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Republicans to Grover Norquist: We're just not that into you
Was the big loser of this month's election Grover Norquist? It's starting to look that way, as an increasing number of Republicans in the House and Senate are announcing that they could be willing to violate the pledges they signed at the behest of the...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Parties and Movements, White House, Bob Corker, Saxby Chambliss
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For all we've learned, Petraeus story still doesn't add up
Like a set of Russian dolls, in which each doll contains a slightly smaller version of itself hidden inside, the sex scandal that forced CIA Director David Petraeus from office last week seems full of secret compartments that have yet to be revealed....
Tags: Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus, U.S. Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, White House
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GOP's refusal to compromise will push us over the fiscal cliff
Republican House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor argues that there is no mandate for raising taxes on millionaires ("Boehner sees jumping off point for 'fiscal cliff' talks," Nov. 8). Never mind that polls show that a majority of Americans and even a...Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Fiscal Cliff
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No matter who wins, Congressional leaders should step down
For the good of the country and the legislative process, regardless of who wins the presidential race, the following should resign their leadership posts (although there's a slim chance that it will happen, but Washington is simply dead with them in...Tags: Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner
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Health care ruling a win for Obama, Md. Democrats
The Supreme Court's health care decision gave a boost to President Barack Obama and Maryland Democrats on Thursday but left the political landscape unsettled as Republicans doubled down on threats to undo the landmark law, either in Congress or by way...Tags: Baltimore County, Barbara A. Mikulski, Parties and Movements, White House, Mitt Romney
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Transportation bill: Do Republicans want to sabotage the economy?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently said aloud what many Americans must be thinking these days — that at least some Republicans in Congress would like to see the U.S. economy worsen in order to boost their chances of success in the November...
Tags: Harry Reid, Public Transportation, Parties and Movements, John Boehner, U.S. Senate
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Low-profile Obama donor has deep pockets
When President Barack Obama comes to Baltimore for a large fundraiser Tuesday at an Inner Harbor hotel, he'll first stop at the home of an Owings Mills developer who has kept a remarkably low profile despite having poured hundreds of thousands of...Tags: Baltimore County, Willard Hackerman, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Inner Harbor, Parties and Movements
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Federal workers fret over debt talks
As the president and the speaker of the House intensified their debate over raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling Monday night, the real world impact was reflected among Maryland federal workers like Jacqueline Hamilton. After 44 years of...Tags: Baltimore County, Laws, Maryland, Justice System, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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The hidden impediment to school renovation
A major reason many Maryland jurisdictions — especially Baltimore County and Baltimore City — confront a growing problem of aging, obsolete school buildings is an obscure bit of Internal Revenue Service bureaucracy called the "prior use rule."...Tags: Baltimore County, Credit and Debt, Marketing, Taxation, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Bartlett aide raises concerns over GOP's payroll stance
A spokeswoman for Republican Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett sent an e-mail to House leadership aides arguing that the GOP is "not playing this right," in regard to the protracted debate over extending the payroll tax cut.
The spokeswoman, Lisa Wright, was...Tags: Roscoe G Bartlett, Parties and Movements, Annapolis, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party
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The GOP's crack-up, long in coming, threatens America
With the Iowa caucuses just days away, the Republican crack-up threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since the GOP's eclipse in 1932. That's bad for America.
The crack-up isn't just Romney-the-smooth versus...Tags: Civil Rights, Parties and Movements, Justice and Rights, Tom DeLay, U.S. Senate
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On debt limit, Congress plays with fire
I am deeply distressed by the willingness of our politicians to engage in brinkmanship merely to score political points. The threat to the U.S. economy from a default on the national debt is simply too dangerous to be playing political games. There is...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Health Insurance Cost, National Institutes of Health, Michele Bachmann, Budgets and Budgeting
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