick Rahall became the representative for the 3rd congressional district when reapportionment was completed following the 1990 census.
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Nick Rahall was re-elected for nineteen terms, serving from January 3,1977 to January 3,2015.
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Nick Rahall's district included the southern, coal-dominated portion of the state, including Huntington, Bluefield, and Beckley.
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Nick Rahall was the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Nick Rahall was born in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of Mary Alice and Nicholas Joseph Nick Rahall.
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Nick Rahall is a Presbyterian of Lebanese Protestant descent, whose grandparents immigrated from Lebanon.
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Nick Rahall's family owned radio station WWNR, which his father started with his uncles Farris, Sam, and Deem, and expanded to own other radio stations in a number of states.
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Nick Rahall attended graduate school at the George Washington University, but did not graduate.
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Nick Rahall then worked as a sales rep for his family's radio station, WWNR.
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Nick Rahall served as president of the Mountaineer Tour and Travel Agency in 1974, and was president of West Virginia Broadcasting.
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Nick Rahall went to work as staff assistant for the late US Senator Robert Byrd who he identifies as a mentor.
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Nick Rahall was elected to Congress in 1976 in the 4th district, succeeding Ken Hechler who ran for governor.
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In 2014, Nick Rahall faced a primary challenge from fellow Democrat and retired Army officer Richard Ojeda.
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Jenkins and Nick Rahall had contributed to each other's campaigns in the decade's previous election cycles.
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Nick Rahall was considered one of the most "endangered" House Democrats by the House Democratic campaign committee.
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Nick Rahall opposed legislation designed to end mountaintop removal mining, a process often used in West Virginia.
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Nick Rahall's policies involving mountaintop removal mining have been criticized as reflected by author and journalist Jeff Biggers in "The Blog" in The Huffington Post, with the link between mountaintop removal mining and flooding, as well as the billions of pounds of explosives used since 2004, being given as examples.
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Nick Rahall called the Environmental Protection Agency "callous", attacked Barack Obama's greenhouse gas rule as "disastrous", and filed legislation to block the president's climate agenda, but in the summer of 2013 he attended a ceremony to rename the EPA headquarters and has praised EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.
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In 2007, Nick Rahall introduced the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which banned incandescent light bulbs.
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In 2013, Nick Rahall voted for the Progressive Caucus's budget, which included provisions for a carbon tax.
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In 2004, it was reported that Nick Rahall feared that Syria would be attacked by Bush before the November elections.
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Nick Rahall was the only member of the House to oppose the 1993 resolution urging Arab states to end their boycott of Israel.
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Nick Rahall was the most senior of five Arab American lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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In 2008, Nick Rahall endorsed Barack Obama, saying Obama understood the needs and aspirations of West Virginians.
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Nick Rahall was Chair of the Arab Americans for Obama group.
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Nick Rahall was one of seven Democrats and twelve Republicans listed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in its annual "Most Corrupt Members of Congress Report" in 2011.
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Nick Rahall abused his position to help his son and sister in clear violation of the House ethics rules.
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In 2008, Nick Rahall appeared on an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives which featured Hillbilly Hot Dogs of Lesage, West Virginia.
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Nick Rahall introduced the hot dog that's named after him on the menu, Nick Rahall's Red Hot Weenie.
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In July 2009, Nick Rahall jumped out of a plane to show his support for the coal industry.