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    May 23, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  1. Senate rejected Toomey-backed sugar amendment to farm bill

    Disputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown.
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    Disputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown. Helping to lead the candy...

    Tags: Elections, Chuck Schumer, Trade Agreements, Dianne Feinstein, Marco Rubio

    2. May 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Policy pits candy against sugar

    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.
    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. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Government, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Government, Barbara A. Mikulski

    3. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. IRS officials still don't have full explanation of targeting

    WASHINGTON – The outgoing head of the IRS said the agency still doesn’t know which staff members were responsible for using politically loaded language to screen out nonprofit groups, as senators pressed them to explain how certain conservative organizations applying for tax-exempt status received extra scrutiny.
    WASHINGTON – The outgoing head of the IRS said the agency still doesn’t know which staff members were responsible for using politically loaded language to screen out nonprofit groups, as senators pressed them to explain how certain...

    Tags: John Cornyn, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Congress, White House

    4. May 21, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  4. Toomey: It's hard to conclude that IRS scrutiny wasn't politically motivated

    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that without knowing who at the Internal Revenue Service is responsible for the extra scrutiny applied to tea party groups, it's impossible to conclude it was not politically motivated. Toomey made the...

    Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Lehigh County, The Washington Post, Republican Party

    5. May 20, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  5. Toomey, Casey to grill officials on IRS controversy

    WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators both worry the controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service could slow progress in an already divisive and stymied Washington. Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey spoke out Monday...

    Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Republican Party, Barack Obama

    6. May 20, 2013 |Column| South Bend Tribune

  6. Coats defends his vote on guns

    Although polls nationwide and in Indiana show overwhelming support for tightening background checks for gun purchases,Sen. Dan Coats, Indiana's Republican senior senator, voted "no." He says most constituents who contacted him wanted him to do just that. In a wide-ranging interview in Mishawaka, Coats said the gun issue broughtmore calls, e-mails and letters to his office -- more than 40,000 -- than received on all other issues combined in the past two years. Coats said more than 75 percent of the messages were in opposition to tighter background checks in the proposal of Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., which died in the Senate after failing to get a required 60 votes.
    Although polls nationwide and in Indiana show overwhelming support for tightening background checks for gun purchases,Sen. Dan Coats, Indiana's Republican senior senator, voted "no." He says most constituents who contacted him wanted him to do just that....

    Tags: Dan Coats, Joe Manchin III, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Elections

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

  7. Sestak preps for Toomey rematch in 2016

    The Admiral is readying for a rematch.
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    The 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: Arlen Specter, Democratic Party, Politics, Elections, Federal Election Commission

    8. May 14, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  8. Sestak won't run for Pa. governor; might seek rematch with Sen. Toomey in 2016

    Former 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.
    Associated Press
    Former 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: Arlen Specter, Washington, DC, Government, Democratic Party, Elections

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

  9. 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: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Richard Nixon, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Jack Lew

    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: Arlen Specter, Government, Democratic Party, Elections, Delaware County

    11. May 3, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  11. Chan Lowe: The Senate background check vote

    It was Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania who indicated that there was another, less savory Senate motive for defeating universal background checks for gun purchases last week.
    It was Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania who indicated that there was another, less savory Senate motive for defeating universal background checks for gun purchases last week.   All this time, many of us had assumed that the dogged preservation of the...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Wayne LaPierre, Elections, Politics, U.S. Senate

    12. May 10, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  12. House Democrats Lead New Gun Control Effort

    The 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 it<strong> </strong>rejected last month.
    The Hartford Courant
    The 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: Joe Manchin III, Elections, Chris Murphy, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Interior Policy

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