In his farewell speech on the U.S. Senate floor Thursday, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania offered his thoughts on the political climate, suggestions for the Senate, and his outlook for the nation’s future. While he didn’t mention former President Donald Trump by name, Toomey urged Republicans to quash the MAGA movement. “For my Republican…

In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is term-limited, and Sen. Pat Toomey (R) is retiring. On May 17, voters in the Keystone State will determine who meets in the general election with the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate primaries. The Senate race has generated widespread attention, especially in the last month. Donald Trump endorsed celebrity doctor…

The polls opened on May 17 for the closely-watched primary elections for the U.S. Senate and the governor’s seat in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is term-limited, and Sen. Pat Toomey (R) is retiring. Voters in the Keystone State will determine who meets in the general election to fill the seats. In the U.S. Senate…

Personality contrasts are starting to emerge in the race for the open U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania, being vacated by Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. Republican candidates met at Villanova University Monday in a debate—televised statewide—that delivered sparks, barbs, and even some substantive answers. The debate was sponsored by BroadandLiberty.com; PA Chamber of Business and Industry;…

Personality contrasts are starting to emerge in the race for the open U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania, being vacated by Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. Republican candidates met at Villanova University Monday in a debate—televised statewide—that delivered sparks, barbs, and even some substantive answers. The debate was sponsored by BroadandLiberty.com; PA Chamber of Business and Industry;…

The Pennsylvania state GOP has said that it will not endorse a challenger in the packed Pennsylvania primary race to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), and will instead allow would-be nominees to fight it out amongst themselves. The state party made the decision after a vote held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, showed that party officials opposed…

Saule Omarova, nominated by President Joe Biden for the role of one of the top banking regulators, on Nov. 18 tried to portray her recently published proposal to centralize banking as merely an outline of one among many options to consider rather than her own preference. Her proposal, outlined in an October paper titled “The…

President Joe Biden’s nominee for a top banking post in his administration is refusing to give the U.S. Senate her thesis on Karl Marx, lawmakers say. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, asked Saule Omarova earlier this month for the document and other papers she omitted from a disclosure…

President Joe Biden’s nominee for comptroller is facing opposition because of works she’s penned, including a thesis on Marxism. Biden announced last month he was choosing Saule Omarova for the post of currency comptroller at the Treasury Department. The White House described Omarova as “one of the country’s leading academic experts on issues related to regulation…

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the congressional investigative arm, on Aug. 11 for a rush review of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) extended renters’ eviction moratorium. Toomey wants GAO to determine whether the moratorium recently ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court but extended at the direction…