Keystone Conservative » congress http://keystoneconservative.com Connecting and Communicating with Conservatives in Pennsylvania Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:49:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Senator Toomey Visits Afghanistan http://keystoneconservative.com/2011/01/18/senator-toomey-visits-afghanistan/ http://keystoneconservative.com/2011/01/18/senator-toomey-visits-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:28:47 +0000 admin http://keystoneconservative.com/?p=1799

U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) recently visited Afghanistan and Pakistan on a congressional delegation (CODEL) led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

During their trip, the senators met with U.S. troops, military officials and political leaders to discuss political, economic and security issues in the region. In addition to meeting with Pennsylvania troops, Sen. Toomey met with General David Petraeus, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and Pakistani General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, chief of army staff of the Pakistan army.

Sen. Toomey left Washington, D.C., Jan. 13 and will be returning to Pennsylvania today.

Sen. Toomey was joined by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

Sen. Toomey visits a school in Nawa, Afghanistan, built by U.S. Marines.

Sen. Toomey meets with villagers in Nawa, located in southern Afghanistan.

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On the second day of the 112th Congress, Members read aloud of the Constitution of the United States. Rep. Pitts read Article 1, Section 6, Clause 2. This clause prohibits Members of Congress from creating an office and then serving in it during the same session of Congress.

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Thompson decries moratorium on oil and gas drilling on portions of the outer continental Shelf.


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Rep. Pitts praises Nobel Prize winning Chinese human rights advocate Liu Xiaobo and calls on nations to attend the medal ceremony this week.


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Congressman Joe Pitts discusses the rules the new GOP majority will be using in next years legislative session.

The goal is to open up the process and increase the transparency.

  1. No more huge bills covering multiple subjects (omnibus bills)
  2. Require them to be posted online 72 hours prior to debate
  3. Anyone can offer amendments (including the minority)
  4. Cite the constitutional authority in each bill


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