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O'Malley unveils proposed congressional map
Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley released his congressional redistricting plan Saturday evening, hours after a handful of African-American lawmakers walked out of a Legislative Black Caucus meeting and prevented the group from taking an official position...Tags: Catherine E. Pugh, Regional Authority, Donna F. Edwards, Executive Branch, Laws
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Senate gives initial approval to O'Malley map
Gov. Martin O'Malley's political redistricting plan earned a quick first stamp of approval from the Maryland Senate on Monday night despite a day full of objections from top Republicans — and a sitting Democratic congresswoman — who slammed...Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Laws, Annapolis, Delores G. Kelley, James Brochin
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Swaying the supercommittee
At 84, Barbara Talbert might seem an unlikely Washington lobbyist. But when she heard senior citizen programs could be cut to reduce federal budget deficits, she quickly got on a bus to Capitol Hill.
"As far as Social Security is concerned, some people...Tags: Advertising, Barack Obama, Business, Health Organizations, Executive Branch
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Supercommittee inaction could hurt state
Marylanders from nearly every walk of life could be affected by across-the-board budget cuts starting in 2013 as a result of the congressional supercommittee's failure to reach an agreement to trim the nation's spiraling budget deficits. After months...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Barack Obama, Credit and Debt, Annapolis, Medicaid
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Debt crisis could have outsized effect on Maryland
Bracing for the loss of a steady paycheck is becoming something of a routine for Frank Silberstein. A statistician for the U.S. Census Bureau and a union steward for the American Federation of Government Employees, Silberstein said the pitched battle...Tags: Barack Obama, Emergency Planning, U.S. House of Representatives, Laws, Medicaid
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Sarbanes, Harris lead in 2012 race for cash
Rep. John P. Sarbanes, a third-term Democrat who faces little opposition for re-election in 2012, raised more campaign cash than any other Baltimore-area member of Congress in the past three months, campaign finance reports made public over the weekend...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Donna F. Edwards, U.S. Secret Service, Elections, Laws
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National Democrats rally in Maryland for 2012
In the state's first large-scale campaign event of the 2012 election cycle, Maryland Democrats hosted their party's national leader Wednesday for a rally intended to energize voters and drum up support for President Barack Obama's re-election. The...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Barack Obama, Donna F. Edwards, Executive Branch, Elections
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Gerrymandering the news
As Maryland's General Assembly considers proposals for new congressional districts this week, plenty of people are upset about how the new lines might affect election outcomes. Few, it seems, have noticed that by gerrymandering voting districts,...Tags: Elections, Freedom of the Press, Horse and Harness Racing, Same-Sex Marriage, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Disclose, disclose, disclose
It didn't take long for Republicans to seize on President Barack Obama's proposed executive order requiring federal contractors to disclose their political donations to third-party groups as supposed Chicago-style, bare-knuckled Democratic politics. That'...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Freedom of the Press, White House, Republican Party
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Md. works to retain secretive U.S. agency
Sun StaffState leaders are working behind the scenes to halt the proposed shift of the secretive National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from Bethesda to Virginia, arguing that if it must move, the operation should go to Fort Meade, which is set to undergo a major...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Anne Arundel County, Local Government, Annapolis, Heads of State
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Md. stands to gain 6,600 jobs
Sun StaffMaryland would gain more than 6,600 jobs - more than all but one other state - as jobs throughout the country are sent here under a vast restructuring of the nation's military bases proposed yesterday by the Pentagon. The state's big bases would get...Tags: Executive Branch, Anne Arundel County, The Pentagon, National Institutes of Health, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Shriver TV campaign ad focuses on legislative record, not family
Sun StaffSILVER SPRING - State Del. Mark K. Shriver offered a preview of his first televised campaign ad for Congress yesterday and, notably, it didn't mention his middle name of Kennedy or allude to the family's legacy. Nor do his handlers expect to use...Tags: Mark K. Shriver, Family, Robert F. Kennedy, Elections, John F. Kennedy
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