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      <excerpt>...range. &quot;We saw light illuminated by those who died in valor.&quot; Relatives and others - including Gov. Rendell and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) - said the occasion was a major turning point in the evolution of the memorial, which Congress authorized in 20</excerpt>
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      <title>A sacred groundbreaking</title>
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      <excerpt>...were and that they would refer my question to them for a reply. This is sad enough by itself. The response from the aide in Sen. Bob Casey's office was, &quot;I don't think he's concerned about the Constitution.&quot; Whether the aide was referring to Sen. Casey </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...for a U.S. Senate seat from New York.  - 2006, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, of Pittsburgh, R-Pa., and state Rep. Matthew Good, of Millcreek, R-3rd Dist., lost their re-election bids to state Treasurer Bob Casey and business owner John Hornaman respectively.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...along with two dozen others. They included four young family members of the fallen heroes, Gov. Ed Rendell, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and architect Paul Murdoch. The memorial is scheduled for completion on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 in 2011.  The $58 mi</excerpt>
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      <title>'We made it': Ground broken for Flight 93 memorial</title>
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      <excerpt>...in the ceremony. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will lead the noon groundbreaking, joined by Gov. Ed Rendell, Sen. Bob Casey, and Reps. John Murtha and Bill Shuster.  Members of the Families of Flight 93 and representatives of the National P</excerpt>
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      <title>Flight 93 National Memorial event to honor heroes</title>
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      <excerpt>...20510 Maryland&#8212;Ben Cardin (D) 	Barbara A. Mikulski (D) West Virginia&#8212;Robert C. Byrd (D)	John D. Rockefeller (D) Pennsylvania&#8212;Bob Casey (D)	Arlen Specter (R)	 U.S. House of Representatives All House members may be reached at 202-224-3121.  The mail</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...committee member Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., who talked about the judge's &quot;15 illustrious years&quot; on the federal bench. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., whose father practiced law in the same firm as the judge, called the judge &quot;a son of the coal country of Northea</excerpt>
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      <title>Vanaskie makes his case  before Senate committee</title>
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      <excerpt>...Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.); the committee's ranking Republican, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.). This article was made possible by the support of readers like you. Donate to JTA now....</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...school's tab for educating Santorum's children. Critics used Santorum's residency against him in his race against Democrat Bob Casey, who won the seat.  The Santorums own a house in Penn Hills, but the family spent most of its time at a home in Leesburg</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...research in agriculture and for rural development projects. In introducing the legislation earlier this year, Sen. Bob Casey (D) of Pennsylvania pointed to Pakistan, where he said nearly half the population is considered &quot;food insecure&quot; and likely to be</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...4, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) today applauded Senate passage of legislation to extend unemployment insurance for laid-off workers who have exhausted their benefits, to expand and extend the homebuyer tax credit and provide rel</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Message to Senator Bob Casey. Senator Bob Casey told CNSNews that he wasn&amp;#39;t in favor of &amp;quot;drawing lines in the sand&amp;quot; with the healthcare bill, including with regards to abortion funding. I understand his reluctance to make hard and fast ...</excerpt>
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