Berks Political News

...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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...$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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...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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...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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...(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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...you ever speak to anyone in Treasury, not within the IRS, about the sharing of confidential taxpayer information," congressman Jim Gerlach presses. "I can say categorically that I never shared information," Miller says, adding that he "doesn't know" if

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...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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...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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...(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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...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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...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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...Sen. Bob Casey Jr. on Thursday urged the Senate Armed Services Committee to forgo a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process as it prepares the 2014 defense bill, suggesting it consider closing overseas military bases before ordering any downsizing t

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...ensure that counterfeit or stolen drugs do not enter the supply chain and harm patients,” said Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA). “It will also ensure that overlapping red tape does not impose dramatic costs on patients in the form of hi

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...Labor secretary nominee Thomas E. Perez about how he would fix the problems with the program if confirmed. Both Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who chairs a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee, and Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., who chairs the Educatio

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...only at 110,000, yet the program was still running out of money. In April, U.S. House Republicans, including primary sponsor Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Lancaster, announced a plan to steer some $3.6 billion of "Obamacare's" marketing and preventive health fund t

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News releases and media advisories from Rep. Caltagirone.

...— Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) introduced today the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires employers to make the same reasonable accommodations for pregnancy as they do for disabilities. Women make up almost half of t

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...-- Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) sent a letter to the U.S. Olympic Committee today backing Philadelphia’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. “Philadelphia is a world-class city that would be an ideal fit for the 2024 Olympic games,” Casey said in a news re

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...never mentions Toomey, but it's clear that's his target, as the state's other Senate seat is held by recently reelected Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Pennsylvania Democrats say Sestak has long wanted to take another crack at defeating his 2010 foe. Toomey

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...at large for international religious freedom, will travel to Saudi Arabia later this month, according to Fox News. Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., told the cable network he hopes she will speak up for the men: “Freedom of religion is an internationally recogni

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