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(Senators Pat Toomey, right, and Joe Manchin speak to the press about background checks for gun purchases in the US. Credit: Allison Shelley/ Getty Images)

Sen. Toomey Offers Measure To Expand Background Checks on Gun Sales

If approved, Toomey’s measure would expand the scope of background checks on gun purchases to include sales at gun shows and over the Internet.

2013/04/10

(Arlen Specter walks across the tarmac after stepping off Air Force One in June 2010, a month after losing his bid to return to the US Senate as a Democrat. Credit: Mandel Ngan/ AFP/ Getty Images)

Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania’s Longest Serving US Senator, Dead at 82

US Senator Arlen Specter, whose political career took him from Philadelphia City Hall to the US Congress, has died after another bout with cancer.

2012/10/14

Washington, DC (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion: Billions Are Being Spent On This Election, But Will It Change Anything?

For all the billions spent by the Obama and Romney campaigns, Republican and Democratic parties, and countless outside groups, we may wake up November 7th to a Washington that is virtually unchanged.

2012/10/01

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Democratic Party’s Lies And Spins

The blatant lies and the desperate spins generated from the “left” have been absolutely frightening. What’s extremely sad for them is that they don’t have a prayer of keeping the White House without creating lies and spinning obvious negatives into self-reported positives.

2012/08/06

In Delaware Valley and Elsewhere, All Student Eyes On Loans Vote in Congress

Catherine Wilson, an assistant professor of political science at Villanova University, says the student loan interest vote has become political in this election year.

2012/05/07

Pennsylvania Voters Bounce Two Blue Dog Dems

While much has been made about Governor Corbett’s choice for the Republican nomination for US Senate getting trounced, one prominent political analyst thinks there’s a bigger story from this past week’s primary.

2012/04/29

Joe Kryillos announces his run for senate in Marlton with his wife Susan, son Max and daughter Georgia. (credit: David Madden)

Joe Kryillos To Challenge Bob Menendez For Senate Seat

A powerful Central Jersey Republican has thrown his hat into the ring for the chance to unseat Democrat incumbent US Senator Bob Menendez in November.

2012/02/02

NJ Senator Joe Kryillos Files Paperwork To Challenge Bob Menendez For U.S. Senate

A longtime New Jersey state senator wants to trade Trenton for Washington and will take on a powerful Democrat incumbent to do it.

2012/01/20

Poll: D.C. Debt Battle Left Pennsylvanians Widely Disaffected

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows the battle over the nation’s debt in Washington has left everyone in the process on the “outs” with Pennsylvania voters.

2011/08/02

Planned Parenthood Backers, Detractors Square Off In Pa. Congressman’s Parking Lot

A pro-life bus tour set up shop outside the Langhorne office of US Congressman Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) to thank the lawmaker for his vote to defund Planned Parenthood. Supporters of Planned Parenthood held their own rally nearby.

2011/03/09

(Megan DeSmedt) of PennPIRG, the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group. File photo provided)

Philadelphia Group Says US House Isn’t Budget-Cutting In Public’s Interest

Megan DeSmedt of the organization PennPIRG calls the US House-passed spending resolution “wrongheaded” and hopes that the Senate will take a different path.

2011/03/01

Specter Looks Ahead After 30 Years In US Senate

Pennsylvania’s longest-serving US senator met with reporters in Washington on Thursday as the end of his fifth and final term draws near.

2010/12/23

One-On-One With Christine O’Donnell

Christine O’Donnell made an appearance at her new campaign headquarters in Delaware on Friday and Eyewitness News was able to speak with her and ask some tough questions.

2010/10/01