http://www.mail.com/people/12906-robert-casey.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/12906-robert-casey.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1764736-pentagon-warns-higher-bomb-threat-drawdown.html WASHINGTON (AP) — American and coalition forces in Afghanistan will be more vulnerable to deadly improvised explosive devices as the military draws down troops next year, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday. Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero described his concerns about what is the top cause of military and civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan in congr... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1764736-pentagon-warns-higher-bomb-threat-drawdown.html 2012-12-13T20:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1762536-hockey-fans-fed-up-with-ongoing-nhl-labor-strife.html Sitting in a hockey locker room, Steve Chase became the latest die-hard fan fed up with the NHL lockout. Living in Los Angeles, Chase believed the league had squandered all the goodwill built in the area after the Kings won the Stanley Cup. His weekly pickup games with friends became his only taste of the sport he loved because of the ongoing labor strife... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1762536-hockey-fans-fed-up-with-ongoing-nhl-labor-strife.html 2012-12-13T14:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1681962-democrats-maintain-control-senate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats handily secured a majority in the Senate on Tuesday, snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back fierce, expensive challenges in Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin and Connecticut to maintain the control they've held since 2007. With a third of the Senate up for election, Republicans were undone by cand... Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1681962-democrats-maintain-control-senate.html 2012-11-07T06:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1679658-state-by-state-tuesdays-election.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A state by state look at key races and measures on the ballot on Tuesday. The number of electoral votes is in parenthesis. Alabama (9) — Safe for Republican Mitt Romney. Alaska (3) — Romney will win. Arizona (11) — Romney's. GOP Rep. Jeff Flake in tougher-than-expected race for Senate against Democrat Richard Carmona. Arkansas (6) — Romn... Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1679658-state-by-state-tuesdays-election.html 2012-11-06T04:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1675948-gop-pursues-chances-to-upend-senate-dems.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority after Tuesday's suspense-filled elections. In the final days of a caustic campaign marked by negative ads, more than $1 billio... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1675948-gop-pursues-chances-to-upend-senate-dems.html 2012-11-03T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1675674-election.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A state by state look at key races on the ballot on Tuesday. The number of electoral votes is in parenthesis. Alabama (9) — Safe for Republican Mitt Romney. Alaska (3) — Romney will win. Arizona (11) — Romney's. GOP Rep. Jeff Flake in tougher than expected race for Senate against Richard Carmona. Arkansas (6) — Romney territory. Republic... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1675674-election.html 2012-11-03T14:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1674608-indiana-complicates-gops-senate-math.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh signs that Democrats could snatch Indiana's Senate seat from the Republicans make it distinctly harder for the GOP to seize the Senate majority in Tuesday's election. The latest survey out of Indiana Friday showed Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly leading Republican Richard Mourdock by 11 percentage points after the GOP candidate's awkw... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1674608-indiana-complicates-gops-senate-math.html 2012-11-02T20:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1672236-us-chamber-to-air-anti-democrat-casey-ads-pa.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is launching television and radio ads against Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in a Pennsylvania race that Republicans insist has become competitive. The television commercial calls Casey the deciding vote for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, although he was one of 60 who backed the measure. It als... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1672236-us-chamber-to-air-anti-democrat-casey-ads-pa.html 2012-11-01T21:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1661586-england-shapes-up-dem-firewall-senate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are counting on their New England friends to help them pick up Republican-held Senate seats on Nov. 6 and construct a barrier against losses in Nebraska and elsewhere that could erase their majority. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has stopped spending money in Maine, where former Gov. Angus King, an independent, l... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1661586-england-shapes-up-dem-firewall-senate.html 2012-10-29T06:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1659350-national-gop-to-spend-500000-pa-senate-race.html WASHINGTON (AP) — National Republicans are spending $500,000 on the Pennsylvania Senate race as polls show a closer contest between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Tom Smith, a wealthy tea party candidate who has invested more than $16 million into his bid. An official with the National Republican Senatorial Committee said Friday that the organiz... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1659350-national-gop-to-spend-500000-pa-senate-race.html 2012-10-26T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1652890-group-attacks-smith-boosts-casey.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Democratic political action committee began running TV ads in Pittsburgh on Wednesday to boost Democratic Sen. Bob Casey's reelection bid against a surprisingly strong challenge from Republican Tom Smith, a tea party favorite who has personally invested more than $16 million into the race. The Majority PAC ad said Smith's cost-cut... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1652890-group-attacks-smith-boosts-casey.html 2012-10-24T13:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1635650-funeral-specters-roots-fueled-centrism-tenacity.html NARBERTH, Pa. (AP) — Friends and colleagues of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter trace his centrist political views to a childhood spent in the only Jewish family in Russell, Kan. There, Specter learned tolerance and tenacity, skills they said he honed as he crossed party lines and served 30 years in the U.S. Senate, longer than anyone from his adopted home ... Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1635650-funeral-specters-roots-fueled-centrism-tenacity.html 2012-10-17T05:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1633056-friends-memorialize-ex-sen-arlen-specter-pa.html NARBERTH, Pa. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was an "irreplaceable" force who approached politics — and life — with grit and determination, a who's who of politicians and others said Tuesday at the longtime senator's funeral. "I've never seen as much undaunted courage as Arlen had — both physically and politically. He believed he could change the w... Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1633056-friends-memorialize-ex-sen-arlen-specter-pa.html 2012-10-16T21:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1634990-big-cash-spent-az-pa-ma-senate-race-reports.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican candidates for the Senate in conservative-leaning states generally outraised their Democratic opponents in the latest fundraising quarter ending Sept. 30, but Arizona proved an exception as former surgeon general Richard Carmona raised nearly $500,000 more than Republican Jeff Flake. Self-funding Republican Tom Smith is pouring millions of his ow... Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1634990-big-cash-spent-az-pa-ma-senate-race-reports.html 2012-10-16T20:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1630118-specter-dies-congress-polarized.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Arlen Specter, who spent much of his pugnacious 30-year career in the U.S. Senate warning of the dangers of political intolerance, lost a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at a time when Congress is more politically polarized than anyone serving there — or living in America — can remember. Specter, who died Sunday, is remembered as o... Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1630118-specter-dies-congress-polarized.html 2012-10-14T22:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1579928-senate-approves-resolution-iran.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that reaffirms U.S. efforts to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon and says containment of a nuclear-capable Iran is not an option. By a vote of 90-1 early Saturday, the Senate backed the nonbinding measure that specifically states that it should not been interpreted as an author... Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1579928-senate-approves-resolution-iran.html 2012-09-22T03:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1523990-pa-senate-candidate-compares-abortion-decisions.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania on Monday compared the decision to abort an unwanted pregnancy resulting from premarital sex to one conceived through rape as he defended his opposition to abortion in all cases. Tom Smith, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, made the remark after being asked how he would... Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1523990-pa-senate-candidate-compares-abortion-decisions.html 2012-08-27T21:47:00Z