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Where's the Democrats' due diligence?
While the Republicans were certainly guilty of deficit spending, they at least fulfilled their due diligence during President George W. Bush's administration ("Get it done," Feb. 13). They submitted a budget in accordance with the law and the most basic...
Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. Congress
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Bank offers $1.3 million for Md. affordable housing projects
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has agreed to provide $1.3 million to fund affordable housing projects in Baltimore and Cecil County, Maryland's U.S. senators announced Wednesday. "As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I have...Tags: Rentals, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Cecil County, Capital Bank Corporation, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Harris appointed to House Appropriations
Baltimore County Republican Rep. Andy Harris was appointed to serve on the powerful House Appropriations Committee on Thursday, giving the state another voice in how federal dollars are spent. Harris, is in his second term representing the Eastern Shore...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Jo Ann Emerson, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Baltimore County
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Cardin asks NIH researchers to help fight looming cuts
Sen. Ben Cardin had a simple request of researchers at the National Institutes of Health looking for ways to defend their funding from looming budget cuts: "Put a face on this." "You're real people," the Maryland Democrat told hundreds of federal...
Tags: National Institutes of Health, Labor Markets, Public Finance, Government, Government Debt
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Pass the Violence Against Women Act
The 1994 Violence Against Women Act has done tremendous good in stepping up prosecution of domestic violence, aiding victims and increasing awareness of a too-often silent threat to our society. But the act was allowed to lapse in 2011 amid partisan...
Tags: Minority Groups, Abusive Behavior, Barack Obama, Justice System, Violence Against Women Act
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Obama outlines ambitious agenda for second term
President Barack Obama used the first State of the Union address of his second term to try to breathe new life into his economic agenda, reviving modest measures to spur growth and trying to create fresh momentum in the all-but-stagnant talks over deficit...
Tags: Gun Control, State of the Union Address, Baltimore County, Personal Weapon Control, Public Finance
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Maryland's Congressional delegation, John Brennan and executive-branch drones
As Senate Intelligence Committee members file into room 216 of the Hart office building in Washington for a CIA confirmation hearing this afternoon, they will be under a spotlight much brighter than they anticipated last week. That was before a Monday...
Tags: Steny Hoyer, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, John O. Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency, NBC (tv network)
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Filibuster reform can't wait
Two months after American voters made it clear they want effective government — and two years before the U.S. Senate's next opportunity to reform its broken rules — that "do nothing" chamber appears poised to fix its filibuster. In its present...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, DREAM Act
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Obama visits with U.S. Senate Democrats in Annapolis
President Barack Obama slipped into Annapolis Wednesday for a private meeting with U.S. Senate Democrats focused on the nation’s latest fiscal crisis — a visit that temporarily closed roads and a handful of businesses a mile from the...
Tags: Gun Control, Barack Obama, Justice System, Government, Business
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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: Democratic Party, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Michele Bachmann, Tim Scott
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Md. will receive $8.6 million more in Sandy aid
Maryland communities affected by Super Storm Sandy will receive $8.6 million in federal funding under an emergency spending measure approved by Congress last month. The money, which is in addition to the roughly $1.5 million in assistance the federal...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, FEMA, Judges, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Snow Storms
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U.S. Senate Democrats to meet in Annapolis
U.S. Senate Democrats will hold their annual retreat beginning Tuesday in Annapolis, giving lawmakers a chance to strategize about gun control, immigration and the latest fiscal crisis. The meeting, which will end with a closed-door address Wednesday by...Tags: Democratic Party, Gun Control, Josh Cohen, Barack Obama, Government
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