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Save public input to help save the environment
When first proposed about a decade ago, it seemed like a promising means to revive the Chesapeake Bay's devastated oyster crop: Bring in Chinese oysters, which are impervious to the diseases killing the native stock and also grow faster. If successful,...
Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Politics, Oysters, National Government, Richard Nixon
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Don't let Israel discriminate against Americans based on religion
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would allow a foreign country, Israel, to discriminate against select groups of American citizens — including Americans who have expressed criticism of its policies. Disappointingly, the bill, S.B....
Tags: Civil Rights, Ben Gurion International Airport, Separation of Church and State, Council on American-Islamic Relations, National Government
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Female vs. male senators
As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...
Tags: Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Bella Abzug, NAACP, Dianne Feinstein
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Has Congress nothing better to do than debate military's use of lead?
It is fascinating to read of all these organizations that want to do so much for us. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. Department of Defense to put an end to the ban on women in combat. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Boxer want the...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces, U.S. Congress, Pikesville, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Lead limits on military firing ranges outdated, report says
Researchers commissioned by the Defense Department said Monday that decades-old limits on lead exposure are inadequate to protect the health of workers on military firing ranges. Moreover, the National Academy of Science reported, lead from ammunition...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Breastfeeding, Medical Procedures and Tests, Leon Panetta, Employees
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Mikulski to speak on Senate women at Democratic National Convention
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulskiwill have a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention, aides said Wednesday. The Maryland Democrat, who this year became the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will lead a program highlighting the record...Tags: Democratic Party, Kay Hagan, Jeanne Shaheen, Amy Klobuchar, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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Mikulski honored as longest-serving woman in Congress
Call her Maryland's Iron Lady.
U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski was lauded Wednesday on the floor of the Senate for setting the record as the longest-serving woman in Congress, a streak that her colleague, Sen. Ben Cardin, likened to that of another...Tags: Paul Sarbanes, Labor Legislation, Highlandtown, Cal Ripken, U.S. House of Representatives
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Cardin leads fight over pesticides
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, a longtime advocate of the Chesapeake Bay, is wading into the high-profile debate over the federal regulation of pesticides -- instantly putting him at odds with fellow Democrats while potentially raising his national profile on...Tags: Natural Resources, Litigation and Regulation, Environmental Politics, Severna Park, Justice System
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No school can be made 100% safe
Sun reporterSince the killings at Columbine High School seven years ago, schools have locked their doors, posted adults at entryways and drilled students in emergency procedures. The result, say experts, has been an increase in safety, but there remains little...Tags: Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Howard County, Carroll County (Maryland), Juvenile Delinquency, Murder
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White House asks Congress to back force
Sun National StaffPresident Bush formally asked Congress yesterday for broad authorization to "use all means," including force, to disarm and topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, regardless of whether the United Nations supports such action. "If you want to keep the...Tags: Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Harry Reid, Justice System, International Relations
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Army secretary denies role in Enron problems
Associated PressWASHINGTON - Army Secretary Thomas White said yesterday that he is "appalled and angered" by the scandals that drove Enron Corp. into bankruptcy but denied any role in or knowledge of wrongdoing while he was an Enron executive. In testy exchanges with...Tags: Defense, Democratic Party, Armed Forces, Commerce, Bankruptcy
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