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Could TV have a done a poorer job of covering sequester?
The Baltimore SunThere is no excuse for the kind of coverage TV has delivered the last two weeks on the sequester. Television news has been polarizing, sensational and mostly focused on personality rather than the policy behind the $85 billion in federal spending cuts...Tags: Television Industry, WJZ-TV, Television, Robert L. Gibbs, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Carson tapped to speak at major conservative political conference
Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson will speak at a prominent conservative political rally next month, alongside the likes of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, the American Conservative Union said...
Tags: Heritage Foundation, Bobby Jindal, Neurosurgery, Paul Ryan, Carly Fiorina
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A weak Boehner is bad for the GOP, Obama and America
Only a few days into the new year, the Grand Old Party has a huge political hangover from the events that rang in the tidings of 2013. First came the escape from the fiscal cliff that saw its speaker of the House, John Boehner, embarrassed by his flock'...
Tags: John Boehner, Elections, U.S. Congress, Kevin McCarthy, Fiscal Cliff
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GOP to showcase Rubio as new face of party
In the Republican Party's developing effort to put on a new face after November's presidential defeat, the latest gesture is trotting out freshman Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to deliver the GOP response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio, Health Insurance Cost, John Boehner, Florida Legislature
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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: Marco Rubio, Elections, Sociology, Bobby Jindal, Paul Ryan
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Keeping guns out of the wrong hands
A common refrain of those who object to new gun control laws is that authorities could do much to keep firearms out of the wrong hands and reduce violence by simply enforcing the laws that are already on the books. In the case of gun trafficking, this...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Justice System, Lawyers, Annapolis, Elections
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The sequester stand-off
Is this really the best anyone in Washington can do to avert sequestration? President Barack Obama's call for delaying the automatic spending cuts past the March 1 deadline would seem reasonable enough, except he hasn't really offered up a specific plan...
Tags: U.S. Senate, John Boehner, Elections, Social Security, Consumer Confidence
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CASA de Maryland chief tells Obama that Senate immigration plan is 'unfair'
Immigration reform advocates, including a leading voice from Maryland, pressed President Obama on Tuesday for a pathway to citizenship for the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants, calling a bipartisan proposal under consideration in the U.S....Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Jay Carney, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Congress readies for next fight over federal pay
Congressional Republicans are stepping up their rhetoric on federal employee pay, positioning the issue as a central bargaining chip in negotiations next month over raising the debt ceiling and keeping the government open. House GOP leaders will hold...
Tags: Public Finance, Finance, Unemployment, Justice System, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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The billionaires' long game
What's the biggest political lesson of 2012? Some say it's that money doesn't count all that much. Even though billionaires and big corporations poured huge amounts into the 2012 election, they lost big. They learned the lesson and won't try to buy...
Tags: Sheldon Adelson, Finance, Corruption, The Wall Street Journal, Corporate Crime
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Your guide to the fiscal cliff
Are we about to go over a fiscal cliff? It's looking more likely, but it may not be as alarming as it sounds. Here are three things you need to know about the impending crisis over the so-called fiscal cliff, the combination of tax increases and...
Tags: John Boehner, Timothy Geithner, Medicare, Elections, U.S. Congress
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The GOP's negotiating strategy
Rep. Eric Cantor, the number two Republican in the Congress, has now joined his leader, House Speaker John Boehner, in calling for President Barack Obama's health reform law to be put on the table in the debate over how to avoid the fiscal cliff....Tags: Pikesville, John Boehner, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform (2009)
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