Bob Casey isn’t known as an outspoken liberal, nor does he seek the spotlight. That’s all changing this fall.
"Damn right, let's do more of that," Pennsylvania's genial Bob Casey says to GOP critics of Democrats' social spending agenda.
He's fighting the real prospect that Democrats will slim down his vision for home and community-based services as they haggle internally over how much they can spend on expanding the social safety net. But this particular fight is personal for him, and speaks directly to the policymaking niche he's carved out.
Despite his calm demeanor, Casey stands ready to rail against inequities in the tax code and pushed earlier this year for Democrats to go bigger in their social spending package. While he shrugged off questions about his place on the party's ideological spectrum, saying those labels have “limited value,” he acknowledges that there’s “no question” the election of Donald Trump, who won his state in 2016, had influence over him.
The Pennsylvania Democrat for months has lobbied his colleagues to support his bill, which currently has backing from 40 Senate Democrats and will be folded in the social spending plan, with its final funding level still unclear. Proponents of the legislation argue that the investment will increase the labor force participation rate — especially among women who are more likely to stop working or work part-time to care for an elderly relative — and will reduce Medicaid wait lists for home and community-based services. The policy is also a top priority for the Biden administration, which originally proposed a $400 billion investment earlier this year.Many lawmakers working with Casey relate personally to the topic.
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