Boston Marathon Explosions: Pols Come Together To React To 'Terrorist Attack'

After two devices exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, two people are dead and according to USA Today nearly 100 are injured. Immediately, partisan politics seemed to cease, and both sides came together to mourn the national tragedy.

Senator Pat Toomey, R-Pa., was the first to solemnly notify Senate members of the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their friends and family," he said.

Former Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass., told Fox's Bret Baier that he too was mourning those affected by the Boston marathon explosions, but that he was "mad," more than anything, at the fact someone would want to bomb a major civilian event, calling those responsible "cowardly."

Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass. remarked on the sudden unity between the two ideological sides in a short address on the House floor, "the rest of America stands with us...the Boston marathon is an international event, and I would be shocked if the people injured...are from outside of Massachusetts," noting that the attack affects more than those in the United States.

In a showing of bipartisanship over the Boston marathon explosions, both Rep. Elijah Cummings, a liberal Maryland Democrat, and Darrell Issa, a conservative California Republican offered words of mourning on the House floor. Cummings remarked: "We pray that this matter will be resolved in a way that brings anybody that brings harm to anyone, to justice."

Issa, who was chairing the House session called the chamber to a moment of silence soonafter.

Across the Capitol, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a very partisan figure in the recent gun control debate, said that she definitely believed the Boston marathon explosions were indeed an act of terror.

"We don't know whether it was homegrown ... or a foreign perpetrator," she said.

Reflecting on both the Boston marathon bombings and the bipartisan reaction, President Barack Obama made comments not unlike those President George Bush made after 9/11.

"On days like this there are no Republicans and Democrats. We are Americans united," Obama said.

However, Obama stopped short of calling the Boston marathon bombings a terrorist attack.

"We still do not know who did this -- or why, and people shouldn't jump to conclusions before we have all the facts."

"We will find out who did this. Any responsible individuals...will feel the full weight of justice," the president assured Americans. He is said to be closely in touch with both Republican leadership, in the form of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, as well as Gov. Deval Patrick, D-Mass., and Mayor Thomas Menino, D-Boston.

However, an unspecified official later confirmed to Politico that it is now being viewed by the White House and the intelligence community as a terrorist attack, after Obama's press conference. "Any event with multiple explosive devices -- as this appears to be -- is clearly an act of terror, and will be approached as an act of terror." Some have said that Obama was just being cautious before making accusations of terrorism.

In respect for those affected by the Boston marathon bombings, all of the Massachusetts Senate candidates aiming to fill Secretary of State John F. Kerry's seat have indefinitely suspended campaign activity.