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By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 22) -- The Democrat who helped House leaders secure the last few votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation might not have been treated so solicitously at the party's convention the year he was elected to Congress. In 1992, when Bart Stupak was running for his first term in Michigan's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey Sr. was denied a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention in New York. Casey was the namesake for a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's right to restrict abortions. He accused the Clinton-Gore ...
Casey at Bat on Abortion Funding: Home Run or Strikeout?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyPro-life progressives on Friday were pushing a new health care amendment on abortion funding, trying to shift the momentum on this sticking point issue and convince Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska -- the lone holdout preventing Democrats from reaching the magic number of 60 votes -- to support the overall bill. The amendment from Pennsylvania's Sen. Bob Casey, a Catholic who opposes abortion funding, was hailed by a range of Catholic and evangelical leaders and organizations -- though their conservative counterparts oppose the amendment and the Catholic bishops gave it a thumbs down. ...
The Health Battles That Won't Die: Lieberman, Taxes, Abortion and (Oh, Yeah!) the House
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySenate Majority Leader Harry Reid showed just how ugly legislating can get on Monday night, when he called the members of his exhausted, fractured caucus together for an emergency meeting to discuss health reform. Once inside the large room in the Capitol, he gave them a reality check and a choice. First, the reality check: The only people keeping the Democrats from passing health care reform were other Democrats. Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, had announced the day before that he would filibuster the bill if it contained a Medicare expansion, while a ...
Weighty Matters: Mike Huckabee Gains 25 Lbs., 'Biggest Loser' Comes to D.C.
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyMike Huckabee, a weight-loss advocate, lamented Wednesday that he has gained weight recently due to a painful foot condition that has limited his ability to run. "I gotta drop 25 pounds," he told reporters at a breakfast in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. Huckabee is the author of "Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle." Reporters noticed that the tie-less Huckabee was looking quite a bit plumper than during his campaign heyday. The former Arkansas governor and likely 2012 Republican ...
'It Won't' - New Obama Ad
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyBarack Obama's campaign is airing a new :30 second ad in Pennsylvania titled "It Won't." The ad features U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA). ...
'Tell Your Mama, Vote for Obama!'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe New York Times reports on a phenomenon of our current campaign that is sure to give Barack Obama's opponents a case of 3 a.m. angina. Summed up in a bumper-sticker (and what significant social trend cant be?) it might read, "Tell Your Mama, Vote for Obama!" Yes, it seems that legions of kids are spending a whole lot of time working on convincing their parents to vote for a guy whose middle name has a suspicious ring to it. What's worse, if you happen to like one of the other candidates running, is that it seems to be working. In fact, some of the Illinois senator's most well known ...
Obama Picks Up Key Pa. Endorsement
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyBarack Obama's spending the next six days (at least) in Pennsylvania and I suspect Hillary Clinton isn't far behind. The big (is that an understatement?) Pa. primary is three weeks away and if you live there chances are one or both of the candidates will be sampling the pie down at your local diner soon. Obama kicked off his Keystone State bus tour in Pittsburgh by getting the endorsement of Sen. Bob Casey. Casey is a first-term senator and the son of a popular former governor of the state. Casey is Catholic and, like his father, is known for his opposition to abortion and support of gun ...
Santorum's Tears Make Hit Records
By David Knowles - Politics DailySarah Maria Santorum entered the national spotlight at a difficult moment. It was election night, 2006, and her father, Rick, was delivering his concession speech to a room full of supporters after losing his re-election bid to Democrat Bob Casey. Eight-year-old Sarah had difficulty controlling her emotions as her father spoke, and broke down into tears at his side. The media can't resist a crying child or cheerleader, so the cameras zoomed in, though, given his daughter's front-and-center placement, some might argue it was a tad difficult to do anything else. A few blogs that opposed Santorum ...
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