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    May 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. 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: Government, Democratic Party, Jeanne Shaheen, Benjamin L. Cardin, Business

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

  2. 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: Occupy Wall Street, Taxation, Tea Party Movement, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Internal Revenue Service

    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...

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

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

  4. 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: Economy, Business and Finance, Taxation, Tea Party Movement, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Barack Obama

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

  5. 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: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Interior Policy, Ted Cruz, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Elections

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

  6. 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=&quot;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: Richard Nixon, Taxation, Elections, Jim Gerlach, Tea Party Movement

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

  7. 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: Federal Election Commission, Regional Authority, Delaware County, Democratic Party, Government

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

  8. 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: Federal Election Commission, Primaries, Delaware County, Joe Sestak, Democratic Party

    9. May 14, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  9. 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: Regional Authority, Federal Election Commission, Democratic Party, Government, U.S. House of Representatives

    10. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators

    WASHINGTON &mdash; 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 &mdash; but the target of this siege, first-term Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte, isn't on the ballot until 2016.
    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: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Interior Policy, Lobbying, Democratic Party

    11. May 11, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  11. 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, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Interior Policy, MSNBC (tv network), Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)

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

  12. 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: Fiscal Cliff, China, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance

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