patrick j toomey
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The GOP is finally learning, to its chagrin, that immigrant children are real children, says Leonard Pitts Jr. - Congressional Republicans were on the verge of approving the first major overhaul of the nation’s tax laws in three decades as negotiators locked down the final version of the bill Friday and two key Senate holdouts announced they would support the measure.
- What's both funny and sad is that there is remarkably little intellectual or ideological substance to the current populist fever, says Jonah Goldberg.
- After stiffing Merrick Garland, are Senate Republicans looking to double-down and block future Supreme Court nominees?
- Hillary Clinton's campaign focus on Trump's unique failures gives other Republicans a pass and shortchanges her goals.
- Ignoring the will of voters on Supreme Court vacancy puts the Republican Senate majority in peril
- The debate over federal gun control has emerged as an unexpected issue in Maryland's feisty Senate contest, with the two declared Democratic candidates working to demonstrate their commitment on a touchstone subject that has long been stalled in Washington.
- A bill that would ban hiring and employment discrimination against LGBT individuals, will move forward in the Senate after a cloture vote.
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- Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth.
- Bill Press writes that the failure of the gun background check compromise has caused him to lose faith in the political system.
- Bill Press says the Manchin-Toomey compromise on guns isn't perfect but still represents major progress.
- In a rare moment of sanity, compromise plan to extend background checks for gun buyers survives a showdown in the Senate
- Can a charm offensive by the president bridge the cultural divide with the GOP?
- WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are stepping up their rhetoric on federal employee compensation — positioning the issue as a central bargaining chip in negotiations next month over raising the debt ceiling and paying for government operations.
