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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: Allentown, Small Businesses, Business, Restaurant and Catering Industry, 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: Weaponry, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), National Government, Biological and Chemical Weapons, United Nations
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Congress OKs bill ending air traffic controller furloughs
The Times LeaderThe U.S. House this morning has approved a bill ending Federal Aviation Administration furloughs of air traffic controllers. The vote came less than 24 hours after the U.S. Senate did the same. The legislation maintains the savings in the sequester that...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Scranton, Labor Legislation
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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: Credit and Debt, Taxation, Politics, Jerry Moran
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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: Career and Workplace, Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, Patrick J. Toomey, Allentown
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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: Barack Obama, Verizon Center, White House, John Shimkus, The Washington Post
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, National Government, National Institutes of Health, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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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: Biofuels, Barack Obama, National Government, U.S. Army, Public Employees
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Crisis at Canaan: Warnings preceded guard attack
The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.The warnings were clear. The response was not. After inmates attacked and killed a correctional officer at a federal penitentiary in California in 2008, union leaders pleaded for the Bureau of Prisons to hire additional staff and end the "unsound" and...Tags: Gang Activity, Murder, Bobby Scott, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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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: U.S. Army, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, Budgets and Budgeting, Saudi Arabia
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Sen. Casey strives to make witness intimidation a federal crime
The Philadelphia InquirerSaying witness intimidation is a national issue, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) urged Friday that threatening or harming witnesses be made a federal crime. He pledged to reintroduce legislation giving federal prosecutors the right to bring such cases,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Witnesses, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Arlen Specter, Elijah E. Cummings
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Background checks
This snowy, cloudy morning provides a fitting atmosphere to support my less than elated thoughts re: my government and it's very questionable activities and inactivity. After emailing U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster and U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus, Sen. Pat Toomey...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Idi Amin, Patrick J. Toomey, Bill Shuster, Primaries
Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 15, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 1, 2013
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