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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: Barack Obama, David Vitter, Labor Disputes, Republican Party, Justice System
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Boston bombing brings out the new xenophobes
The Boston Marathon bombing has brought out the xenophobes. Often when America suffers some large, inexplicable tragedy, we want to blame "foreigners" and look for ways to fortify ourselves against them. It's more reassuring to believe that an evil lies...
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Rand Paul, Parties and Movements
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Shame on the Senate; send 'em all home
Let me begin this column with an apology. Once a week, I pick an important issue and offer my reasoned analysis, based on the facts, of what it all means and how we should react. But there are times when the intellect fails and the heart and gut take...
Tags: Radio, Republican Party, Bill Press, Mitch McConnell, Patrick J. Toomey
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The flimsy case against Thomas Perez
Just as they did when Thomas E. Perez was nominated to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Republicans are seeking to hold up his confirmation to head the U.S. Department of Labor, using any excuse they can think up, no matter how flimsy....
Tags: Civil Rights, David Vitter, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Laws
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Md. officials welcome talk of Perez as U.S. secretary of labor
Hispanic and union leaders in Maryland applauded reports Sunday that Thomas E. Perez, a longtime civil rights attorney who led the state's labor department for two years, is poised to be nominated as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor as early as...
Tags: Civil Rights, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Justice System, Elections
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Senate confirms Towson resident Grimm for U.S. District Court judgeship
Longtime U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm was promoted to a U.S. District Court judgeship in Maryland by a nearly unanimous confirmation vote in the Senate on Monday despite a backlog of nominations that has left dozens of vacancies on the federal...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Trials, Judges, Barack Obama, Justice System
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Fast and Furious: The Second Amendment conspiracy theory
The brouhaha over Attorney General Eric Holder and the contempt of Congress charge brought by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa is providing new evidence that the lunatics are running the Republican asylum. Mr. Issa, the California Republican who is chairman of the...
Tags: News Media, Operation Fast and Furious, Republican Party, Mexico, Darrell E Issa
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Wells Fargo fires veteran over dime crime in 1963. Unbelievable.
The Des Moines Register reports that a 68-year-old Vietnam veteran was fired from his Wells Fargo Home Mortgage job because 49 years ago he put a cardboard dime slug into a laundromat's washing machine. The paper said federal regulations now prohibit...Tags: Labor Legislation, Des Moines Register, Litigation and Regulation, Wells Fargo & Co.
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Deportation reprieve for illegal immigrants starts Wednesday
When Sarita Santillan moved from Peru to Maryland with her family in 2003, she was just 11 years old — and had little clue how hard it would be to stay here. This week, Santillan, 20, an illegal immigrant who lives in Greektown, will be among...
Tags: Peru, International Law, Janet Napolitano, Republican Party, Baltimore City Community College
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Judicial filibuster: Not so 'extraordinary' after all
Remember the "Gang of 14"? That was the bipartisan group of senators who six years ago agreed not to filibuster judicial nominees except under "extraordinary circumstances."
Well, looks like some people have decided to redefine "extraordinary" to...Tags: Interior Policy, Judges, John McCain, George W. Bush, Interior Policy
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U.S. senator begins inquiry into Baltimore's housing agency
One of the U.S. Senate's most aggressive watchdogs said Thursday he has begun an inquiry into Baltimore's public housing agency, after receiving calls and emails concerning "a wide range of allegations, including possible conflicts of interest, fraud,...Tags: U.S. Senate, Labor Legislation, Interior Policy, Public Housing, Justice System
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Physician pay, medical disclosure rules criticized
The payments and "VIP trips" given to a Maryland cardiologist by Abbott Laboratories for parties and consulting work — disclosed in a federal report released Monday — are just what new legislation and industry guidelines are supposed to...Tags: Maryland, Medical Research, Health Care Reform (2009), Mardi Gras, Justice System
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