Tag Archives: Bob Casey

Dem Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey To Seek Fourth Term

The Associated Press reports: Democratic Sen. Bob Casey will seek a fourth term in office, bringing the power of incumbency and unmatched name recognition in Pennsylvania politics to his party’s defense of a seat in a critical presidential battleground state. The announcement by Casey, the longest-serving Democratic U.S. senator in Pennsylvania history, gives Democrats a boost ahead of a difficult …

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Biden Quickly Racks Up Trio Of Senate Endorsements

The Week reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden already racked up three Senate endorsements within an hour of entering the 2020 race. Biden’s long-awaited announcement that he is running for president in 2020 was quickly followed by an endorsement by Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), whose Senate seat was formerly held by Biden. Coons in a statement says that Biden “doesn’t …

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PA Bishop Slams Sen. Bob Casey

“On April 1, 2013, Pennsylvania’s senior United States Senator, Robert Casey issued a statement supporting marriage equality for same-sex couples and asserting his belief that the Defense of Marriage Act should be repealed.  In so doing, Senator Casey has unfortunately and disappointingly set aside the Catholic belief and teaching that the sacrament of marriage, rooted in the natural law, is …

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Sen. Bob Casey Backs Marriage

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), who campaigned as a conservative Democrat, has endorsed marriage equality. “After much deliberation and after reviewing the legal, public policy and civil-rights questions presented, I support marriage equality for same-sex couples and believe that DOMA should be repealed,” Casey said in a statement exclusively first released to Philadelphia Gay News on Monday afternoon. Casey previously backed …

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