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Raze the debt ceiling
The announcement that House Speaker John Boehner has offered to take the debt ceiling off the table in the current "fiscal cliff" negotiations is, in one sense, a welcome development. If the Senate agrees, we will temporarily be spared the sort of...
Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Public Finance, Baltimore County, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Taxing the rich will solve 7 percent of the problem
The reality is that the federal government is borrowing $3.3 billion a day, and President Barack Obama wants to fix it with taxing the rich, which will solve about 7 percent ($224 million per day) of the problem. Of course, the rich should pay more, but...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections
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We all must be part of the fiscal cliff solution
I am a military veteran, a local legislator and the CEO of a company that works with the Department of Defense. I deeply understand the virtue of sacrifice, the benefit of a hard-won compromise and the dire situation that our national debt and the "fiscal...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense, Barack Obama, Elections
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On fiscal cliff, Van Hollen only throws stones
I find Rep. Chris Van Hollen's comments very ironic about Rep. John Boehner wanting to delay on the fiscal cliff until he is re-elected Speaker of the House ("Conservatives battle Obama," Dec. 13). Isn't this the same Rep. Van Hollen, the super-...Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Republicans won't be the only ones blamed if we go over the fiscal cliff
We are accustomed to the opprobrium columnist Thomas Schaller heaps on all things Republican. However, his most recent rant on who's to blame for the fiscal cliff deserves further reflection ("Crisis they created catches up with Republicans," Dec. 12)....Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Republican Party, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Economic Indicator
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A Washington poker game with $16 trillion in the pot
Every kid knows that falling off a cliff is never good, but what about a "fiscal cliff" — how would that feel? Americans may indeed find out, if Congress is unable to pass a budget plan prior to Jan. 1. So, what's at stake if such an event occurs?...
Tags: Republican Party, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Budgets and Budgeting, Paul Ryan
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As 'fiscal cliff' looms, federal workers rally against further pay cuts
Federal employees in Maryland and elsewhere stepped up pressure on Congress Wednesday to avert the looming fiscal crisis without making significant cuts to government pay and benefits. In rallies across the country and in a new ad campaign running in...
Tags: Employees, Public Employees, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Elections
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
WEATHER: Cloudy, with possible showers and a high approaching 60 degrees. Tonight is expected to be mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS Push to ban more assault weapons...
Tags: Barack Obama, Annapolis, Firearms, Assault, Labor Legislation
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Fiscal cliff, here we come
Watch out, folks, this could get bumpy. With the release Monday of a proposal, or something approximating one, from House Republican leaders on a way to avert the "fiscal cliff," we now have the opening positions from both parties, neither of which...
Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Elections, Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan
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Boehner's version of compromise: You give 100 percent, he gives nothing
It appears to me that Speaker John Boehner and the House Republicans are determined to drive us off the so-called fiscal cliff at the end of the year, and they are positioning the party to blame President Barack Obama for it. The speaker keeps repeating...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Fiscal Cliff, White House
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Grover Norquist: Republican ayatollah
Ayatollahs seem to just appoint themselves and then start enforcing their own brand of orthodoxy. Grover Norquist has been doing that in the Republican Party for years. Mr. Norquist has never been elected to anything. Nobody ever said he should be in...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan
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Are media losing their way in mad #My2K and #Lauerfail hashtag chases?
The Baltimore SunFrom #SaveBigBird and #womeninbinders, to #Lauerfail and #DrunkDianeSawyer, it seems like we are awash in stories with hashtags these days --stories about the 140-character wonders of Twitter and their impact on media and politics. And while there is...Tags: Social Media, Barack Obama, Computer Networking and Internet, The Washington Post, Diane Sawyer
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