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Md.'s gas tax realities
The task force studying Maryland's transportation funding has yet to finalize its recommendations, but members should expect to receive a great deal of criticism when they do. The panel's preliminary recommendations made Tuesday include a 15-cent increase...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Executive Branch, AAA, Martin O'Malley, William Donald Schaefer
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County leaders ask for gas tax
Leaders from Maryland's two largest counties and Baltimore asked lawmakers Tuesday to raise the state's gas tax as a way to fund road projects and create jobs, making their case for an increase as tea party activists rallied against the idea in a plaza...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Executive Branch, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Annapolis
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Our lack of choice at the pump props up the Saudis
At a time when Americans are engaged in a heated debate about cutting domestic social services and entitlement programs, we are forced to fund more and more social programs — for other nations. How so? In February, after seeing fellow Sunni...Tags: Homes, Budgets and Budgeting, John Shimkus, Energy Resources, Illinois
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Md. businesses express hope for jobs plan
President Barack Obama's plan to combat unemployment by pumping $447 billion into the nation's economy won cautious praise from Maryland-based small-business owners and labor groups Friday, but there was widespread skepticism about the proposal's...Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Wages and Pensions, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, White House
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President Obama's new stimulus will fail just like the old one
President Barack Obama's jobs bill, which would put us in the red another $450 billion, is doomed to fail just like his previous economic stimulus plans. They all failed and wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. Congress needs to vote this one down. Mr....Tags: Barack Obama, Elections
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Cordish proposes slots-entertainment complex at Arundel Mills
The developer vying for the state's most lucrative slots license is wooing officials with visions of a billion-dollar entertainment complex at Arundel Mills that would include hotels, live entertainment venues and Maryland's largest casino - and says he...Tags: Tampa, Auto Racing, Martin O'Malley, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Bankruptcy
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Obama trip to Copenhagen 'not necessary,' Steele says
Republican National Chairman Michael S. Steele said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Copenhagen is "nice" but not essential business for the president.
Steele began a brief telephone news conference by criticizing Obama's lack of...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Barack Obama, Iran, Trips and Vacations, Business Trips
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$75 billion sought to jolt economy
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - President Bush called on Congress yesterday to enact a package of up to $75 billion in tax relief for individuals, businesses and laid-off workers suffering from an economic slowdown made worse by last month's terrorist attacks. After a...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Budgets and Budgeting, Tom Daschle
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Bush urges new tax cuts
Sun National StaffIn the midst of dealing with military action abroad and an anthrax crisis at home, President Bush paid a brief visit to suburban Baltimore yesterday, telling employees at a small packaging company that he wants Congress to act fast to cure the nation's...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Executive Branch, Democratic Party, Internal Revenue Service, New York City
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Spend less, cut taxes, Bush says
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Brushing aside Democratic demands for more spending, President Bush urged Congress yesterday to approve at least $60 billion in additional tax relief to revive an economy that seems headed toward recession. Bush asserted that Congress has...Tags: Democratic Party, Tom Daschle, White House, State Budgets, Business
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Bush orders planes to gulf, will speak to nation tonight
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The Bush administration ordered dozens of Air Force bombers and surveillance aircraft to the Persian Gulf region yesterday, as the United States edged closer to military retaliation for the terrorist attacks last week in New York and...Tags: Armed Forces, Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan, New York City, Mohammed Omar
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China academics advise against aggressive stimulus
ReutersBEIJING, May 30 (Reuters) - China needs an appropriate amount of investment to spur economic growth but Beijing should not launch a new round of aggressive fiscal stimulus, influential academics said in remarks published in leading state-backed newspapers...Tags: Productivity, Finance, China, Social Media, Newspaper and Magazine
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