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Bob Edgar

Bob Edgar is the general secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, the leading U.S. organization in the movement for Christian unity. He has headed the 45-million-member NCC since January 1, 2000. An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, Dr. Edgar came to the Council from the Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, California, where he was president from 1990 to 2000. Dr. Edgar is well known for his service as a six-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was the first Democrat in more than 120 years to be elected from the heavily Republican Seventh District of Pennsylvania. Dr. Edgar has been a pastor,... Read full bio

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Redstate, January 13, 2012
...of his wife, Virginia Thomas, was “inadvertently omitted due to a misunderstanding of the filing instructions.” [...] Bob Edgar, president of Common Cause, said he found Justice Thomas’s explanation about the omission to be “implausible.” As a...
Media Bistro, November 18, 2011
...an organic part of all communities.? Below, we?ve reprinted her entire statement. In addition, Common Cause president Bob Edgar urged the city to : “To the extent that the books lost can be accounted for, the city should replace each title, buying two...
Common Cause, November 17, 2011
...the city should replace each title, buying two new copies for each one destroyed,” said Common Cause President Bob Edgar. “And for whatever number is unaccounted for, the city should provide Occupy’s librarians with funds sufficient to buy twice as...
The Nation, July 13, 2011
...is being made into law in statehouses coast to coast, with no regard for the public interest,” says Bob Edgar of Common Cause. “This is proof positive of the depth and scope of the corporate reach into our democratic processes.” The full archive of...
Irish Independent, March 3, 2012
...of equality and human dignity on which our country was founded, Judge Cebull will step down," said Bob Edgar, president and chief executive of Common Cause, a good governance advocate. Common Cause filed a complaint yesterday against Judge Cebull with...
Qatar Tribune, March 3, 2012
...ideals of equality and human dignity on which our country was founded, Judge Cebull will step down today,” Bob Edgar, president and CEO of the Washington, DC,-based group said in a statement. Under the US. Constitution, federal judges are appointed for...
Drogheda Independent, March 3, 2012
...of equality and human dignity on which our country was founded, Judge Cebull will step down," said Bob Edgar, president and chief executive of Common Cause, a good governance advocate. Common Cause filed a complaint yesterday against Judge Cebull with...
VOCM, March 2, 2012
...equality and human dignity on which our country was founded, Judge Cebull will step down today," said Bob Edgar, president and CEO of the government watchdog group Common Cause. "The message he has acknowledged circulating demonstrates a lack of judicial...
CNN, March 2, 2012
...equality and human dignity on which our country was founded, Judge Cebull will step down today," said Bob Edgar, president and CEO of the government watchdog group Common Cause. "The message he has acknowledged circulating demonstrates a lack of judicial...
KHOU, March 2, 2012
...not return calls from The Associated Press. The incident prompted at least one call for Cebull to resign. Bob Edgar, the president and chief executive of Common Cause, said Cebull should step down immediately "if he has any respect for his office and for...
CNEWS, March 2, 2012
...ideals of equality and human dignity on which our country was founded, Judge Cebull will step down today," Bob Edgar, president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.,-based group said in a statement. Under the U.S. Constitution, federal judges are appointed...