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Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman , a George W. Bush appointee who ran the tax agency when low-level employees wrongly singled out conservative groups for special scrutiny , testified on Tuesday before Congress for the first time since the scandal erupted on May 10.

Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman , a George W. Bush appointee who ran the tax agency when low-level employees wrongly singled out conservative groups for special scrutiny , testified on Tuesday before Congress for the first time since the scandal erupted on May 10.

Memorial Day is right around the corner and Senator Pat Toomey is saluting the military.

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The biggest stumbling block to immigration reform is no longer politics. It is how to market the deal to conservatives.

That peanut butter cup tempting you in the checkout aisle or Krimpet calling out from the office vending machine might seem like sweet, simple bliss, but in Washington they are the subject of fierce debate, competing economic studies, lobbying, and media campaigns that could all spill onto the Senate floor this week.

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Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Friday that the Obama administration needs to make a "clean break" by quickly identifying all who were responsible for the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and spelling out a plan to ensure it does not happen again.

Sen. Joe Manchin III , West Virginia Democrat, has remained hopeful that he can re-introduce legislation to expand gun-purchase background checks after one he crafted with Sen.

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said Friday that she will introduce legislation soon to delay implementation of a 2012 flood insurance law that is leading to sharply higher premiums for policyholders.

Presque Isle State Park's annual sand replenishment project isn't in President Barack Obama's budget proposal for 2014.

Sen. Pat Toomey hasn't given up on his bill to expand background checks for gun purchases, he said Thursday, signaling more willingness to return to the plan than he had publicly shown before.

While much of Washington's attention is on the various controversies involving the IRS, the Benghazi attack and the Justice Department subpoena of the Associated Press, those on both sides of the gun control debate are engaged in trying to sway public opinion.

The effort to honor Pennsylvania Republican Congressman and abolitionist, Thaddeus Stevens, on a U.S. postage stamp has gained support from both Pennsylvania senators.

The real IRS scandal is not the targeting of tea party groups ; it's the shocking lack of much scrutiny at all of the vast majority of politically active nonprofits that poured hundreds of millions of dollars into our elections over the last four years, our Executive Director Sheila Krumholz and Board Chairman Robert Weinberger write in today's New ... (more)

By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG - Both of Pennsylvanians U.S. senators said they want to see the IRS investigated for its targeted treatment of conservative political groups.

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Joseph Sestak, former congressman and retired U.S. Navy three-star admiral, has been named as the 2013-14 recipient of the General Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership.

An amendment aimed at halting federal flood insurance rate hikes for five years has been blocked in the U.S. Senate.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., right, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., finish a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, after announcing a compromise on background checks that eventually failed to Senate OK.