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1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · John Cole | The Center Square contributor

   Fetterman bucks party again, votes against Iran War Powers resolution (opens the original)

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   (The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, once again, was the only Democrat on Thursday to vote against a resolution which would limit President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran. Fetterman and U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., were among the 50 who voted to reject the effort, while 49 voted in favor. While a majority of Republicans voted to reject this resolution, four Republicans crossed the aisle to support it. Several votes have been decided by a one-vote margin since the

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2. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · John Cole | The Center Square contributor

   McCormick calls for doubling NIH budget within five years (opens the original)

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   (The Center Square) – Arguing that the U.S. is “underinvesting in discovery,” U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., is calling for changes to the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, which include increased investments from the federal government. “Rather than cut NIH by nearly 40 percent, as the Office of Management and Budget proposed last year, we should double its $48 billion budget within five years,” McCormick wrote in a Washington Post op-ed published on Wednesday. “These are bi

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3. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · John Cole | The Center Square contributor

   McCormick lobbies for Parnell to lead U.S. Army (opens the original)

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   (The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., has offered his support for Sean Parnell as chatter continues that he could be a candidate to lead the U.S. Army. “There have been a lot of stories of late about @SeanParnellUSA being considered to be our next Secretary of the Army,” McCormick wrote Thursday on social media. “I hope it’s true.” Parnell, a combat veteran who serves as a senior advisor and assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs, is a native of western

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4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · John Cole | The Center Square contributor

   Shapiro says international collaboration is needed to regulate AI (opens the original)

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   (The Center Square) – As the conversation of AI evolving dominates headlines across the globe, Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered an address on Thursday laying out what he thinks is the best path forward. “I am not a doomer. I don't think it is inevitable that AI is going to take over the world, or that someone will misuse it to kill us or to do harm,” Shapiro said. “But I do have real concerns, as do many Pennsylvanians and many Americans.” “And I don't think that the very real concerns o

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5. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · John Cole | The Center Square contributor

   McCormick favors, Fetterman opposes CLARITY Act (opens the original)

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   (The Center Square) – Pennsylvania U.S. Sens. John Fetterman and Dave McCormick found themselves on opposite ends of a vote on a major cryptocurrency proposal on Tuesday. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, known as the CLARITY Act, did not reach the 60-vote threshold needed to proceed in the Senate following a 49-50 vote. McCormick, a Republican, voted to advance the proposal, while Fetterman, a Democrat, voted against it. The proposal establishes a “regulatory framework for dig

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