Patrick Toomey actually said...

By restricting trade in order to reduce our trade deficit, American consumers, employers, and businesses lose out.

I disagree with the premise that a trade deficit with another nation indicates a harmful economic relationship.

Since the mission of the IRS is to determine what people owe in taxes, and since these contributions have nothing to do with what people owe...

This category of organizations to which some people made contributions, isn't it true that those contributions are not tax deductible?