Tag: Pat Toomey

Scrambling for support, Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) are considering changing their plan to expand background checks for firearms purchasing. One addition would “exempt residents who live hundreds of miles from a gun dealer” and appeal to Senators

The background check “compromise” put forward by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) is full of gun control red tape that greatly expands the government’s reach and oversight into the purchase and handling of firearms. Although it’s been

Thousands of Tea Party activists will gather Monday at rallies across the nation to mark Tax Day, April 15–and to re-ignite a movement that had been written off as dormant by the media and the political classes. After propelling the

The background check ‘compromise’ put forth by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) sets new rules for how individuals must transport firearms if taking them from one place to another. These new rules are on top of expanding

Appearing on CBS News’ Face the Nation on April 14, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Newtown families have told him they know the bill he and Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) have crafted would not have prevented the heinous crime at

The Background Check ‘Compromise‘ put forward by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) creates $100 million in grants for “each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017” for the federal government to disperse to states if those states implement

The Tea Party Patriots organization is planning protests on Tuesday at the home state offices of several Senators that the group argues are in need of an “intervention” for being sucked up into inside-the-Beltway politics, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) told host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that supporters of new gun control legislation do not yet have the votes to pass it, despite defeating a Republican-led filibuster attempt last week. Durbin is the Senate Majority

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns has launched a new ad campaign praising Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) while targeting Republicans in states like Georgia, Tennessee, and Indiana. The new ads draw attention

When it comes to exploiting the tragedy of the Sandy Hook massacre to push a completely unrelated gun control agenda, President Obama has no peer. The White House announced today that it would hand over the President’s weekly internet and

Though the proposed Toomey-Manchin gun control legislation states that it hopes to “protect Second Amendment rights” while it “prevents individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm” from doing so, the bill could actually deter mentally ill people from

The American Civil Liberties Union has decided to hold off an endorsement of the Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) bill designed to target gun sales at gun shows or via communication on the internet. The ACLU’s legislative

Senator Pat Toomey’s (R-PA) background check ‘compromise’ expands background checks to cover not only gun shows and internet sales but also sales in print publications. Section 122 of “The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act” states: Beginning on the

As Senators line up to help the background check “compromise” clear its first procedural hurdle, it’s important to remember this measure will have absolutely no affect on decreasing public shootings, reducing violent crime, or improving the safety of children who

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-Second Amendment group Mayors Against Illegal Guns announced they will quit running attack ads against Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) now that he’s seen the light on background checks. Toomey joined with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) in fashioning

After Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) held a presser putting forth their background check “compromise” this morning, it was gun shows and internet gun sales are in their crosshairs. The “compromise” consists of closing the so-called “gun

Senate Democrats are “confident” they have the votes to bring gun control legislation to the Senate floor.  At least 14 Republicans have threatened to filibuster the legislation, but eight Republicans “have said they will not attempt to block an effort

Amid the deadlock over universal background checks, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) are developing a compromise that would strengthen the current background check system without expanding it to private sales. No one knows for sure how the compromise

On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke with Breitbart News exclusively regarding the upcoming sequestration, slated to hit this Friday. He spoke about the controversial new proposal from Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) to give

Tuesday night, Karl Rove went on Fox News’ Hannity to deliver a mea culpa for a New York Times article which reported that the “biggest donors in the Republican Party” were working with him and Steven J. Law, president of