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March 8, 2021 | 8:13 AM

Bartos declares candidacy for US Senate in Pennsylvania

Bartos, 48, has longtime connections to GOP campaign donors and political elite through his work fundraising for candidates. He also served briefly as the state party’s finance chair.

By Marc Levy/Associated Press

Alex Brandon

February 25, 2021 | 7:34 AM

Pennsylvania GOP meets to discuss Toomey, impeachment vote

Toomey's vote — and his earlier assessment that Trump had committed “impeachable offenses” in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol — set off a wave of pro-Trump county and local party condemnations of Toomey in Pennsylvania.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

Susan Walsh

February 19, 2021 | 12:12 PM

Senator Pat Toomey, who once unified the GOP, now on the outs over Trump impeachment vote

The conservative lawmaker is facing angry rank-and-file state Republican Party committee members and the potential of a censure vote, a symbolic gesture that may have no real effect on the senator since he isn’t seeking reelection next year.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

February 7, 2021 | 9:49 AM

After record 2020 turnout, state Republicans weigh making it harder to vote

New voting laws being proposed could make the process more difficult

By NPR

Tasos Katopodis

February 4, 2021 | 7:44 AM

House to vote on stripping Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from 2 key committees

Greene has been rebuked by Democrats and many in her own party, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who called rhetoric like hers a "cancer" on the GOP.

By Barbara Sprunt/NPR

Department of Justice

February 4, 2021 | 7:34 AM

Former U.S. Attorney McSwain tests waters for higher office at meetings with GOP leaders

McSwain is a Harvard Law graduate and former Marine infantry officer. Before his appointment as U.S. Attorney, he worked as a federal prosecutor and was a partner in the Philadelphia law firm Drinker, Biddle & Reath, mainly focusing on white-collar criminal defense.

By Katie Meyer/WHYY

Alex Edelman

January 27, 2021 | 7:41 AM

Early procedural test shows where Senate GOP may stand on convicting Trump

Just five Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Mitt Romney of Utah and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania — joined Democrats in voting to table the motion.

By Barbara Sprunt/NPR

Shannon Finney

January 22, 2021 | 8:45 AM

With Biden in place, the ‘resistance’ tries to pivot from defense to offense

"We saw this from the Tea Party themselves during the Obama years," he said. "After Obama lost his House majority and then the Senate majority, the House passed a repeal of the Affordable Care Act literally dozens of times."

By Danielle Kurtzleben/NPR

Alex Brandon

January 21, 2021 | 7:04 AM

‘Just move on’: Republicans grapple with post-Trump future

The shift to minority status is always difficult, prompting debates over who is to blame for losing the last election. But the process is especially intense as Republicans confront profound questions about what the party stands for without Donald Trump in charge.

By Steve Peoples/Associated Press

Tim Lambert

Updated: January 13, 2021 | 10:00 am

House panel to vote GOP-backed plan to elect judges by zone

The Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on whether to allow a two-year “window” during which people could file civil lawsuits outside the statute of limitations that existed at the time they were victimized.

By Mark Scolforo/Associated Press

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