Category: U.S Senate News

  • Pat Toomey’s Budget Offers Different Focus

    James Antle The American Spectator Yesterday Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) unveiled a budget proposal that differs in many details than the House-passed budget sponsored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan […]

  • Toomey To Force Vote On Ryan Budget

    Alexander Bolton The Hill Congressional Republicans are coalescing around a plan for reforming Medicare sponsored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Sen. Pat […]

  • Toomey Drafts His Own Budget Proposal For The Second Year

    Colby Itkowitz Allentown Morning Call As he did the year before, Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey has drafted his own budget plan he’ll unveil Wednesday afternoon in Washington. While […]

  • Why Democrats Won’t Vote On A Budget

    Editorial Washington Examiner Households make budgets. So do businesses and nonprofits. There was also a time when Congress made them, but those days are long gone — 1,086 days gone, […]

  • On Senate Floor, Toomey Blasts Buffett Rule

    Elyse Clonan Politics PA Pat Toomey took the Senate floor Monday to oppose President Obama’s “Buffett Rule,” calling the proposal a “gimmick” and a “political stunt” that would eventually result […]

  • RNC Chair: Referendum On Liberty

    Karen Langley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Arguments over the federal health care law have concluded at the Supreme Court, but Republicans want you to remember they still really and truly oppose the […]

  • Toomey Rallies Anti-Health Care Crowd (VIDEO)

    Colby Itkowitz Allentown Morning Call Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey joined the likes of Tea Party heavyweights Michele Bachmann and Jim DeMint at an anti-health care law rally, telling a crowd of hundreds […]

  • McConnell Op-Ed: Down With Obamacare

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell On the two-year anniversary of Obamacare, Republicans in Congress are more committed than ever to repealing this unconstitutional law and replacing it with commonsense reforms […]

  • Poll: Majority Favor Keystone XL Pipeline

    Jonathan Easley The Hill A solid majority of Americans are in favor of building the Keystone XL oil pipeline, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. Fifty-seven percent said they favored […]