Queerty (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Why won't either Pennsylvania's Democratic Sen. Bob Casey nor Michigan's Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow come out swinging for the repeal the Defense of Marriage Act? Is it that difficult a question? CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Bob Casey, debbie stabenow, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
If the climate of the world is changing because of man-made pollution -- a thesis supported by a majority of the global scientific community -- then a sense of urgency is essential if something is to be done before it's too late. Unfortunately, a sense of urgency still seems to be missing. To be sure, fine words are spoken, as they were when President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged...
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) made an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" with John King this afternoon, and in light of President Obama's speech last night and the march today, the topic of conversation was LGBT rights. I'll skip over Sen. Casey's statements because, quite frankly, they didn't make any sense and he's a terrible public speaker. Senator Stabenow, on...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
U.S. companies may look abroad to fight global warming -- latimes.com U.S. companies could save tens of billions of dollars by investing in efforts to combat deforestation in developing nations instead of cleaning up their own domestic carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report released Wednesday. Changing alliances shape climate-change debate Proponents of climate-change legislation hope the...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Students from the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, and Cheyney University and a parent of five from Fox Chase yesterday told U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) how critical federally funded Pell Grants were to them as they struggled to pay for college.
CBS 3 (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
A Pennsylvania lawmaker will hold a congressional hearing in Philadelphia on college affordability. Democratic Sen. Bob Casey will chair the hearing Monday afternoon at Temple University.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Daniel Malloy Oct. 2, 2009 Sen. Bob Casey Jr.'s amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill addressing electrocutions in Iraq passed last night on a voice vote in the Senate. Along the way it acquired Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., as a headline sponsor and co-sponsorships from Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., John Kerry, D-Mass., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Bill Nelson, D-Fla. The Pennsylvania Democrat...
1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Casey announced today that $453,713 in federal funding has been awarded by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to the Guidance Center, part of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, in Bradford. This grant will allow local communities to expand mentoring and support services for youth foster care programs. “Children in foster care too often lack a stable support system,”...
End Bigotry in Venango County (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
from Savage Love by Dan Savage: I just had to share with you my first reaction to reading this headline: "Santorum dips toes in 2012 Iowa waters." My first thought was "Ewwww," followed quickly by "Is that even possible?" After all, santorum is something that is dipped into, not something that can dip. And then I remembered that before "santorum" meant santorum...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
By any measure, the health-care debate in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area has been as vigorous and contentious as any other part of the country. And this despite a surprising fact contained in new U.S. Census Bureau data: This area is among the best-insured regions of the country. Apparently Pittsburghers don't have the notion that we have ours and we don't care about this debate. When it comes to...
PAWaterCooler.com (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
The Pennsylvania Guardian makes a very good point with a comment below on my post about how the various images used to criticize Obama are supposedly racist: Bob Casey is being beat up in the press also, why', is that because he is Catholic ??? If the various images of Obama are all racist, then I guess [...]
Uncle Sam's Cabin (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
The Senate dealt a blow to ACORN Monday evening, voting to deny the Department of Housing and Urban Development from granting funds to the community organization. Sen. Mike Johanns’s (R-Neb.) amendment to the appropriations bill providing funding to the department passed in a bipartisan, 83-7 vote. It’s the latest in a series of recent setbacks for ACORN, which has come under increasing...
My World Earth (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
President Obama’s speech to the AFL-CIO yesterday was part of an aggressive new effort to sell his health care overhaul to the public. President Obama touched on Pittsburgh's labor history at the AFL-CIO convention. Obama spoke for less than half an hour in front of several thousand people at the David Lawrence Convention Center for the AFL-CIO , a national and international network of labor...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
For a high-speed transportation system, maglev sure has been slow moving. First proposed decades ago and touted as the best hope for the region's 21st century transit needs, the magnetic levitation train's prospects have dimmed considerably, leaving one local optimist, McKeesport-based Maglev Inc. The glimmer that remains -- the company's continued faith in its ability to design a system that might...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
KDKA television, WTAE and CNN will each have a live streaming feed of the Penguins' appearance at the White House available through their Web sites. Click here to watch KDKA . Click here to watch WTAE . Click here to watch CNN . Impromptu live blog 6:06 p.m.: As Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey Jr. is greasing some palms, he joined by former Penguins coach Andre Savard. Huh...? Oh wait... that's Arlen...
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