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Area congressmen critique deal, say more left to fix
The Times LeaderThousands of flights were cancelled this week nationwide as hundreds of air traffic controllers were furloughed, leaving airports short in a key safety measure. And though there were no delays reported at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Barack Obama, Unemployment, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Congress
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Casey: U.S. should intervene in Syrian crisis
Sen. Bob Casey added his name Friday to a growing list of lawmakers urging the White House to take some form of military action against Syria in the wake of new evidence that President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. Casey,...Tags: Government, United Nations, National Government, John Kerry, Muammar Gaddafi
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Voters credit Pat Toomey on gun control try
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania voters are unhappy the U.S. Senate shot down Pat Toomey's bid to expand gun background checks, but are pleased he tried. Slightly more than 50 percent of Pennsylvania's voters have a more favorable view of the senator...
Tags: Republican Party, Personal Weapon Control, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Voting, Politics
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Congress OKs bill ending air traffic controller furloughs
The Times LeaderThe U.S. House this morning has approved a bill ending Federal Aviation Administration furloughs of air traffic controllers. The vote came less than 24 hours after the U.S. Senate did the same. The legislation maintains the savings in the sequester that...Tags: Labor Legislation, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Budget Control Act of 2011, Air Transportation Delays
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Who's to blame for air travel delays?
Is the White House or Congress to blame for delays in air travel attributed to the budget sequester? Washington correspondent Colby Itkowitz put that question to the Lehigh Valley’s two federal lawmakers. The White House is to blame: U.S. Rep....Tags: Republican Party, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Budget Control Act of 2011
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How a bill becomes slaw -- an autopsy of gun-control legislation in Washington
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it’s dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let’s take a close look at just how something as popular as...... -
Toomey joins sequester flight delays blame game
Call Washington BureauFor the second day in a row, Sen. Pat Toomey took to the Senate floor Wednesday to rail against the Obama administration for the nation's widespread flight delays, a tangible result of the $85 billion automatic spending cuts. The Pennsylvania Republican...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Senate, Air Transportation Delays
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Sen. Toomey did the right thing on gun control bill
Last summer, I sent a letter to the editor expressing my displeasure over Sen. Toomey's decision to vote with his party rather than support his female constituents when he voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act. As a matter of fact, I publicly swore...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Politics, Elections, Macungie
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VA to process vets' claims faster
Taking a cue from the Bible, the Department of Veterans Affairs has decided the last shall be first. The agency announced last week it will expedite claims for disability benefits that have been pending for a year or longer. Those veterans will receive...Tags: Allentown, Employees, American Legion, Eric Shinseki, U.S. Congress
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An Angry Obama Lashes Out At Senate's Rejection Of Gun Measures
The Hartford CourantAngered by a resounding defeat Wednesday of proposed gun control legislation that grew out of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, President Barack Obama stood outside the White House with parents of murdered Newtown first-graders and vowed: "This...Tags: Republican Party, Personal Weapon Control, Lobbying, Elections, Criminals
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46 senators cast votes against common sense
I support common-sense steps to reduce gun violence. I cannot believe as a lifelong Democrat I line up behind Sen. Pat Toomey and his basic common-sense bill to reduce gun violence. I cannot believe that 46 senators voted against a bill that about 90...Tags: Politics, Elections
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How a bill becomes slaw
Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it's dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let's take a close look at just how something as popular as expanded background checks failed to pass the U.S. Senate...
Tags: Republican Party, Personal Weapon Control, Mitch McConnell, Elections, Harry Reid
Apr 27, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 25, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 23, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 25, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 24, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 17, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 24, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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