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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: Allentown, Eric Shinseki, Patrick J. Toomey, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Employees
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Sequester cuts hurt, but slashing waste shouldn't be hard
A week into the dreaded sequester, all sorts of doom are being predicted. As threats of service cuts grow, political fingers remain pointed in partisan blame. All of the politicians are responsible, yet none will take responsibility, though many agree the...
Tags: Space Programs, U.S. Senate, Politics, U.S. Army, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Tax identity theft on the rise
Police in the Lehigh Valley for the first time have the ability to pursue people who are ripping off the government by filing fake tax returns and collecting refunds they don't deserve. While that may not sound like a big deal, the theft of our tax...
Tags: Allentown, Laws, Politics, Social Security, Interior Policy
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Chuck Hagel 'issues' raised by Toomey, Casey may stem from jingoistic attitudes
Both of Pennsylvania's U.S. senators, it was reported last week, "have issues" with former Sen. Chuck Hagel, nominated to be our next secretary of defense. The junior senator, Republican Pat Toomey, is from the Lehigh Valley and the senior senator,...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, U.S. Military, Politics, Israel, U.S. Army
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Women flex muscle at the polls
Congratulations, ladies. You kept the barbarians from the gate. On Tuesday, Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri, who famously said that a woman's reproductive system shuts down during "legitimate rape" and prevents conception, lost by 15 points to incumbent Sen....
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Tammy Duckworth, Politics, Planned Parenthood, Joe Walsh
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Leaser Lake to begin refilling
Lehigh Valley anglers and boaters received very welcome news late last week when the state Department of Environmental Protection gave the final approval to begin refilling Leaser Lake in northwestern Lehigh County. According to the Pennsylvania Fish and...
Tags: Natural Resources, Politics, Finance, Aquaculture, Public Finance
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PA is overdue for its second president as Santorum surges
How can it be that Pennsylvania, the state with the most precious historical legacy of all, has produced only one president?
This is the land of Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington crossing the Delaware,...Tags: George Washington, Politics, Mitt Romney, John F. Kennedy, Republican Party
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Wednesday Morning Coffee: Casey says gun control measures wouldn't infringe on 2d Amendment rights.
Capitol IdeasGood Wednesday Morning, Felow Seekers. With President Barack Obama set to unveil his new gun-control proposals, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said proposals to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines would not infringe on gun owners' rights. Casey,... -
Casey, Schwartz named to payroll conference committee
Pennsylvania Ave.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...... -
With 10 days to go, payroll tax cut deal still uncertain
Pennsylvania Ave.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...... -
From Casey, a box of Godiva
Pennsylvania Ave.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...... -
Casey, Toomey author bill to create medals honoring 9/11 victims
Pennsylvania Ave.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........
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