Senator Bob Casey: An Appreciation
Originally published at Pennsylvania Policy Center on December 4, 2024. By Marc Stier, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Policy Center While our organization does not endorse candidates, we do have our favorite elected officials. Bob Casey has always been on that list—so we are sad to lose him as our senior senator. I want to say a few words about why the Senator has been a truly wonderful representative of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Senator Casey has been a progressive champion of so many issues on which Pennsylvania Policy Center and our allies have worked. Unlike many legislators, he truly understands the importance of working with advocacy groups. He gets that building up our profile and influence enables us to help him accomplish his legislative goals. That, plus his commitment to progressive public policy, is why he is the legislator on whom we’ve most relied, whether it was around a relatively small… Continue reading