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Dan Froomkin

Senators Go After Facebook Co-Founder For Renouncing Citizenship

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Facebook Founder Citizenship, Taxes, Chuck Schumer, Eduardo Saverin, Video, Renouncing Citizenship, Bob Casey, Facebook, Facebook Founder, Tax Avoidance, Charles Schumer, Ex-PATRIOT Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Populist anger at Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin's decision to renounce his U.S. citizenship -- a move that could save him hundreds...

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Internet Freedom Is a Human Right

Sen. Chris Coons | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Syria, Internet Freedom, Chris Smith, Iran, Intellectual Property, Mark Kirk, Bob Casey, Internet Censorship, Hillary Clinton, Congress, Internet Security, China, State Department, Senate, Internet Freedom Act, Politics News
Sen. Chris Coons

Internet freedom -- the freedom to exchange thought, opinion, expression, and association to meet political, social, education, or religious objectives -- should not be restricted for law-abiding citizens in the United States or anywhere in the world.

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Democratic Senator Faces Challengers In Pennsylvania

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Robert Casey, Bob Casey, Dave Christian, Reuters, Pennsylvania Primaries, Marc-Scaringi, Tom Corbett, Sam Rohrer, Jason Altmire, Tom Smith, Video, Politics News

By Edith Honan NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - Five Pennsylvania Republicans face off on Tuesday for the chance to run against Democrat...

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Why Santorum Once Touted His Work With Bono

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Video, Santorum, 2012 Election, Bob Casey, Rick Santorum, Elections 2012, Rick Santorum 2012, Santorum Senate, Santorum 2006, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum boasts that his deep conservative values make him a stronger challenger against President Barack Obama this fall than...

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Make Casey Answer for Blunt Amendment

Kate Michelman | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Women's Contraception, Contraception, Blunt Amendment Fails, Blunt Amendment, Bob Casey, Roe v. Wade, Politics News
Kate Michelman

Women should not need a permission slip from the government or employers to address their reproductive health needs, and it is becoming increasingly clear that the women of Pennsylvania cannot trust Casey to protect their health and defend their rights.

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Which Side's Hardliners Will Sabotage US-Iran Diplomacy? Enter Romney and Lieberman

Jamal Abdi | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Iran, Bob Casey, President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Diplomacy, Eugene Robinson, Congress, Joe Lieberman, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Lindsey Graham, National Iranian American Council, Senate, World News
Jamal Abdi

We're at a rare moment in which both the United States and Iran have unclenched their fists and appear ready for real talks. But we've seen how opportunities have been sabotaged in the past by political opportunism, ultimatums and intransigence from factions on each side.

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Amanda Terkel

Linda Lingle, Hawaii GOP Senate Candidate, Hosting Fundraiser With Sen. Roy Blunt

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Video, Dscc, Bob Casey, Roy Blunt, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Elections 2012, Nrsc, Linda Lingle, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Joe Manchin, Blunt Amendment, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Hawaii GOP Senate candidate Linda Lingle held a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening, and the special guest at the event was ...

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Newt Makes Grave Prediction For Rival

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Rick Santorum, Michigan Primary, Rick Santorum 2012, Video, Newt Gingrich 2012, Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Arizona Primary, Bob Casey, Politics News

NASHVILLE — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Monday slammed rival Rick Santorum as a "big labor Republican," accusing him of s...

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Election 2012 Rundown

The Huffington Post | Meghan Neal | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Video, 2012 Elections, Bob Casey, Sen Bob Casey, Texas Redistricting, 2012 House Races, 2012 Senate Races, 2012 Senate Elections, Election 2012, 2012 Congressional Elections, 2012 Congressional Races, Politics News

As the 2012 presidential election heats up, both parties are pushing hard in congressional and gubernatorial races across the country. While Republica...

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Senator: Bill Prevents Repeat Of Case Involving Disabled Adults Locked In Basement

AP | By JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Disabled Adults Locked in Basement, Good-News, Philly Basement Case, Philadelphia Basement Case, Senator Bob Casey, Bob Casey, Impact News

PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Sen. Bob Casey unveiled legislation Monday that he said would close a loophole that may have allowed a woman accused of locking m...

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Michael McAuliff

Democrats Propose Tax Cut For Middle Class, New Tax For Millionaires

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Video, Payroll Tax Holiday, Democrats Tax Cuts, Payroll Tax Cut, Bob Casey, Tax Cuts, Harry Reid, Bush Tax Cuts, Payroll Tax, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are offering a bill that would cut taxes for most families next year by about $1,500, paying for the cut by taxing income abov...

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Freed Hikers And Their Families Thank Senators

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Freed Hikers, Hikers in Iran, Video, Joshua Fattal, Bob Casey, Al Franken, Hikers Prison Iran, Shane Bauer, Impact News

By DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison thanked U.S. senators on Wed...

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A Winning Game Plan

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Congressional Dysfunction, Dick Durbin, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Finance Reform, Bill Nelson, Howard Schultz, Deficit, Dick Lugar, Bob Casey, Schultz Bipartisan, Howard Schultz Economy, Politics News
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

Mr. Schultz and his cohorts are to be commended for stepping forward as concerned citizen-leaders at this time of great urgency.

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WATCH: Maddow's Harsh Takedown Of Dem. Senator

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: American Jobs Act, Video, Msnbc, Bob Casey, Rachel Maddow Bob Casey, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow Obama Jobs Plan, Cable News, Media News

Rachel Maddow mocked a Democratic senator on her Thursday show for what she called his "inexplicable" opposition to President Obama's jobs bill. Ma...

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See No Race, See No Gay

Kira Hudson Banks | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ssia, Asher Brown, Safe Schools Improvement Act, Bob Casey, Linda Sanchez, Suicide, Racism, Teen Suicide, Rutgers University, Billy Lucas, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Suicide, Gay Issues, School Bullying, Tyler Clementi, Healthy Living News
Kira Hudson Banks

Co-written with Nestor L. Lopez-Duran PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Pssst...... Refusing to acknowledge diffe...

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Senate Again Undermines Obama's Middle East Peace Efforts

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Barbara Boxer, West Bank, Bob Casey, Middle East Peace Talks, Israel, Robert Casey, Obama Israel, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

It is hard to get excited about defeating Republican challengers when incumbent Democrats embrace the same right-wing foreign policy.

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Lucia Graves

Biden's 'Republican Tea Party' Remarks Prompt Negative Reactions On Capitol Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Biden Tea Party Comments, Tea Party, Ben Nelson, Senator Bob Casey, Bob Casey, Senator Ben Nelson, Robert Casey, Bob Corker, Joe Biden, Senator Bob Corker, Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bob Corker, Republican Tea Party, Sen. Ben Nelson, Politics News

After Vice President Joe Biden said the alternative to a Democratically controlled Congress is the "Republican Tea Party," lawmakers on both sides of ...

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All Kids Should Be Protected From Bullying

Candi Cushman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Rights, Bullying, LGBT Youth, Bob Casey, Glsen, Focus on the Family, Safe Schools Improvement Act, School Bullying, Gay Teens, Politics News
Candi Cushman

When you ask those who favor the bullying of children to please stand up, no one does -- including us. It's almost silly to have to respond to such an accusation made by Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey.

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Congressional Shark Jumpers Help Big Telecom Empires

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Verizon, Julius Genachowski, Fcc, Jim Demint, Bob Casey, AT&T, Comcast, Net Neutrality, Technology News
Art Brodsky

The least Congressional shark jumpers could do is let the FCC do its job and enact the modest changes they proposed to fix the Bush-era mistakes that did away with any consumer protection and oversight.

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Lucia Graves

Senate Dems Push To Reinstate COBRA After GOP Block

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Extenders, Cobra Health Insurance, Unemployment Benefits, Cobra, Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey, Politics News

Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced legislation Tuesday to reinstate the healthcare subsidies for fired workers that expired...

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Dems Move To Reinstate COBRA Subsidies

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cobra, Unemployment, Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey, Unemployment Insurance, Jobless, Cobra Subsidies, Bob Casey Cobra, Politics News

As the Senate debates a bill to reauthorize expired domestic aid programs, including a provision to extend jobless benefits for the long-term unemploy...

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US Sues KBR: Iraq Charges From Contractor Were Improper, Says US Government

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bob Casey, US Military, Doj, Bush, Afghanistan, Obama, Kellog Brown and Root, Texas, Tony West, Kbr, Houston, Army, Cheney, Blackwater, Halliburton, Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, Defense Contractors, Iraq, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The federal government sued KBR Inc., the largest contractor in Iraq, on Thursday over what prosecutors say were improper charges t...

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Your Taxpayer Money Creating Clean Energy Jobs in...Japan?

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Wind Power, Sherrod Brown, Renewable Energy, Jobs, U.S. Renewable Energy Group, Spain, Clean Energy, Taxpayers, Denmark, Chuck Shumer, U.S. Congress, Bob Casey, U.S. Department of Energy, Teamsters Union, Chamber of Commerce, Japan, Jon Tester, Pew Charitable Trusts, Wind Turbines, China, Stimulus Money, Business News
James P. Hoffa

The U.S. government is sending $1.8 billion in stimulus money to overseas wind energy companies. It's just wrong to spend U.S. tax dollars on clean energy technology from companies in Japan, Denmark and Germany.

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What is the Stupak Hole? What is an LWG?

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe the Nerd, Bob Casey, Rachel Maddow, Nelson, Catholic Democrat, Catholic, Mary Landrieu, Stupak Hole, Jfk, Stupak, Lwg, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

I don't agree with Stupak's position on abortion, but I have real respect for the fact that he stood up, and more importantly, the way he stood up.

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Vanity Fair's Coverage of the White House State Dinner: A Namedropping Guide

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deepak Chopra. David Geffen, Carlos Allen, Katharine Graham, Michael Ovitz, Jane Fonda, Michaele Salahi, Mark Rothko, Leonard Bernstein, Claudette Colbert, Brooke Astor, Anne Cox Chambers, Jeffrey Immelt, Indra Nooyi, Ted Turner, Jennifer Granholm, Bob Colacello, Mort Zuckerman, Julie Harris, Peter Jennings, David McCullough, Steven Spielberg, John Kerry, Bob Casey, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Edward Albee, William Paley, Jimmy Stewart, Richard Trumka, Richard Lugar, Saul Bellow, Colin Powell, Bobby Jindal, Robin Roberts, Diana Vreeland, Vanity Fair, George Balanchine, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Washington DC, Barbra Streisand, Tennessee Williams, State Dinner, Brian Williams, Robert Lowell, Arthur Miller, David Rockefeller, Tareq Salahi, Oprah Winfrey, Charles Lindbergh, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Salahis, Judith Jamison, Sanjay Gupta, Media News
Danny Groner

The author was obviously trying to put the 2009 dinner in context with how previous years' affairs went. But he may have gotten a bit carried away in including quite so many characters, even as afterthoughts.

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