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Toomey leads Sestak in poll
WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey doesn't stand before voters at the ballot for another 31/2 years, but if he faced his former foe today he'd beat Democrat Joe Sestak by just five points. A Quinnipiac University poll surveyed 1,032 of...Tags: Elections, Patrick J. Toomey, Primaries, Lehigh County, Joe Sestak
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White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists
WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....
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Sestak preps for Toomey rematch in 2016
Call Washington BureauThe Admiral is readying for a rematch. Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who has played it coy since his narrow loss to Pat Toomey in the grueling 2010 Senate race, announced Tuesday morning by email that he's formed an exploratory committee to run again for...Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, Elections, Primaries, Republican Party, Federal Election Commission
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Sestak won't run for Pa. governor; might seek rematch with Sen. Toomey in 2016
Associated PressFormer U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has ruled out a campaign for Pennsylvania governor, but he said Tuesday that he is seriously exploring another run for U.S. Senate, possibly setting up a rematch against Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016. Sestak said he...Tags: Elections, Patrick J. Toomey, Primaries, Executive Branch, Republican Party
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Johnson to retire in 2014
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Democrats’ efforts to maintain a majority in the U.S. Senate after next year’s midterm elections were thrown into further doubt Tuesday when Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., became the fifth senior member of the party to announce his...Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Tim Johnson
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Qpoll: Pawlowski, Sestak top potential Dem challengers against Corbett
Call Washington BureauIf Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski faced Gov. Tom Corbett in a Pennsylvania gubernatorial matchup today he would win. Pawlowski, who has hinted at an interest in the 2014 governor's race, performs at the top of the list of potential Democratic challengers,...Tags: Elections, Patrick J. Toomey, Primaries, Ed Pawlowski, Executive Branch
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Hagel, Defense Secretary pick, tough sell for Toomey
Call Washington BureauPresident Obama's pick to be his U.S. Defense Secretary may have a particularly difficult time winning over one Pennsylvania GOP senator. Pat Toomey is sure not to forget former Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel's very public endorsement of Democrat...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Joe Sestak, Chuck Hagel
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Flight 93 National Memorial visitors increasing
Daily American Staff WriterMore than 300,000 people visited the Flight 93 National Memorial in Stonycreek Township between Jan. 1 and the end of October. Barbara Black, chief of interpretation for the National Park Service, told the Flight 93 Advisory Committee on Saturday that...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Human Interest, Travel, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Tourism and Leisure Industry
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Tuesday Morning Coffee: Specter battling cancer again.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Usually we like to kick things off with a brief joke or gag to get your morning started right. But this morning all we're going to do is offer our thoughts and best wishes to...... -
Wednesday Morning Coffee: Former Sen. Jane Orie appeals her sentence.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're on the road today and blogging from one of our Commonwealth's finer Green Cup chain coffee establishments. As is so often the case in these instances, we're running late and severely under-caffeinated, so we'... -
Arlen Specter laid to rest, remembered as fighter.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekIn 1980, when Arlen Specter was contemplating a run for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, his son Shanin tried to discourage him. After years of political defeats, the younger Specter worried that his father would be humiliated at the polls....... -
Tuesday Morning Coffee: Senate panel drops statewide board from charters bill.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The state Senate tweaked a charter schools reform bill last night, dropping language that would have created a statewide authorizing board for the alternative public schools. The amended bill kicked out of the...
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