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Two cheers for rebranding
Ever since Mitt Romney lost the presidential election, there's been a lot of talk about how the Republican Party needs to "rebrand" itself. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wants, among other things, for the GOP to stop being "the stupid party." Rep. Paul...
Tags: Immigration, Culture, Elections, American Enterprise Institute, Parties and Movements
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Cardin meets with Hagel over comments
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Cardin met with Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel on Wednesday in an effort to smooth concerns the Maryland Democrat has raised about the controversial appointment. Usually a reliable supporter of the Obama administration,...
Tags: Republican Party, Lobbying, Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC
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What does the NRA say now?
The rifle Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School is a descendant of the military's M-16 rifle. The bullets it fires are not as large as those used in some other rifles, but the gun's high muzzle velocity makes...
Tags: Talk Shows (genre), Personal Weapon Control, Gabrielle Giffords, Criminals, Mitt Romney
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Don't punish Palestinians for seeking justice
Very few things unite Democratic and Republican senators in Washington. But unfortunately, one thing that does is attacking the human rights of Palestinians. And now they're are at it again. This time in the form of an anti-Palestinian amendment sponsored...Tags: Civil Rights, Barbara A. Mikulski, United Nations, Palestine, Council on American-Islamic Relations
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Democrats, GOP still divided on illegal immigration
The way Francisco Dominguez sees it, a law that would allow him to become a U.S. citizen would benefit everyone. "It would let more people work, which would generate more opportunity," Dominguez, 45, said in Mexican-accented Spanish as he waited on...
Tags: Immigration, Baltimore County, Minority Groups, Elections, Migration
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Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, John D. Rockefeller IV, Elections, Justice System, Christopher A. Coons
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No, Sen. Schumer, compromise is not a dirty word
As this page has devoted much ink to criticizing Republicans in Congress for hardening their positions on matters of federal tax and budget policy to the point where compromise is impossible, it is beyond disappointing to see a leading Senate Democrat...
Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Mitt Romney, Democratic Party, Public Finance
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Independent puts money behind Senate run
Arguing that the two-party system is corrupt, a Montgomery County businessman is pouring his own money into an independent bid for the U.S. Senate from Maryland. Rob Sobhani, 52, who announced his candidacy this month, is the first candidate to buy...
Tags: Harry Reid, Elections, Burlington (Hartford, Connecticut), Daniel Bongino, Libertarian Party
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Marylanders head elsewhere to drum up votes
With primary battles settled, the conventions over and the general election less than two months away, Democrats and Republicans now turn to the end game: reaching out to persuade the few remaining undecided voters that their nominee is the one to solve...
Tags: Voting, Charlotte, U.S. Electoral College, Timonium, Executive Branch
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Whether it's the economy or the Colorado shooting, the left and right view the world in predictable ways
The gulf between the American left and right continues to widen against a backdrop of high unemployment, weak growth and high octane cultural battles. I got to thinking about this growing divide in the aftermath of the Colorado movie theater shooting...
Tags: Fannie Mae, Mortgages, Personal Weapon Control, Parties and Movements, Transportation Security Administration
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Historians fret fate of War of 1812 sites
On a grassy hill a mile west of the Patuxent River, historian Ralph Eshelman can see the same bucolic view of fields and placid water anxious British soldiers likely saw when they landed in the summer of 1814 — the first stop in their campaign to...Tags: Rush Holt, Queen Anne's County, U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Revolutions, Kandahar Massacre (2012)
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Rodricks suffers selective judicial memory
In his recent column ("Razing the JFX, lowering O's expectations," April 3), Dan Rodricks continues his attacks on the Supreme Court for asking the tough questions of the lawyers presenting the Obama administration's case for the Patient Protection and...Tags: Lawyers, Perry Hall, Justice System, Democratic Party, Samuel A. Alito
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