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The sequester gives Obama one more chance to blow it
In President Barack Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Republican Party, World War I (1914-1918), Air Transportation Industry, Interior Policy
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McCabe Avenue housing rehab project gets big financial lift
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has awarded Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake a $1 million grant to rehab more than 50 dilapidated row houses in three struggling neighborhoods of Baltimore City, including Woodbourne McCabe, where 21...
Tags: Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Property, Interior Policy, Habitat for Humanity International, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Obama for president
Barack Obama has not been a perfect president. Millions are still suffering from a weak economy, vitally important issues like climate change and immigration remain all but unaddressed, and most disappointingly, the promise of a new politics to move us...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Immigration, U.S. Senate, Paul Ryan
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City breaks ground on Habitat for Humanity housing off York Road
A sense of deja vu pervaded Baltimore City's "Vacants to Value" housing ceremony on McCabe Avenue on Tuesday. It was raining on Tuesday, Nov. 13 just like it was in May 2011 when the city with great fanfare demolished five vacant, uninhabitable row...
Tags: Lobbying, Property, Interior Policy, Charter Schools, Habitat for Humanity International
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Debate revealed President Obama's weaknesses
President Obama finally showed America, especially his base, his inability to grasp America's complex economic machine. When elected, everyone knew he lacked leadership experience, but we hoped he would learn quickly and hire seasoned advisors who...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Barack Obama
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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: Anirban Basu, Small Businesses, Baltimore County, Republican Party, Sales
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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: Elections, Barack Obama
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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: Petroleum Industry, Regional Authority, Energy, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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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: Prince George's County, Activism, Regional Authority, Tea Party Movement, Reisterstown Road
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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: Federal Reserve, John Shimkus, Illinois, Energy Resources, Homes
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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: Republican Party, Michelle Obama, Medical Services, Trips and Vacations, White House
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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: Family, Magna Entertainment Corp., Companies and Corporations, Martin Scorsese, Local Government
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