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GOP ramps up criticism of Perez
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans, including Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, stepped up their criticism of Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez on Tuesday, amplifying their concerns a day before the former state official faces a Senate committee vote on his...
Tags: Justice System, Andrew P Harris, Republican Party, Eric Holder, David Vitter
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Gun advocates detail armed school guard plan
Gun-rights advocates unveiled Tuesday a 225-page report paid for by the National Rifle Association that lays out a vision for arming teachers to prevent the kind of mass shootings that claimed 27 lives at a Connecticut elementary school last year....
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Justice System, Interior Policy, Howard County, Gun Control
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Federal government cuts travel costs; scientists warn of collaboration lost
Florence P. Haseltine knows the power of scientists meeting face to face. The former researcher at the National Institutes of Health notes a list of milestones achieved through networking and collaboration at conferences, such as the deliberations that...
Tags: HIV, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Congress, Trips and Vacations, National Institutes of Health
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Naval Academy graduate from Howard County killed in jet crash
A 26-year-old Naval Academy graduate from Howard County who realized a long-held dream of becoming a Naval aviator was killed when the jet she was piloting crashed into a field outside Spokane, Wash. Lt. j.g. Valerie Cappelaere Delaney and her two crew...Tags: Christianity, Transportation Accidents, Lacrosse, Barack Obama, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Edwards ranked among most liberal House members
Rep. Donna Edwards, a Prince George's County Democrat, is again ranked among the most liberal members of the House of Representatives, according to an annual review of roll call votes by National Journal. Edwards tied for first place in the rankings...Tags: Ben Quayle, Parties and Movements, Bobby Rush, Donna F. Edwards, Democratic Party
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In Annapolis, College Park shooting becomes part of the debate
The murder-suicide that left two University of Maryland students dead provided fresh fodder in Annapolis Wednesday for lawmakers debating whether to tighten Maryland's gun laws, with supporters saying the tragic incident gave them new resolve while...
Tags: Justice System, Interior Policy, Firearms, Gun Control, Brian E Frosh
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Reactions mixed to Postal Service request to stop delivering mail on Saturdays
Lanny Gans had not heard, until she went to the Roland Park post office Wednesday, that the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service plans to end Saturday service in August, in an effort to save $2 billion a year.. "I hate to see anything like that...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Financial and Business Services, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Roland Park, Mail Order Industry
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Cummings to push bipartisan gun control bill
Responding to gun control loopholes that have proved vexing for police in Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will introduce bipartisan legislation Tuesday to impose tougher penalties for people who traffic guns across state borders or buy...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Justice System, Interior Policy, Republican Party, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Campaign rules for federal employees get an update
Even as Congress and the White House appeared to be at a standoff over the fiscal cliff last month, lawmakers and the president were able to agree on at least one thing: an update of the Hatch Act.
The 1939 law prohibits federal employees and certain...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Judges, Justice System, National Government, Ellicott City
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Hope, cynicism run high for second Obama term
— Four years after he rode into the White House on a message of change, President Barack Obama is set to begin his second term Monday amid lowered expectations and a sense that his re-election has done little to alter the nation's fractured...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Kevin McCarthy, Pikesville, Interior Policy, Immigration
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'Fiscal cliff' deal approved, avoiding tax increases, spending cuts
A bipartisan plan to avoid federal spending reductions and tax increases that would hit Maryland especially hard won final approval Tuesday night in the House of Representatives even as outside groups warned that the bill would simply delay difficult...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Personal Income, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Congressional Budget Office, Government Contracts
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