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Yesterday marked a first for President Obama, as one of his nominees was deprived of Senate confirmation by a Democratic filibuster.

One lawmaker says legislation to fix the chronic backlog of veterans' benefit claims is lacking, so he's taking action.

U.S. Representative Mike Kelly , Senator Bob Casey , and Senator Pat Toomey issued the following statements today commending the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 2014 USACE Civil Works Work Plan for including $1.5 million for Presque Isle Beach Replenishment and $1.52 million for dredging and sediment testing in Erie Harbor, both of which had been ... (more)

As of right now, if a former service member were to file a disability claim in Pennsylvania, it would likely take more than 300 days to get processed.

"Is Atticus Finch's courage only virtuous because we all end up liking and believing in Tom Robinson?" -- Prof.

Mona Johnson, last year, was one of the 900,000 veterans who had been waiting for years to process their disability claims with the Veterans Administration.

The chairman of the House transportation committee said Thursday he wants to make sure a federal roadside survey on drinking and drugged driving is being conducted appropriately after motorists complained about being forced off the road and asked to provide breath, blood and saliva samples.

Sara Wolff, at right, with, from left, Jennifer McCloskey, Sara Hart Weir, Senator Bob Casey , Chip Gerhardt and Jon Colman on Feb. 27. Last week several hundred disability rights advocates were on Capitol Hill to support the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act.

Bipartisan Senate opposition blocked swift confirmation Wednesday for President Barack Obama's choice to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights division, Debo Adegbile.

Inside the dynamite new issue of CounterPunch magazine: John LaForge takes an unflinching survey of the state of the nuclear power industry in the wake of Fukushima: its ailing plants, leaking pipes, security threats, accumulating radioactive waste and escalating costs.

With more than half of the Delaware River navigation channel now at or deeper than 45 feet, the dredging project that began in March 2010 is on target for completion in 2017.

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I've had a lot on my mind lately. There's the situation in Ukraine, and the aggression of Vladimir Putin's Russia.

My name is Sam Wheeler. I was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania, I consider the city of Pittsburgh to be my home, and I am a second-year law student at Harvard Law School.

Likely fearful of attack ads, seven Senate Democrats joined Republicans on Wednesday to block the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to be the next assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.

The Senate filibustered President Obama 's nominee to lead the Justice Department 's civil rights division, with seven Democrats joining Republicans Wednesday in arguing his past history defending a convicted cop-killer made him the wrong man for the job.

Federal funding for the series of gauges used to forecast flooding in the Susquehanna River has been increased by $1.3 million in the 2015 budget, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said Tuesday.

Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is serving life in prison for the 1981 killing of a white police officer.

Mowery was a former Republican member of the state Senate for 12 years before he retired in 2004 to spend more time with his family.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is criticizing what he's describing as Russia's "act of aggression" in Ukraine and is calling for a unified response from the United States and its allies.