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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

Pat Toomey

Undated photo of the so-called 'Candy Desk,' located in the US Senate. (Public Domain/Wikimedia)
October 12, 2021, 10:33 pm
Secret candy desk puts sugar coating on US Senate business
The ‘candy desk’ — replete with chocolates, sticky lollies and other goodies — is legislators’ guilty pleasure with a unique capacity to unite the deeply divided chamber
By Elodie Cuzin
Sen. Pat Toomey, Republican-Pennsylvania, on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 10, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/The Washington Post via AP)
January 10, 2021, 6:44 pm
Second Republican senator now urges Trump to resign over Capitol riot
Pat Toomey joins Lisa Murkowski in calling for US president to step down, as Democratic House Speaker Pelosi notifies colleagues to prepare for impeachment move this week
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Alan Fram and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Professor Alan Dershowitz (right) listens to US President Donald Trump speak during a Hanukkah Reception in the East Room of the White House, December 11, 2019. (MARK WILSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
January 10, 2021, 11:47 am
Trump said considering Dershowitz, Giuliani for defense in possible impeachment
Harvard law scholar says it would be his ‘honor and privilege’ to defend the US president against claims he incited the storming of the Capitol
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Then US president Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, January 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
January 10, 2021, 3:32 am
Top Republican says Trump committed ‘impeachable offenses’
But Pat Toomey stops short of saying whether he would vote to remove the US president from office if a Senate impeachment trial goes ahead
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Alan Fram
US Senator Pat Toomey departs after the Republican Conference held leadership elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 10, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
November 22, 2020, 5:49 am
Pennsylvania Republican senator says Biden won, after court deals blow to Trump
Judge throws out claim of electoral fraud in state with blistering ruling, prompting Pat Toomey to say US president should accept the election outcome
By AFP and ToI Staff
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks during a news conference Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, near Neffs Canyon, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
November 6, 2020, 9:06 pm
Romney slams Trump’s claim of election fraud as wrong, ‘reckless’
Republican leadership divided over president’s rhetoric, with some saying no evidence of election corruption; others urging Trump and his supporters to continue their efforts
By Matthew Daly
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
November 6, 2020, 4:46 pm
Republican Senator: No evidence to support Trump’s vote-fraud claims
Pat Toomey says he sees no proof of ‘any widespread corruption or fraud’ after president claimed election is being stolen; Adam Kinzinger: Trump’s claims ‘getting insane’
By Matthew Daly
Former National security adviser John Bolton waves as he leaves his home in Bethesda, Maryland, January 28, 2020. (Luis M. Alvarez/AP)
January 29, 2020, 4:25 pm
In impeachment trial setback, Republicans lack votes to block Bolton grilling
Revelations in forthcoming book by former national security adviser undercut key defense argument, with some in GOP now prepared to allow fresh testimonies
By RIC TUCKER, Zeke Miller and LISA MASCARO
Senator John McCain is embraced by Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer as he arrives on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 25, 2017. (C-SPAN2 via AP)
August 4, 2017, 10:53 am
Congress recessing, leaving much undone, tensions with Trump
Lawmakers go on break with no healthcare reform and few achievements other than approving Russia sanctions bill, confirming Gorsuch to Supreme Court
By Erica Werner
Russ Feingold, left, was defeated in his attempt to take back the Wisconsin Senate seat he lost to Ron Johnson, right, in 2010. (Darren Hauck/Getty Images via JTA)
November 9, 2016, 6:35 pm
Jewish dove, hawk fail in Senate bids
J-Street backed Feingold loses in Wisconsin, while staunch opponent of Iran nuclear deal Kirk defeated in Illinois
By JTA
Former Nevada Attorney General and Democratic US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto speaks before a get-out-the-vote performance at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 3, 2016. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)
November 9, 2016, 9:21 am
Democrats’ path to Senate majority slipping away
Cortez Masto wins Nevada to become first Latina senator; Republican John McCain secures his sixth term in office
By Erica Werner
Senator Pat Toomey during a news conference in Philadelphia, May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
November 1, 2016, 2:14 pm
Republican Jewish Coalition drops $500,000 on Pennsylvania Senate vote
In tight race, incumbent Pat Toomey runs ads focused on J Street-backed opponent’s support for Iran deal
By JTA
Senator Pat Toomey during a news conference in Philadelphia, May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
October 25, 2016, 9:44 pm
Graffiti calling GOP ‘Nazis’ found near senator’s home
Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, a Republican, says he’s ‘sickened by this disgusting, politically inspired hatred’
By AP
The Republican Jewish Coalition announced a campaign attacking Katie McGinty, a Pennsylvania Democrat running for Senate, over her support of the Iran nuclear deal. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 19, 2016, 10:35 pm
RJC targets Democratic Senate hopeful who backed Iran deal
Republican Jewish group launches attack campaign against ‘dangerously naive’ Katie McGinty from Pennsylvania
By JTA
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