After weeks of criticism and a failed vote in the U.S. Senate, Pat Toomey told a crowd of conservative activists that he was pulling back from the gun issue and returning to economic issues.
One day after the U.S. Senate voted down a proposal to expand background checks for firearms purchases, a Muhlenberg College poll commissioned by the Allentown Morning Call shows 89% of Pa. adults support such a move.
Sen. Pat Toomey maintained a solid fundraising pace the first quartering, bringing in almost $515,000. Sen. Bob Casey, fresh off his re-election, raised $44,000.
Sen. Pat Toomey’s foray into the bipartisan limelight ended in defeat Wednesday as the U.S. Senate voted down down gun legislation offered by he and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV).
“…sometimes it’s ok to laugh,” Toomey posted on his Facebook and Twitter accounts. “No it’s not,” his followers said. Here are 22 of the best responses.
Senator Pat Toomey’s bipartisan background check deal earned him a lead zing on Saturday Night Live this weekend, which caricatured the bill as ineffective.
If Sen. Pat Toomey had hoped his background check compromise would win over gun rights advocates, he was disappointed Wednesday. The divide between gun rights advocates and gun control groups is stark.
Sen. Pat Toomey and his Democratic colleague Joe Manchin of West Virginia Wednesday unveiled a legislative proposal to subject more gun purchases to background checks.
You catch more flies with honey, and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns PAC is trying a sweeter approach now that Sen. Pat Toomey is working to strike a bipartisan deal on background checks.
Pat Toomey, who remains a strong conservative voice in the Senate, has been courted in recent weeks by Democrats who hope that his support for new gun control legislation will be a deciding factor in their ultimate goal for universal background checks.
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