TOOMEY, PATRICK JOSEPH

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: Experience: Senate: 2011-Present; Home State: Pennsylvania; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $10,618,230Coverage End: Wednesday, April 6, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

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Full Name: Patrick 'Pat' J. Toomey

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Kris; 3 Children: Bridget, Patrick, Duncan

Birth Date: 11/17/1961

Birth Place: Providence, RI

Home City: Zionsville, PA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

BA, Political Science, Harvard University, 1984

Political Experience

Senator, United States Senate, 2011-present

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1999-2004

Candidate, United States Senate, Pennsylvania, 2004

Current Legislative Committees

Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Member

Budget, Member

Finance, Member

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Chair

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Health Care, Chair

Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, Member

Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, Member

Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, Member

Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations & Related Programs, United States Senate

Former Member, House Republican Policy Committee

Member, Republican Study Committee

Member, Allentown's Government Study Commission, 1994

Professional Experience

Former Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Team Capital Bank

Former Employee, Chemical Bank

Former President, Club for Growth

Former Financial Consultant, Hong Kong

Former Employee, Morgan Grenfell

Co-Owner, Rookie's Restaurant Business

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Former President, Club for Growth

Total: 5

Senators Direct More Money From Crime Fund To Victims

05/05/2015

Pat Toomey's Official Personal Website

Pa. Sen. Pat Toomey in Ever Stronger Shape for Re-Election

04/22/2015

By John Gizzi | Newsmax.com

Toomey Supports Bipartisan Bill to Protect Seniors and Improve Medicare's Solvency

04/15/2015

Pat Toomey's Official Personal Website

Sen. Toomey Receives PA Bio Award

04/15/2015

Pat Toomey's Official Personal Website

Pat Toomey Is a Strong Candidate. Will That Be Enough in 2016?

03/03/2015

By Stuart Rothenberg | Roll Call

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Support Government's role in schooling should be limited. State-funded vouchers should pay for private schools, charter schools, home-schooling, or whatever schools parents choose.
7. Make voter registration easier
8. Prioritize green energy
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Support It is necessary to expand military under financial budgets. Only our military are strong enough, our people can live freely enough.
11. Support & expand free trade	Strongly Support We should have open trade with every country in the world. The government has no right to make restrictions on imports or exports.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Oppose Further health coverage should be promoted through free market rather than the government.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 159

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
06/14/2017	S.831	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the "Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building".	06/14/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
05/11/2017	S.1117	Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017	05/11/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions)
05/10/2017	S.1087	Lifesaving Gear for Police Act	05/10/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)
05/10/2017	S.1085	Thin Blue Line Act	05/10/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
05/10/2017	S.1084	Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017	05/10/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
03/28/2017	S.305	Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017	03/28/2017 Became Public Law No: 115-15. (All Actions)
03/15/2017	S.654	PACT Act	03/15/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
03/13/2017	S.488	Encouraging Employee Ownership Act	03/13/2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 15. (All Actions)
02/03/2017	S.J.Res.21	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS.	02/03/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions)
01/10/2017	S.87	Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act	01/10/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
12/12/2016	S.1831	PACT Act	12/12/2016 Held at the desk. (All Actions)
11/30/2016	S.Res.605	A resolution honoring Arnold Palmer.	11/30/2016 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions)
09/08/2016	S.3303	Social Security Fairness for Firefighters and Police Officers Act	09/08/2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
07/14/2016	S.3255	Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act	07/14/2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
07/07/2016	S.3151	CAREER Act	07/07/2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions)
07/06/2016	S.3100	Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act	07/06/2016 Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 44. Record Vote Number: 119. (All Actions)
06/16/2016	S.3069	A bill to prevent terrorists from obtaining firearms or explosives.	06/16/2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
06/16/2016	S.Res.499	A resolution congratulating the Pittsburgh Penguins for winning the 2016 Stanley Cup hockey championship.	06/16/2016 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions)
05/26/2016	S.3002	Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act	05/26/2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
05/25/2016	S.231	A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 523 East Railroad Street in Knox, Pennsylvania, as the "Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office".	05/25/2016 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. (All Actions)

Total: 1009

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
09/22/2015	S.2067	EUREKA Act
09/17/2015	S.Res.259	A resolution honoring the bravery and heroism of those who selflessly prevented a deadly terrorist attack and saved countless lives while aboard a passenger train bound from Amsterdam to Paris on August 21, 2015.
09/10/2015	S.Res.251	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the congressional review provision of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 does not apply to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action announced on July 14, 2015, because the President failed to transmit the entire agreement as required by such Act, and that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action would only preempt existing Iran sanctions laws as "the supreme Law of the Land" if ratified by the Senate as a treaty with the concurrence of two thirds of the Senators present pursuant to Article II, section 2, clause 2, of the Constitution or if Congress were to enact new implementing legislation that supersedes the mandatory statutory sanctions that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action announced on July 14, 2015, purports to supersede.
09/09/2015	S.2015	Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act
09/09/2015	S.Res.250	A resolution relative to the death of Richard Schultz Schweiker, former United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
09/09/2015	S.Res.249	A resolution honoring the Red Land Little League Team of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania for the performance of the team in the 2015 Little League World Series.
08/05/2015	S.1944	RED Tape Act of 2015
08/03/2015	S.1881	A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (53-46, 3/5 majority r	Yea
07/30/2015	S.J.Res.21	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
07/29/2015	S.1840	Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act
07/21/2015	S.Res.227	A resolution condemning the attacks of July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, honoring the members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives, and expressing support and prayers for all those affected.
07/29/2015	S.373	Vessel Incidental Discharge Act
07/29/2015	S.242	Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015
07/21/2015	S.Res.224	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the area between the intersections of International Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, Northwest and International Drive, Northwest and International Place, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, should be designated as "Liu Xiaobo Plaza".
07/27/2015	S.1867	International Megan's Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders
07/27/2015	S.1863	Timothy Nugent Congressional Gold Medal Act
07/27/2015	S.Res.231	A resolution honoring the memory and legacy of the two Louisiana citizens who lost their lives, recognizing the heroism of first responders and those on the scene, and condemning the attack of July 23, 2015, in Lafayette, Louisiana.
07/22/2015	S.1841	Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act
07/21/2015	S.1814	Stop Sanctuary Cities Act
07/08/2015	S.Res.218	A resolution congratulating the United States Women's National Team for winning the 2015 FIFA World Cup.

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