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Patrick J. Toomey

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    Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Shame on the Senate; send 'em all home

    Let me begin this column with an apology. Once a week, I pick an important issue and offer my reasoned analysis, based on the facts, of what it all means and how we should react. But there are times when the intellect fails and the heart and gut take over. And this is one of them.
    Let me begin this column with an apology. Once a week, I pick an important issue and offer my reasoned analysis, based on the facts, of what it all means and how we should react. But there are times when the intellect fails and the heart and gut take...

    Tags: Mark Kirk, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Jared Lee Loughner, Republican Party, Mike Crapo

    2. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Newtown tragedy brings bipartisanship back to Congress

    They started out with a lot in common -- Joe Manchin and Patrick Toomey. Sure, one's a Democrat and one's a Republican, but they're both conservatives, both longtime gun owners and both sport an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association.
    They started out with a lot in common -- Joe Manchin and Patrick Toomey. Sure, one's a Democrat and one's a Republican, but they're both conservatives, both longtime gun owners and both sport an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association. But now...

    Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Safety of Citizens, U.S. Congress, Newspaper and Magazine, Justice System

    3. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. How could 31 Senators vote against debating expanded background checks?

    How could it be that even a single U.S. senator — no matter how opposed to gun control — could vote to hold up consideration of a proposal to require background checks for gun purchases? This is an idea not only embraced by something in the order of 91 percent of the American public but 85 percent of National Rifle Association members.
    How could it be that even a single U.S. senator — no matter how opposed to gun control — could vote to hold up consideration of a proposal to require background checks for gun purchases? This is an idea not only embraced by something in the...

    Tags: National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Elections, Republican Party

    4. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner

    President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation.
    President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...

    Tags: CNN (tv network), Pulitzer Prize Awards, U.S. Congress, Kelly Ayotte, Tom Coburn

    5. Jan 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Congress readies for next fight over federal pay

    Congressional Republicans are stepping up their rhetoric on federal employee pay, positioning the issue as a central bargaining chip in negotiations next month over raising the debt ceiling and keeping the government open.
    Congressional Republicans are stepping up their rhetoric on federal employee pay, positioning the issue as a central bargaining chip in negotiations next month over raising the debt ceiling and keeping the government open. House GOP leaders will hold...

    Tags: Public Finance, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Labor Legislation, Mick Mulvaney, Justice System

    6. May 18, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  6. Casey calls for action on IRS abuses, Syria

    The Philadelphia Inquirer
    Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Friday that the Obama administration needs to make a "clean break" by quickly identifying all who were responsible for the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and spelling out a plan to ensure it does not happen again....

    Tags: Jack Lew, Taxation, U.S. Congress, Elections, Bashar Assad

    7. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. Presque Isle advisory group hears about federal funding concerns

    Erie Times-News, Pa.
    Presque Isle State Park's annual sand replenishment project isn't in President Barack Obama's budget proposal for 2014. Park Operations Manager Harry Leslie shared the bad news at the Presque Isle Advisory Committee meeting Thursday. However, Leslie...

    Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Barack Obama, George W. Bush

    8. May 16, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  8. Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week

    Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the <span class="runtimeTopic">Internal Revenue Service</span>'s targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday.
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    Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...

    Tags: Jack Lew, Taxation, Elections, Tea Party Movement, Americans for Prosperity

    9. May 15, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. Sestak to skip governor's race, seek Senate in 2016

    The Philadelphia Inquirer
    Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak said Tuesday that he planned to run for the Senate in 2016, setting the table for an eventual rematch with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. The decision helps shape the Democratic race for the nomination to challenge...

    Tags: Public Finance, U.S. Congress, Elections, Executive Branch, Arlen Specter

    10. May 14, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  10. Deja vu: Sestak vs. Toomey

    WASHINGTON &mdash; Joe Sestak is readying for a rematch.
    WASHINGTON — Joe Sestak is readying for a rematch. The retired Navy admiral and former congressman from Delaware County announced Tuesday via email blast that he's formed an exploratory committee to run for the U.S. Senate in 2016. Sestak, a...

    Tags: Tom Corbett, Elections, Democratic Party, Executive Branch, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)

    11. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  11. Sestak ponders Senate campaign in 2016

    The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.
    Possibly running for governor in 2014 really tempted Joe Sestak. The Democrat topped Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican, by 14 percentage points in a recent Quinnipiac University poll. He previously reached the rank of three-star admiral in the U.S. Navy,...

    Tags: Tom Corbett, U.S. House of Representatives, Elections, Executive Branch, Joe Sestak

    12. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  12. Toomey is open to reviving background-check bill

    The Philadelphia Inquirer
    Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) hasn't given up on his bill to expand background checks for gun purchases, he said Thursday, signaling more willingness to return to the plan than he had publicly shown before. "If we could find a way to bring some more folks...

    Tags: Kelly Ayotte, Laws, Elections, Gun Control, Jeff Flake

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