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Sen. Pat Toomey returns to form after gun vote
I suppose this is how it must be in the world of politics. The realization that I was fooled, overeager or just naive still hurts and has my cynical nature blazing. To think that for a brief time Sen. Toomey had me duped that there actually was a person...Tags: Allentown, Politics, Elections, Barack Obama
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Stands against the majority opinion
A statewide poll shows that Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats, Indiana's U.S. senators, took stands opposed by a majority of their Hoosier constituents -- one on gay marriage, the other on background checks for gun purchases. The poll was conducted for Howey...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, National Rifle Association of America, Elections
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Casey: U.S. should intervene in Syrian crisis
Sen. Bob Casey added his name Friday to a growing list of lawmakers urging the White House to take some form of military action against Syria in the wake of new evidence that President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. Casey,...Tags: National Government, Allentown, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Kerry, U.S. Department of Defense
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Voters credit Pat Toomey on gun control try
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania voters are unhappy the U.S. Senate shot down Pat Toomey's bid to expand gun background checks, but are pleased he tried. Slightly more than 50 percent of Pennsylvania's voters have a more favorable view of the senator...Tags: Gun Control, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Lehigh County, Politics, U.S. Senate
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Who's to blame for air travel delays?
Is the White House or Congress to blame for delays in air travel attributed to the budget sequester? Washington correspondent Colby Itkowitz put that question to the Lehigh Valley’s two federal lawmakers. The White House is to blame: U.S. Rep....Tags: Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Justice, Air Transportation Delays, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing
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How a bill becomes slaw -- an autopsy of gun-control legislation in Washington
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it’s dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let’s take a close look at just how something as popular as...... -
Toomey joins sequester flight delays blame game
Call Washington BureauFor the second day in a row, Sen. Pat Toomey took to the Senate floor Wednesday to rail against the Obama administration for the nation's widespread flight delays, a tangible result of the $85 billion automatic spending cuts. The Pennsylvania Republican...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Layoffs and Downsizing, Republican Party, White House, Charlie Dent
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Sen. Toomey did the right thing on gun control bill
Last summer, I sent a letter to the editor expressing my displeasure over Sen. Toomey's decision to vote with his party rather than support his female constituents when he voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act. As a matter of fact, I publicly swore...Tags: Gun Control, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Politics, Elections, Interior Policy
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VA to process vets' claims faster
Taking a cue from the Bible, the Department of Veterans Affairs has decided the last shall be first. The agency announced last week it will expedite claims for disability benefits that have been pending for a year or longer. Those veterans will receive...Tags: U.S. Congress, Veterans Affairs, Career and Workplace, Allentown, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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An Angry Obama Lashes Out At Senate's Rejection Of Gun Measures
The Hartford CourantAngered by a resounding defeat Wednesday of proposed gun control legislation that grew out of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, President Barack Obama stood outside the White House with parents of murdered Newtown first-graders and vowed: "This...Tags: Joe Biden, U.S. House of Representatives, Elections, Richard Blumenthal, Interior Policy
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How a bill becomes slaw
Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it's dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let's take a close look at just how something as popular as expanded background checks failed to pass the U.S. Senate...
Tags: Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, National Rifle Association of America, Elections, Interior Policy
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Gun vote reveals new GOP divide
It pains me to congratulate the National Rifle Association, but the organization's aid to the U.S. Senate's defeat of background checks for gun purchasers was an impressive victory — against common sense. Although there is widespread...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Ted Cruz, Migration, National Rifle Association of America, Elections
May 1, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 28, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 25, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 23, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 25, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 24, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 17, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Apr 24, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 21, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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