Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. [D, PA]

Casey promotes health-care research as job source

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Bob Casey says he doesn't have an answer to the national need for balance in creating health-care financing solutions, but he knows that National Institutes of Health funding helps put and keep jobs in the Philadelphia region. "I focus on NIH fundi

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Menendez: IRS actions "truly offensive"

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...was one of the Senate Finance Committee members lining up to hammer IRS officials today at a morning hearing. Pennsylvania Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey are scheduled to ask questions a little later, and we'll have updates after they speak. Menendez sa

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Douglas Shulman won’t apologize — yet, at least

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...more contrition than demonstrated by both you, Mr. Shulman, and you, Mr. Miller, in light of what’s happened here,” said Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), referring to another former IRS head, Steven Miller. But, in fact, Miller had apologized — including i

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Toomey: It's hard not to conclude IRS scrutiny wasn't politically motivated

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...IRS officials continue to say they don't know who's responsible. Toomey made his observation Tuesday after he and Sen. Bob Casey got their turns at questioning IRS officials at a Senate Finance hearing. Both are members of the committee. During the thre

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Rand Paul: My colleagues just voted to arm the allies of al Qaeda

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...New Mexico wants to use shotguns against SCUD missiles," McCain said dismissively. The bill now includes an amendment by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), that would "require the administration to impose sanctions on entities that provide surface-to-surface or sur

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Sen. Bob Casey on NIH funding and the problem of balance in health-care spending

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Bob Casey says he spends a lot of time pushing for funding of the National Institutes of Health because it translates into jobs in Philadelphia and other parts of this region. "There is bipartisan consensus, less so on financial levels, but we're n

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New machines zap VA hospital room infections

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...congressional scrutiny after an outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease at a veterans hospital in Pittsburgh in January. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has introduced legislation that would require Veterans Affairs Medical Centers across the state to report incidences

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Congressional leaders unswayed by VA promises

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...that the VA can make good on increasingly rosier projections and promises. âThey don't have a great track record,â Sen. Bob Casey Jr., a Scranton Democrat, said in an interview with the Tribune-Review. âLook at what's happened over the last year or s

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Sen. wants federal probe of fiery tanker crash on I-81

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...fiery diesel tanker crash ravages an I-81 overpass Thursday around 6 a.m. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey wants federal regulators to investigate a fiery tanker crash that caused serious damage at the interchange of Interstate 81 and U.S. Routes 22/322 near Harrisb

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Sen. Casey sees "unlawful activity" in IRS scandal

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Bob Casey Jr., the newest member of the Senate Finance Committee, today said he believes crimes were committed in the controversial targeting of conservative non-profit groups by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. But Casey warned that members of C

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Casey calls for action on IRS abuses, Syria

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Bob Casey said Friday that the Obama administration needs to make a "clean break" by quickly identifying all who were responsible for the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and spelling out a plan to ensure it does not happen again. "It's an in

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Dam the delays: Congress finally moves on vital river infrastructure

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...$12.5 billion in water projects over the next decade. It includes elements of a bill championed by Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey to improve the process in various ways. The legislation is a work in progress, and so any celebration must be tenta

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Presque Isle advisory group hears about federal funding concerns

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...during the Obama administration but that it had happened during the George W. Bush years. He shared a letter from U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Casey wrote that erosion damages park beaches, hiking trails and ecosys

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Nearly two years later, couple still stranded by Tropical Storm Lee

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...been communicating with Eaton Twp. Supervisor Paul Rowker, Wyoming County EMA Coordinator Eugene Dziak, FEMA, PEMA, and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey's office. With the exception of the Madden property in Dymond Terrace, Eaton Twp., none of the buyouts have been

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Sen. Casey defends Pa. military bases from cuts

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...(AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is asking a key Senate committee to look overseas first before considering whether to close domestic military installations as part of Defense Department cutbacks. The Democrat from Pennsylvania said in a letter Thursday to

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Casey likes chances of farm measure's passage

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Bob Casey Jr. was optimistic that the House and Senate can reach agreement on a five-year Farm Bill the agriculture industry has been waiting for since September. The Senate version of the bill was voted out of committee Tuesday, and is poised for

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Cadre of current and former Pennsylvania leadership gather at funeral for Gov. George M. Leader

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...governors Ed Rendell, Tom Ridge, Dick Thornburgh, Mark Schweiker and Lt. Gov. Mark Singel. A family spokeswoman said Sen. Bob Casey met with the Leader family Wednesday night, but had to be in Washington this morning for a vote. As the church filled wit

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Casey defends Pa. military bases from cuts

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

Hartleton police chief charged in 'fines for playground' deal

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...case, a lawyer who worked on Simpson’s unsuccessful appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court testified Thursday. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is asking a Senate committee to forgo the process of looking at potential closures of military installations.

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Farm bill urgency

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...growth, Casey said. Mirror photo by J.D. Cavrich Gary Long plants corn Wednesday at the Kelley farm in Sinking Valley. Sen. Bob Casey is pushing for a five-year farm bill. In Blair County, for example, there are 523 farms totaling 87,434 acres, accordin

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