Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Patty Murray published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 227
» View baltimoresun.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-19
•
Next >
-
Unbalanced budgeting
In case anyone has missed the dueling budget proposals out this week from Rep. Paul Ryan on the Republican side and Sen. Patty Murray for the Democrats, don't fret. You could easily have slept through the last four months and missed nothing. They are...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicare, Public Finance, Government Health Care, ABC (tv network)
-
Mikulski plan for women's pay gets new push
A proposal to expand equal-pay protections for women, long championed by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, was thrust into the national political spotlight Wednesday in a Democratic effort to court female voters — a crucial demographic in this year's...
Tags: Discrimination, Abusive Behavior, Planned Parenthood, Employment Opportunities, Employment
-
Mikulski touts role of women in Congress
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, the self-styled dean of the Democratic women in Congress, urged support of female candidates in an address to her party's national convention Wednesday that came as both presidential campaigns sought to court women voters. As...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Elizabeth Warren, Shelley Berkley, Roscoe G Bartlett, Claire McCaskill
-
Mikulski to speak on Senate women at Democratic National Convention
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulskiwill have a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention, aides said Wednesday. The Maryland Democrat, who this year became the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will lead a program highlighting the record...Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Jeanne Shaheen, Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senate, 2012 Democratic National Convention
-
Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Baltimore SunSens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...Tags: Tom Harkin, Frank Lautenberg, Herb Kohl, Tom Udall, Afghanistan
-
Scrutiny of foreign deals urged
Sun ReporterPresident Bush is coming under growing pressure to toughen the government's scrutiny of future transactions, as the furor continues over an Arab firm's purchase of some U.S. port operations, including in Baltimore. Lawmakers in both parties are advancing...Tags: Television, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, National Security, Justice System, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
-
No shell game, Pipkin says
Sun StaffState Sen. E.J. Pipkin made millions of dollars as a junk-bond trader in New York before cashing in and returning to Maryland and a spacious home in Queen Anne's County. But not all of his money came back with him. Some of it is planted in a small...Tags: National Aquarium Baltimore, Somerville, Hillary Clinton, State Budgets, Business
-
B Reactor bill passes Senate committee
Tri-City HeraldHanford's B Reactor is another step closer to being part of a new national park. Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources stepped off the Senate floor Thursday afternoon for a vote by voice approving a bill creating the...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Explosions, Manhattan (New York City), National Parks
-
GOP senators on committee target three labor nominees from Buffalo
The Buffalo NewsThree men from Buffalo, one absent and two present, were the targets of grilling from Republicans on a Senate committee Thursday over matters that sometimes seemed personal but in the end are profound for every working person in America. The absent...Tags: Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Work Relations, Tom Harkin, Tim Scott, Unemployment Benefits
-
Committee approves DOE budget request
Tri-City HeraldA Department of Energy request that could prevent furloughs at the Hanford vitrification plant has received the final congressional committee approval it needed. Changes in funding levels requested by DOE still must go through an administrative...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Layoffs and Downsizing, Environmental Cleanup, Doc Hastings, U.S. Congress
-
Army anti-sex assault coordinator accused of sex crimes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant who worked as a sexual assault prevention coordinator at Fort Hood, Texas, has been accused of sex crimes, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, the second man in the military's anti-sexual assault effort to be...Tags: Chuck Hagel, Sexual Assault, Buck McKeon, Abusive Behavior, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
-
EDITORIAL: Take steps to stop military sex abuse
Seattle TimesA MILITARY culture that allows rampant sexual abuse to persist won't change on its own. Congress must take immediate steps to protect American service members from this shameful epidemic. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced 3,374...Tags: Sexual Assault, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Congress, Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes
Mar 13, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 23, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Sep 5, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Aug 22, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 7, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 6, 2006
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 23, 2004
|Column| Baltimore Sun
May 17, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 17, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 16, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 15, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 11, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Original site for Patty Murray topic gallery.
