Category: U.S Senate News

  • In Pa., Farmer Smith Digs In Against Casey

    Real Clear Politics Tom Smith was mowing wheat on his 400-acre Armstrong County farm last summer when he decided he would run for U.S. Senate. Smith was born and raised […]

  • How To Repeal Obamacare

    Peter Roff US News There’s no denying that conservatives are largely disappointed that Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding vote upholding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable […]

  • GOP Hopefuls Burn Casey, Obama On Coal

    Politics PA Under President Obama, EPA regulations have stifled job creation and destroyed jobs, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Smith and other Pennsylvania Republicans told reporters during a campaign stop […]

  • Job-Killing Regulations Are Hiking Your Electric Bill

    Tom Smith Wilkes-Barre Times Leader WITH MORE than 12 million Americans unemployed and a national debt on pace to top $16 trillion this year, the problems facing our future are […]

  • House Repeals Medical Device Tax That Pays For Health Care Reform

    Allentown Morning Call As part of the Republicans’ effort to handicap the Democrats’ health care reform law, the House voted Thursday afternoon to repeal a new 2.3 percent tax on medical device sales […]

  • Sen. Toomey: Country Needs Fiscal Plan To Avoid Gloom

    Chambersburg Public Opinion U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said he hopes the long-term budget outlook report released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office will serve as a wake-up call to […]

  • Senate Candidate Tom Smith Pounces On Jobs Report

    Colby Itkowitz Allentown Morning Call Republican U.S. Senatecandidate Tom Smith used Friday’s dismal jobs report to blame his opponent, incumbent Democrat Bob Casey, for the economy’s tortoiselike turn around. Smith, who has been […]

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    Andrew Stiles Washington Free Beacon House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan’s (R., Wis.) proposals to solve the country’s debt and deficit crisis continue to be far more popular with elected […]

  • U.S. Senate Votes On Pat Toomey Budget Proposal

    Colby Itkowitz Allentown Morning Call The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday on a series of Republican-sponsored budget proposals, including one written by Pennsylvania freshman Sen. Pat Toomey and one modeled after the Obama […]