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Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania'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, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Deja vu: Sestak vs. Toomey
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: Government, Regional Authority, Republican Party, Allentown, Interior Policy
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Sestak won't run for Pa. governor; might seek rematch with Sen. Toomey in 2016
Associated PressFormer U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has ruled out a campaign for Pennsylvania governor, but he said Tuesday that he is seriously exploring another run for U.S. Senate, possibly setting up a rematch against Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016. Sestak said he...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Regional Authority, Government, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Sestak preps for Toomey rematch in 2016
Call Washington BureauThe Admiral is readying for a rematch. Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who has played it coy since his narrow loss to Pat Toomey in the grueling 2010 Senate race, announced Tuesday morning by email that he's formed an exploratory committee to run again for...Tags: Primaries, Politics, Joe Sestak, Elections, Republican Party
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...Tags: Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Mother's Day, Lobbying, Voting
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Politics as usual
Bloomberg gun control group thanks Toomey A gun control advocacy group backed by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg began airing a TV ad Thursday that thanks U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey for his work on strengthening background checks. The Mayors Against ...Tags: 2010 Census, Crime, Law and Justice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Republican Party, U.S. Embassy
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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: Republican Party, Interior Policy, Wayne LaPierre, Glenn Beck, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)
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House Democrats Lead New Gun Control Effort
The Hartford CourantThe leader of gun-violence prevention efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives was in Connecticut on Friday to help Democrats execute their new strategy: Demonstrate enough support in the lower chamber to compel the U.S. Senate to revisit the bill...Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Manchin III, Dannel P. Malloy
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Local lawmakers attend Benghazi, Boston bombing hearings
Call Washington BureauU.S. House Republicans held investigative hearings this week on two terror events - the attacks on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi and the Boston Marathon bombing. On each committee was a local area lawmaker who attended the high-profile hearings, though...Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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U.S. House passes Pat Toomey's debt limit idea; Dent votes against bill
WASHINGTON — Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent was one of eight Republicans who bucked their party and voted against a debt ceiling contingency plan that was the brainchild of Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey. Toomey proposed the idea of...Tags: Republican Party, Finance, Fiscal Cliff, Public Finance, Politics
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Bloomberg group airs TV ad thanking Toomey
Call Washington BureauA gun control advocacy group backed by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg began airing a television ad Thursday that thanks Sen. Pat Toomey for his work on background checks. The Mayors Against Illegal Guns 30-second spot shows the Capitol building ...Tags: Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Republican Party
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Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control advocates a modest success. The measure, backed by the National Rifle...
Tags: Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, Interior Policy, Parties and Movements, Wildlife
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