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Convention focus shifts to Ryan, budget
TAMPA, Fla. -- Departing from an economic message that has dominated the Republican National Convention, Maryland Rep. Andy Harris used an address to state party leaders here today to focus instead on how to deal with federal budget deficits and...
Tags: Harford County, Baltimore County, Republican Party, Health Insurance Cost, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Democratic convention should remind us of one thing: Obama is no Bill Clinton
The Obama re-election team must be in panic mode. The president is stuck in a virtual tie with Mitt Romney in some polls and behind him in others, so in desperation it has reached out to the Big Dog, Bill Clinton, for help. Mr. Clinton will speak next...
Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Hillary Clinton, Political Candidates
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Avoiding 'Taxmageddon' requires compromise
It's bad enough when economists contradict each other, but it's even more frustrating when they contradict themselves. Or, as George Bernard Shaw once observed, if all economists were laid end to end, they still wouldn't reach a conclusion. That...
Tags: Public Finance, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi, Money and Monetary Policy
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Federal workers take $15B hit in payroll tax deal
Federal employees will be required to contribute $15 billion toward the cost of extending federal unemployment insurance under a tentative agreement struck in Congress that would also maintain the 2010 payroll tax break, federal worker union officials...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Justice System, Unemployment Benefits, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Keep limits on credit union business loans
The op-ed by State Employees Credit Union CEO Rod Staatz ("Let credit unions do their job," April 25) compels me to respond on behalf of the Maryland banking industry. In his commentary, Mr. Staatz, who runs Maryland's largest credit union, argues that...Tags: Banking, Small Businesses, Corporate Officers, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Fed workers to help cover payroll agreement's cost
New federal employees would contribute more than triple the amount paid by current government workers for their retirement under an agreement reached in Congress, according to two Maryland lawmakers who helped craft the deal to extend a payroll tax...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Employment, Unemployment Benefits, Employment Opportunities
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CBO: Feds paid more than private employees
Federal government workers earn 16 percent more than their counterparts in the private sector, according to a report released by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on Monday that is sure to play into the heated debate over federal compensation....Tags: Government Health Care, Republican Party, United States Census Bureau, U.S. House of Representatives, Government Health Care
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Anxious Marylanders wait to see if Congress will act
Failure of the congressional "supercommittee" to strike a deal on deficit reduction has left lawmakers scrambling to address a half-dozen bills of major importance to Marylanders, from extending tax breaks to paying Medicare doctors to securing federal...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Labor Legislation, Government Health Care, Labor Markets
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Proposed rules threaten fabric of river life in Port Deposit
Pushing waterlogged belongings out the front door of her duplex, Suzy Cunningham trod over a buckle in the floorboards.
"Our porch went all to hell," she lamented as she cleaned up last month after Tropical Storm Lee. "Their ain't a floor in Port Deposit...Tags: Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Tropical Storms, Havre de Grace, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Port Deposit
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Maryland's Van Hollen at center of deficit fight
For Rep. Chris Van Hollen, brokering a bipartisan deal to trim the federal deficit is about more than dodging draconian across-the-board cuts or protecting a fragile economic recovery.
It's also about proving that a bitterly divided Congress can still...Tags: CBS Corp., Nancy Pelosi, Unions, Justice System, Georgetown
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Balanced budget amendment: Here's why it's a bad idea
The U.S. government teeters on the brink of an unprecedented, self-inflicted debt default, and the House of Representatives can't seem to keep its eye on the ball.
After the House debated the fate of incandescent lightbulbs last week, it approved on...Tags: Local Government, Constitutional Issues, Regional Authority, Finance, Orrin Hatch
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Supercommittee can succeed
Later this month, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — often referred to as the "supercommittee" — will issue its recommendations on how we should deal with our nation's economic problems and budget deficits. I have two strong...Tags: Barack Obama, Public Finance, Benjamin L. Cardin, John McCain, Budgets and Budgeting
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