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      <excerpt>...eager to begin the floor debate as a way to seek changes in the measure.  &quot;We've all got problems with the bill,&quot; said Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. . &quot;I would hope we could all support the effort to get the bill to the floor.&quot;  Some senators who were previousl</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...eager to begin the floor debate as a way to seek changes in the measure.  &quot;We've all got problems with the bill,&quot; said Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. . &quot;I would hope we could all support the effort to get the bill to the floor.&quot;  Some senators who were previousl</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...eager to begin the floor debate as a way to seek changes in the measure.  &quot;We've all got problems with the bill,&quot; said Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. . &quot;I would hope we could all support the effort to get the bill to the floor.&quot;  Some senators who were previousl</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...girl with a bowl of cereal and milk bought with food stamps and litter in a neighborhood with the caption, &quot;Trash everywhere.&quot; Sen. Bob Casey and his wife, Terese, saw the photos at a Washington, D.C., exhibit. Mrs. Casey, 49, invited Dr. Chilton to try</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...care reform. This time, it&#8217;s a swing in favor of the abortions rights side: pro-life Democrat Senators Ben Nelson and Bob Casey, Jr., both staunch abortion opponents and Stupak-amendment supporters, are toning down their demands.  It was just last wee</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>In most years, it would not be a problem to run for one office while holding another. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, the late Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll and many other prominent Pennsylvanians have done it. This is different. ...</excerpt>
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