Stories tagged: "Bob Casey"

Race In this image from video, Rep. Scott Perry (R-York) speaks at the US Capitol Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (House Television via AP)
Race One Pennsylvania Congressperson Voted Against the AAPI Hate Crimes Bill

Scott Perry voted against the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill, but it still passed the US House of Representatives and was signed into law on Thursday.

Ume Sarfaraz Ume Sarfaraz May 20, 2021 4:46 pm EDT
Jobs Barbara Coleman speaks during a Zoom call about the minimum wage on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Coleman earns less than $15 per hour as a certified nursing assistant in a nursing home, a position in which she helps residents shower or bathe, get ready for meals, go out for walks, and do other basic life tasks. (Screenshot)
Jobs Pennsylvania Democrats, Labor Leaders Not Giving Up on $15 Minimum Wage

State legislators and members of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation are working to garner support for different pieces of legislation that would raise the minimum wage.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla February 25, 2021 2:04 pm EST
Elections Democrat Joe Biden on a campaign stop in his original hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Elections Biden’s Hometown Preps for Inauguration Party Amid Pandemic

Scranton is trying to celebrate native son Joe Biden's presidential inauguration safely.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla January 19, 2021 1:04 pm EST
Health U.S. Sen.Bob Casey, speaks to reporters in 2018, in the studio of KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Health Sen. Casey Is No Fan of SCOTUS Nominee Barrett, Calls Her a Threat to Medicare

Pennsylvania's senior senator pointed out that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett wouldn't say whether she thought Medicare was constitutional.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla October 14, 2020 6:58 pm EDT
Law and Policy In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump says he's open to an investigation of DeJoy after some of DeJoy's former employees said they felt pressured to donate to GOP candidates. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Law and Policy Senate Finds Mail-Order Prescriptions Are Delayed Under DeJoy—But That’s Not His Only Problem

“All of the mail-order pharmacies that are heavily reliant on USPS for delivery of mail-order drugs reported an increase in average delivery times, ranging from 18% to 32%."

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers September 9, 2020 3:15 pm EDT

The Latest

In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court will take up challenges to controversial Trump administration policies affecting family-planning clinics and immigrants, even though the Biden administration has announced it is reviewing them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) LGBTQ Supreme Court to Rule Soon on Philadelphia Case About Gay Adoptions
In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, people line up outside a polling place in Springfield, Delaware County, to vote in the 2020 general election. A Republican proposal made public on Thursday, June 10, 2021, would revamp Pennsylvania election law to affect deadlines, early voting and mail-in ballots and require ID for all in-person voters. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) Elections Pennsylvania Republicans Push Election Legislation That Would Make Voting More Complicated
The Heller Dam in Lycoming County, seen in this September 2019 file photo, is almost 50 years old and is deemed a high hazard dam. It stores drinking water for over 50,000 people and more than 2,600 residents would be at risk if it ever failed. (Mark Nance/Sun-Gazette via AP) Infrastructure Dams Are Forgotten Infrastructure—Until They Fail
In this image from video, Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP) LGBTQ See How Pennsylvania’s Congressional Members Have Voted on the Equality Act So Far
Voting Image via Shutterstock
Voting At Least 30 Mail-Sorting Machines Have Been Removed in PA. Lawmakers Want Them Back.

Sen. Bob Casey was among 11 Pennsylvania’s members of Congress to ask the Postmaster General to return recently removed sorting machines.

Associated Press Associated Press September 2, 2020 10:58 am EDT
Economy Image via Shutterstock
Economy GOP Senate Lets $600 Weekly Benefit Expire as PA Wrestles With Massive Unemployment

While most lawmakers head home for the weekend, out-of-work Pennsylvanians are left anxiously awaiting news of what their future holds.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 31, 2020 3:36 pm EDT