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

Contraceptives rule riles some Dems

2012-02-09T01:00:00Z

...on the November ballot — Obama’s former DNC chairman, Tim Kaine , who’s running for Senate in Virginia, and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey — as well as House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson. But an intraparty values rift — likely to be mos

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Democrats Rebel Against Obama Birth-Control Rule

2012-02-09T01:00:00Z

...altogether, Politico reports. Obama’s former DNC chairman, Tim Kaine, who’s running for Senate in Virginia, and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey as well as House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson have all come out against the measure The uproad is l

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Bob Casey pushes back on White House contraceptive rule

2012-02-09T01:00:00Z

...rule that all health-insurance -- including those offered by Catholic employers -- cover birth control, Democrat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey called on the president to reverse the rule and Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta took to the House floor to condemn it.

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Bob Casey pushes back on White House contraceptive rule

2012-02-08T21:31:59Z

As Republicans in Congress pledged Wednesday to pass legislation blocking the White House's rule that all health-insurance -- including those offered by Catholic employers -- cover birth control, Democrat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey called on the ...

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Pressure mounts on White House over contraception decision

2012-02-08T13:25:14Z

In Pennsylvania, a key swing state with plenty of Catholic voters, Sen. Bob Casey, has called on the president to "immediately" reverse his decision to mandate that religious-affiliated organizations, including hospitals and schools, provide ...

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Lehigh Valley International Airport pitched to airlines by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey

2012-02-08T11:30:42Z

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is pushing for one airline to fly out of Lehigh Valley International Airport and another to increase flights from the Hanover Township, Lehigh County, facility, according to a news release this morning. In letters to ...

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Sheppton-Oneida Fire to receive grant

2012-02-08T07:48:47Z

Sheppton-Oneida Volunteer Fire Company will receive a $46,801 federal grant, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey announced. A total of $857,275 is going to several Northeastern Pennsylvania fire companies from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program for ...

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Pay-freeze politics trip up payroll-tax talks

2012-02-08T01:58:02Z

Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) floated the idea of a 1% surcharge on incomes of $1 million or above to pay for the tax cut. Republicans quickly shot down that proposal . Altogether the legislation would cost between $150 billion to $160 billion ...

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Rohrer questions need for driver's licenses

2012-02-08T01:00:00Z

...to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Rohrer, who is running for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. of Scranton in the fall, said that he still questions the legality of individual driver licensing and car registration, b

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Payroll tax fight to go down to the wire

2012-02-08T01:00:00Z

...of one side of their mouths that Dems don't have any proposals and then consider any we provide outside scope of conference. [Sen. Bob] Casey offered a 1% surcharge on millionaires and Dems offered to pay for [the Medicare doc fix] using [savings from w

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GOP seizes on contraceptives issue

2012-02-08T01:00:00Z

...agree. #mosen” Other Democrats facing tough reelection races this fall have already called on Obama to reverse course. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), a pro-life Catholic, said religious-affiliated universities and hospitals should not be forced to buy insura

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Debate Over Contraceptives: McConnell Calls Obama’s Decision ‘Abhorrent’

2012-02-08T01:00:00Z

...Later Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., admitted that at least one Democrat in the room raised questions about the new rule: Sen. Bob Casey from Pennsylvania. Multiple Democratic senators, mostly women, took to the Senate floor this evening, coordinating their

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Sen. Bob Casey: Our Sacred Obligation

2012-02-08T01:00:00Z

...post-college job as a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps teaching fifth grade in inner-city Philadelphia, to my work now as a Senator from Pennsylvania, I try to keep in mind the sacred obligation that all of us -- especially those in positions of inf

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Politicians say they'll fight Pa. base closure

2012-02-07T09:15:52Z

Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat, said it might make more sense to close some foreign bases first. "It's really making the case about the value of this facility, and also exploring other options," Casey said of the 911th Wing. Closing the unit would deliver an .

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Corps to spend $16.9 million to deepen the Delaware

2012-02-07T06:02:36Z

It's a victory for a bipartisan effort led by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) and joined by other members of Congress in Pennsylvania and Delaware, governors of the two states, and business and labor leaders who wrote letters, made calls ...

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Pennsylvania GOP should let members pick candidate

2012-02-07T02:56:29Z

The Pennsylvania GOP recently had a chance to endorse a true Republican for the challenge of unseating U.S. Senator Bob Casey. I have defended Governor Corbett for many of his decisions but his backing of Steve Welch will not be a decision of ...

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Not Surprisingly, Payroll Tax Cut Extension Talks Not Going Anywhere

2012-02-07T01:00:00Z

...reimbursement of overpayments made by the Federal Government under the new health care law. One the Democratic side, Senator Bob Casey pushed the idea of a 1% surcharge on incomes over $1,000,000, but that idea was quickly shot down by the Conference Co

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Rohrer says he’s best choice for conservatives

2012-02-07T01:00:00Z

...Pa. state House member, who lost the GOP gubernatorial nomination to Corbett in 2010, now seeks seat currently held by Sen. Bob Casey What he lacks in money, U.S. Senate candidate Sam Rohrer says he makes up in enthusiasm among supporters and a grassroo

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Start the engines: A military argument is needed to save the 911th

2012-02-07T01:00:00Z

...of success of the 911th Airlift Wing in its deployments and the base's value as a recruitment center for the entire Air Force (a point made by Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey). Start the engines. Time is short. First published on February 7, 2012 at 12:00 a

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Start the engines: A military argument is needed to save the 911th

2012-02-07T01:00:00Z