Month: March 2016

Tell the PA GOP to Pass a Real Budget

Republicans in Harrisburg are trying to impose another unbalanced, Corbett-style budget that underfunds our schools and forces massive cuts across the state. If you’re tired of Republican extremists trying to score political points with special interests and big donors instead of serving the people of Pennsylvania, help us send a message to Harrisburg: MIKE TURZAI ... Read more

Pat Toomey And One Month Of Constitutional Obstruction

On February 15, Pat Toomey decided to obstruct the constitutional process of filling a Supreme Court vacancy. A full month later — after a torrent of negative media coverage, constituent protests and fact-checkers throwing cold water on his arguments — Toomey’s position remains as unchanged as it is indefensible. But if Toomey thinks this issue ... Read more

Toomey On Trump Protests: ‘Outrageous’ & ‘Extremely Objectionable’

Pat Toomey is making good on his promise to support whomever becomes the Republican presidential nominee. When asked in a radio interview this morning for his reaction to the protests at Donald Trump rallies, Toomey sounded like a Trump campaign spokesman. The protesters’ “behavior is outrageous,” Toomey said. Their conduct is “extremely objectionable.” After a passing ... Read more

Pat Toomey’s Undue Victory Lap On Opioid Epidemic

VICTORY LAP: SCOREBOARD: Toomey Voted Against An Amendment To Make $600 Million Available For Opioid-Prevention And –Treatment Programs. In March 2016, Toomey voted against a: “Shaheen, D-N.H., motion to waive applicable portions of the Budget Act with respect to the Enzi, R-Wyo., point of order against the Shaheen, D-N.H., amendment no. 3345 to the Grassley, ... Read more

Make The Senate Great Again: Success Of Trump, Cruz Presents Problem For Toomey

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Donald Trump’s victories last night send a clear signal to the Republican establishment: your Party has been taken over. Trump’s growing delegate lead shows little signs of abating. And even if someone were to catch-up, that person is none other than Ted Cruz — whose main accomplishment is shutting down the government ... Read more

PoliticsPA: Online Voter Registration Passes Paper Applications

“Despite Republican’s historical attempts to suppress the vote through unfounded voter ID laws, Democrats are led by the value that everyone’s voice deserves to be heard in an election,” said Marcel L. Groen, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. “The Wolf administration’s online voter registration system is an undeniable success, bringing more than one-hundred thousand ... Read more

Constituents Tell Toomey #DoYourJob, Staff Calls the Cops

Pennsylvanians are infuriated with Pat Toomey and his decision to obstruct the constitutional process of considering a nominee to the Supreme Court. He’s been lambasted in the press, polls show deep opposition to his position and today his constituents organized grassroots protests to tell Toomey: #DoYourJob. In Pittsburgh, when activists delivered thousands of signatures urging ... Read more

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