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Benjamin L. Cardin is a Democratic member of the United States Senate representing the state of Maryland. Cardin was elected in 2006 to the seat previously held by Paul S. Sarbanes, defeating his Republican challenger, Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, 54 percent to 44 percent. His political experience includes 10 terms in Congress and two decades in the Maryland House of Delegates. During his tenure from 1987 to 2006 in the House of Representatives, Cardin was involved with fiscal issues, pension reform and health care. His legislation to increase the amount people can store in their 401(k) plans and IRAs was passed in 2001. His bill to expand Medicare was also enacted. He also authored...
Benjamin L. Cardin is a Democratic member of the United States Senate representing the state of Maryland. Cardin was elected in 2006 to the seat previously held by Paul S. Sarbanes, defeating his Republican challenger, Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, 54 percent to 44 percent. His political experience includes 10 terms in Congress and two decades in the Maryland House of Delegates. During his tenure from 1987 to 2006 in the House of Representatives, Cardin was involved with fiscal issues, pension reform and health care. His legislation to increase the amount people can store in their 401(k) plans and IRAs was passed in 2001. His bill to expand Medicare was also enacted. He also authored legislation to provide a Medicare prescription drug benefit for chronic illnesses; fund graduate medical education; and guarantee coverage for emergency services. Cardin served on the following House committees: the Ways and Means Committee; ranking member of the Trade Subcommittee; Member of the Human Resources Subcommittee; ranking member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Cardin joined the Maryland House of Delegates in 1967 and was chairman of the Ways & Means Committee from 1974 to 1979, and after that Speaker. As Speaker, he was involved with reform efforts involving Maryland's property tax system, the school financing formula and ethical standards for elected officials. Continuing the family's political legacy is Cardin's nephew, Jon S. Cardin, who is currently serving his second term in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 11 in Baltimore County.
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We need cap and trade for the bay
David Berry's op-ed "Focusing on bay's small ecosystems makes conservation more manageable" (Nov. 16) makes several critically correct points. First, problems can only be solved by local watershed (ecosystem) inhabitants taking responsibility for the...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Conservation, Finance, Chesapeake Bay, Celebrities and Health Issues
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Cleansing actions
When proposed environmental regulations draw criticism from polluters as too tough and from advocates as not tough enough, it's possible the proverbial "sweet spot" of middle ground has been hit. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's latest plans for...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay, Local Authority
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We need more George McGowans
The week that Black & Decker announced its plans to merge with Stanley Works and move its headquarters - one of only three Fortune 500 company headquarters still left in the Baltimore metropolitan area - is the same week that one of Baltimore's most...Tags: Stanley Works, Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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U.S. calls for more action to restore Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore Sun reporterThe Obama administration unveiled a new strategy Monday for restoring the Chesapeake Bay that calls for stiffer controls on farm and urban runoff, but Republicans in Washington criticized legislation that would give the federal government more...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Farms, Finance, Rivers, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Md. needs more George McGowans
The week that Black and Decker announced its plans to merge with The Stanley Works and move its headquarters -- one of only three Fortune 500 company headquarters still left in Baltimore metropolitan area -- is the same week that one of Baltimore's most...Tags: Black & Decker, Stanley Works, Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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Health bill's abortion limits stir Md. activists
Baltimore Sun reportersMarylanders on both sides of the abortion divide are steeling themselves for a historic clash over the procedure, after lawmakers voted to prohibit federal subsidies for insurance that covers it. Under the restriction, which was added late Saturday to...Tags: Insurance, Twitter, Inc., Government Health Care, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Abortion Issue
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U.S. to tighten rules for bay cleanup
Baltimore Sun reporterThe Obama administration is to unveil today its plan for taking control of the lagging Chesapeake Bay cleanup, amid growing grumbling from developers, farmers and even state officials that Washington is overreaching in what has until recently been a...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Farms, Litigation and Regulation, Livestock Farming, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Davis confirmed to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Baltimore native Andre Maurice Davis won confirmation Monday as a judge on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, nine years after his first nomination to the job. The bipartisan 72-16 Senate vote tips the appeals court in Richmond, Va., known as the...Tags: Jeff Sessions, Colleges and Universities, Bill Clinton, Government, Laws
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$50 million allotted for Chesapeake by Senate
Capital News ServiceThe Chesapeake Bay is slated to get $50 million in funding, thanks to an appropriations bill that passed the Senate last week and awaits President Barack Obama's signature. In Maryland, the funds will include $1 million for the Chesapeake Bay Gateways...Tags: Nature, Dorchester County, Natural Resources, Natural Science, Chesapeake Bay
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Officials' spouses pitch in to fight hunger
Myrna Cardin, wife of Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, donned a T-shirt printed with "Elect to end hunger" and went to work Tuesday on an assembly line at the Maryland Food Bank in Halethorpe. Nearly 100 volunteers, including the spouses of many federal and state...Tags: Michael H. Weir, Charity, Halethorpe, I Love Lucy (tv program), Michelle Obama
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Mikulski asks attorney general to help dead fire cadet's family
Baltimore Sun reportersSen. Barbara A. Mikulski asked Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday to assist the family of a Baltimore fire cadet killed in a training exercise whose death benefit claim was rejected by the Department of Justice. Writing to Holder a day after The...Tags: Advanced Training, Family, Fires, Eric Holder
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Kratovil announces opposition to health care legislation
Baltimore Sun reporterDemocratic leaders scrambled Friday to secure enough votes to push major health care legislation through the House this weekend, but opposition from a growing number of Democrats, including Rep. Frank Kratovil of Maryland, raised new questions about the...Tags: John McCain, American Medical Association, Elijah E. Cummings, Voting, Government
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