Toomey's Club for Growth years will inform his deficit committee work

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Toomey opposed post-2008 crash programs as biggest bailouts since Depression

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"… ted to both of these vital goals." …"

Gun lobby's money and power still holds sway over Congress

By Alan Berlow and Gordon Witkin

But lawmakers' fear may not be entirely justified.

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"… est chunk — $1.7 million — benefited a single NRA “defector,” Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., the co-author of the background check amendment. The money those 5 …"