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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...
Tags: Democratic Party, Demographics, U.S. Senate, Population and Census, Parties and Movements
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Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks
The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track. Its executive...Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Section 8 (housing)
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Budget cuts slow federal hiring in Md.
Hiring for federal jobs in Maryland has fallen 30 percent since 2008, and for the first time in years is being outpaced by the number of employees retiring or resigning — a trend that has raised concerns among some about the government's ability...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, National Government, Layoffs and Downsizing, Government, National Institutes of Health
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Immigration deformed
There's the story of a woman with five kids who was asked: If she had to do it all over again, would she have five children? "Yes," she said, "just not these five." That's the way I feel about the immigration "reform" bill introduced by the Senate's...
Tags: Cal Thomas, Eric Holder, Migration, Judges, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Social Security Disability could be fixed by reexamining the role judges play
The Social Security Disability Insurance system is supposed to provide a financial safety net for workers and their families in the event that a serious medical impairment prevents them from working ("Judges sue Social Security over 'quotas' on disability...Tags: Judges, Air and Aviation Sports, Parachuting, Laws, Justice System
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Judges sue Social Security over 'quotas' on disability decisions
Administrative law judges who evaluate disability claims for the Social Security Administration want a federal court to ease a workload that they say makes errors more likely — the latest in a series of challenges confronting the Woodlawn-based...
Tags: Litigation, U.S. Senate, Laws, Thomas Edward Perez, White House
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The economic elephant in the room: widening inequality
Four years into a so-called recovery, and we're still below recession levels in every important respect except the stock market. A measly 88,000 jobs were created in March, and total employment remains some 3 million below its pre-recession level....
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Recipes, Economic Policy, Federal Reserve, University of California, Berkeley
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The myths that undermine Medicare and Social Security
The talk in Washington and among opinion leaders around the country's budget issues today centers on "balance" and "responsibility." Many conservatives declare that these terms mean that there should be no new revenue, only spending cuts to programs...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Personal Income, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Care Reform (2009), Finance
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5 questions with … Stuart L. Ritter
As a senior financial planner with Baltimore money manager T. Rowe Price, Stuart Ritter spends much of his time on the job — and off — educating people about personal finance. April is Financial Literacy Month, and as many surveys show...
Tags: Retirement, Howard County General Hospital, University of Maryland, College Park, Financial Planning, Electronics
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Where our democracy works and where it doesn't
Who says American politics is gridlocked? A tidal wave of politicians from both sides of the aisle who just a few years ago opposed same-sex marriage are now coming around to support it. Elected officials who had been against allowing undocumented...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Illegal Immigrants, Budgets and Budgeting, Gays and Lesbians, Fiscal Cliff
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Don't blame boomers for Social Security dilemma
We baby boomers get blamed for just about every economic hiccup, because there are so many of us. And our children are particularly furious because they believe the crisis in Social Security, which may affect their ability to retire, can be laid at...
Tags: Employees, Immigration
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Traffic delays likely for Social Security drill
An emergency drill at the Woodlawn-based Social Security Administration is likely to cause traffic delays Friday near Security Boulevard and Woodlawn Drive. Most employees from the Security West building will be evacuated from the facilities during...
Tags: Maryland State Police, Baltimore County
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