Patrick J. Toomey

In the days following his 2010 Senate victory, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey co-authored an op-ed in USA Today with an unlikely future colleague, Democrat Claire McCaskill. Together, the senator-elect and the Missouri senator called for a moratorium on earmarks....

House Republicans' unwillingness to accept the Senate version of a payroll tax cut -- a measure that secured most Senate Republican support, including from Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey, leaves Congress with just ten days to come to an agreement or else......

It may arguably be the chocolate of the 1 percent, but we're sure New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall enjoyed it all the same. It was a gift after all. A gift from Pennsylvania's Bob Casey. Monday evening between votes, a......

Chuck Schumer lives in New York. Pat Toomey worked in New York in his 20s. And that's about where their similiarities end. But the outspoken, veteran Democrat and the fiscal hawk, freshman Republican teamed up Thursday on a jobs creation......

At each of the three Sept. 11 memorials in Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia there will now be displayed a Congressional Gold Medal honoring the Americans that died there. The Senate cleared for the president’s signature Thursday night a bill........

Republican Armstrong County businessman, Tom Smith, is the first candidate out of the gate in the Pennsylvania Senate race with a 30-second television ad that began airing Thursday morning in certain Pennsylvania markets. It's mostly a bio spot to...

Toomey reaffirms background check support Six months after the Sandy Hook murders of 20 children and six adults, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reaffirmed his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales, and said he hopes the Senate can...

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in his latest bid for tougher gun control, is urging the city's legions of Democratic donors to withhold funds from four Democratic senators who opposed a background checks bill this year. The letter,...

On the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook murders, Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey issued a statement reaffirming his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales and said he hopes the Senate can find the votes to make...

WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school shooting returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to show they are not giving up. Advocacy groups on both sides of the...

With all the divisive battles and partisan bickering in Washington, here is something positive that all the major stakeholders agree on: Senate bill 820 will improve the treatment of egg-laying hens and provide a stable and secure future for egg farmers....

WASHINGTON — To hear Kindall Goble and Phil Healing talk about their life in Allentown is like listening to a child describe a trip to Disney World. In quick and animated tones, they talk about the plays they worked on at the now-defunct Theatre...