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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: Richard Nixon, Politics, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Jim Gerlach
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, Carl Walker Metzgar, Patrick J. Toomey, Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania General Assembly
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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: Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense, Politics, Business
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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: Small Businesses, Allentown, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Jim Ryan, Business
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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: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Bashar Assad, Government, U.S. Department of Defense, Libya
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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: Politics, Credit and Debt, Jerry Moran, Taxation
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VA to process vets' claims faster
Taking a cue from the Bible, the Department of Veterans Affairs has decided the last shall be first. The agency announced last week it will expedite claims for disability benefits that have been pending for a year or longer. Those veterans will receive...Tags: U.S. Congress, Allentown, Employees, Patrick J. Toomey, Pittsburgh
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Politics as Usual
Bethlehem mayor hopeful highlights gay rights Calling it the "modern civil rights struggle facing our nation," Bethlehem mayoral hopeful J. William Reynolds promised Thursday to use his office to advocate for equality for people of the gay, lesbian,...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sen. Casey to raise money at Beyonce concert
Call Washington BureauIf you liked it then you shoulda put a - check made payable to the Bob Casey campaign - on it? The Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. senator, who just won his re-election in 2012, is looking to refill his coffers this summer at a fundraiser held at the...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, White House, Political Fundraising, John Shimkus
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Congressional lawmakers address feedback, sacrifices
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places like Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Unemployment, U.S. Congress, Government, Small Businesses, Politics
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Tri-State-area lawmakers answer questions about sequester and its impact
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places such as Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Unemployment, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Government, Politics
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Sen. Bob Casey backs gay marriage
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bob Casey, a Pennsylvania Democrat, reversed course Monday and called for the repeal of the federal law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman. His decision leaves only 8 of 53 Senate Democrats who still oppose...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Allentown, Politics, Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage
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