• TOOMEY, PATRICK JOSEPH
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%
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Personal

    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
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
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Support
7. Make voter registration easier
8. Prioritize green energy
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Strongly Support
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

No Opinion
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Support
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
10/19/1999 H.Res.298 Calling on the President to abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures.
10/14/1999 H.R.3068 To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 617 State Street in Erie, Pennsylvania, as the "Samuel J. Roberts Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
10/12/1999 H.Res.303 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives urging that 95 percent of Federal education dollars be spent in the classroom. Passed Not Voting
10/05/1999 H.R.2966 Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
09/02/1999 H.R.2790 Lyme Disease Initiative of 1999
09/01/1999 H.R.2785 To take certain steps toward recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
08/06/1999 H.R.2571 To provide for a gradual reduction in the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2002 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price.
08/06/1999 H.R.2467 Worker Paycheck Fairness Act of 1999
08/04/1999 H.R.987 Workplace Preservation Act Failed Not Voting
07/30/1999 H.Res.268 Kosovo Burdensharing Resolution
07/29/1999 H.R.2245 Federalism Act of 1999
07/28/1999 H.R.2596 Realistic Tests for Realistic Threats National Security Act of 1999
07/22/1999 H.R.4 National Missile Defense Act of 1999 Passed Not Voting
07/16/1999 H.R.1259 Social Security and Medicare Safe Deposit Box Act of 1999 Cloture Motion Rejected (55-44, 3/5 majority required) Not Voting
07/13/1999 H.R.2242 Medical Malpractice Rx Act
07/07/1999 H.R.2246 Medicare Home Health Care Relief Act of 1999
07/02/1999 H.R.2088 Open Competition and Fairness Act of 1999
07/01/1999 H.Con.Res.128 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the treatment of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and particularly the recent arrests of members of that country's Jewish community.
07/01/1999 H.R.218 Community Protection Act of 1999
06/28/1999 H.R.2317 Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
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