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This week in Washington
Pennsylvania Ave.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...... -
Casey to release payroll tax cut compromise
Pennsylvania Ave.Democrat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, the lead sponsor of a payroll tax extension bill that was defeated last week along party lines, is reintroducing a slightly revamped version of it Monday hoping to convince enough Republicans to cross over. The...... -
State senate leader ponders Casey challenge
Pennsylvania Ave.State Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, architect of this year's plan to change how Pennsylvania's electoral votes are counted, is considering jumping in to the crowded Republican U.S. Senate primary contest. “I have been approached by a... -
Final Route 219 permit expected this week
Daily American Staff WriterThe federal Environmental Protection Agency will not ask for an additional review of the Route 219 project from the Meyersdale Bypass north to where the four-lane currently ends in Somerset. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), U.S. Army, Science and Technology, Highway Transportation, Executive Branch
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Toomey, Casey to grill officials on IRS controversy
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators both worry the controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service could slow progress in an already divisive and stymied Washington. Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey spoke out Monday...Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Patrick J. Toomey, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...Tags: Allyson Y Schwartz, Patrick J. Toomey, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Tea Party Movement, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Metzgar joins call for Pennsylvania commissioning of USS Somerset
staff writer, @damichellegThe Pennsylvania House of Representatives is asking the Navy to have the USS Somerset commissioned in the state. The House unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday written by state Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Allegheny Township. The goal of the...Tags: Washington, DC, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Carl Walker Metzgar, Bill Shuster, Patrick J. Toomey
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Amid budget cutbacks, U.S. shipping sector seeks more federal funds
Reuters* In Washington, barge industry courts lawmakers from river states * Critics question plan to boost already large subsidies for waterway traffic * Shipping industry has a history of support in Congress By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - As...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, St. Louis, Mark Begich, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
Tags: Leon Panetta, Parties and Movements, Business, Budget Control Act of 2011, Washington, DC
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Casey touts small business expansion tax break
The last two times Red Robin opened restaurants in eastern Pennsylvania, employing dozens of workers, the expansions were aided by a provision in the federal tax code that allows the investment to be depreciated over an accelerated 15-year period. But...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Jim Ryan, Business, Small Businesses, John Cornyn
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Casey: U.S. should intervene in Syrian crisis
Sen. Bob Casey added his name Friday to a growing list of lawmakers urging the White House to take some form of military action against Syria in the wake of new evidence that President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. Casey,...Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, The New York Times, NATO, Patrick J. Toomey, National Government
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Rep. Wittman, others, push for military spouse tax credit
A bipartisan group of lawmakers that includes Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, want military spouses to get a tax credit if they have to renew or transfer a professional license due to a change-of-station transfer. Others lining up behind the...
Tags: Taxation, Politics, Credit and Debt, Jerry Moran
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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