Democratic Sen. Bob Casey tries to learn from the 2016 election

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As the new Congress gets up and running, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey is legislating for the first time with Republicans in full control of Washington.

The Scranton Democrat, who was swept into office after soundly defeating then-Republican Sen. Rick Santorum during the Democrats’ big wave midterm elections of 2006, has been in the Senate minority for two years.

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