Robert P. Casey, Jr.

Ending weeks of partisan gridlock -- the norm these days for Capitol Hill -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a tax cut for working Americans with the stipulation that Senate Democrats agree to appoint conferees to......

House Republicans' unwillingness to accept the Senate version of a payroll tax cut -- a measure that secured most Senate Republican support, including from Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey, leaves Congress with just ten days to come to an agreement or else......

It may arguably be the chocolate of the 1 percent, but we're sure New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall enjoyed it all the same. It was a gift after all. A gift from Pennsylvania's Bob Casey. Monday evening between votes, a......

At each of the three Sept. 11 memorials in Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia there will now be displayed a Congressional Gold Medal honoring the Americans that died there. The Senate cleared for the president’s signature Thursday night a bill........

One of the 10 candidates vying for the Republican nomination to run for U.S. Sen. Bob Casey's seat has ended his bid. Army Colonel Ret. John Vernon, of Tioga County, said in a statement he was suspending his campaign because......

We had the honor of moderating, alongside Pennsylvania political reporting greats Tom Fitzgerald of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Jim O'Toole of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pennsylvania Business Council's Senate Republican primary debate in New...

Will they or won't they finish their work this week? That's the big question in Washington and the likely answer is no, they won't. Insiders say Congress shouldn't have too much trouble agreeing to keep the government funded -- the......

Pennsylvania's likely voters believe Democrat Bob Casey deserves a second Senate term, but President Barack Obama doesn't merit a second turn in the White House. Casey earns 54 percent job approval, and the same percentage believe he should get another......

Republican Armstrong County businessman, Tom Smith, is the first candidate out of the gate in the Pennsylvania Senate race with a 30-second television ad that began airing Thursday morning in certain Pennsylvania markets. It's mostly a bio spot to...

As Democrats and Republican continued going in circles Wednesday over how to pay for a year-long payroll tax cut extension, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey joined the top Senate Democrat leaders on Capitol Hill to stress that Democrats will work through......

Democrat Bob Casey took to the Senate floor Monday night to implore his colleagues to pass his legislation to extend and increase payroll tax cuts for working Americans with a slightly altered version that eliminates Casey's first bill's tax cuts......

This week the Senate will once again try to pass an extension of a payroll tax cut, a measure considered must-pass before the end of the year. It's authored by Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey. The House may start work on......