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Why aren't the candidates talking about gun control?
The recent mass shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin have produced the usual response to gun-control advocates: That this is not the "proper" time to discuss such a serious issue. But now is precisely the time to have that discussion, and for the President...Tags: Gun Control, Barack Obama, Elections, Mitt Romney, Weaponry
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Harry Reid goes too far with allegations about Romney's taxes
There's a right way and a wrong way to have a debate about taxes in this country. This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid demonstrated how not to accomplish that task with his claim that Mitt Romney didn't pay any federal income taxes over a 10-...
Tags: Personal Income, Elections, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, Brookings Institution
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Supreme Court upholds health care law's mandate
The U.S. Supreme Courtupheld the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law Thursday, ruling that the government may impose tax penalties on people who do not have health insurance.
The court's long-awaited ruling rejected a broad legal...Tags: Clarence Thomas, Health Insurance, Executive Branch, Healthcare Policies, White House
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Reactions to Supreme Court health care ruling
"President Obama and Congress chose to pass the Affordable Care Act because the status quo was hurting our ability to create jobs, expand opportunity, and protect the health of our children and parents.
"Today's decision gives considerable momentum to...Tags: Insurance, Health Insurance, Executive Branch, Companies and Corporations, Steny Hoyer
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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, Government, Barack Obama, Public Transportation, Parties and Movements
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GOP has many lines of attack against Obamacare
"In my first term, we passed health care reform," President Barack Obama joked this spring. "In my second term, I guess I'll pass it again." Thanks to the Supreme Court, President Obama can take that item off his agenda. But Chief JusticeJohn G....
Tags: Sarah Palin, Executive Branch, Health Care Reform (2009), NBC (tv network), Healthcare Laws
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Catonsville Marine to receive Congressional Gold Medal nearly 70 years after service
William Foreman wasn't looking to make history when he elected to join the United States Marine Corps after the Selective Service System called his number for World War II. The lifelong Catonsville resident could have joined the Army or Navy, like most...
Tags: Nelson Mandela, Jackie Robinson, Catonsville, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army
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For U.S. bishops, economic justice isn't on the agenda
At a time of staggering poverty, rampant unemployment and growing income inequality, Catholic bishops will gather for a national meeting in Baltimore today and remain largely silent about these profound moral issues. A recent Catholic News Service...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Roman Catholicism, Health Care Reform (2009), Vatican City, Tea Party Movement
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Congressional Republicans to meet in Baltimore
Republicans in the House of Representatives, still reeling from last month's fight over extending a popular payroll tax cut, will converge on Baltimore Thursday for a retreat intended to map out a new political strategy that can bind their unwieldy caucus...Tags: Roscoe G Bartlett, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Elections, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Executive Branch
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Morici: 8.5 percent unemployment may be as good as it gets
The economy added 200,000 jobs in December, and unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent. Going forward, unemployment is not likely to fall much further and may rise again.
Fourth quarter growth was exceptionally strong as the global economy recovered...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Employment Opportunities, Imports, China Earthquake (2010), Business
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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: Medicare, Joe Biden, Health Insurance, Employees, Social Security
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The year that wasn't
A year ago, soon after the Tunisian uprising, I demonstrated my powers of prediction in a column about the democracy movement in the Arab world. The revolution in Tunisia, I wrote, "arose from local circumstances that don't foretell what will happen...Tags: Sarah Palin, Hosni Mubarak, Executive Branch, Corporate Crime, Illegal Immigrants
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