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Maryland Senate votes to tax the rich
The state Senate voted Thursday to significantly raise taxes on Marylanders earning half a million dollars or more — prompting complaints that liberals were bent on launching class warfare in the state. The Senate's vote to adopt what is being...Tags: Prince George's County, Executive Branch, Karl Marx, Michael E. Busch, Calvert County
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Md. voters to have say in GOP primary
Candidates in the 6th Congressional District ran from polling place to polling place this morning, confronting particularly low turnouts despite the sunny, warm weather.
Still, the candidates were confident in their get-out-the-vote operation and...Tags: Rick Santorum, Frederick County (Virginia), Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, U.S. Secret Service
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Obama budget cuts would hit Maryland
Labor unions that represent government workers — and some Maryland Democrats — criticized the budget President Barack Obama unveiled Monday for cutting $27 billion in federal employee pensions while offering what they called a modest, half-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Washington, DC, Health Organizations, Health and Safety at Work, Barack Obama
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Fed workers to help cover payroll agreement's cost
New federal employees would contribute more than triple the amount paid by current government workers for their retirement under an agreement reached in Congress, according to two Maryland lawmakers who helped craft the deal to extend a payroll tax...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Congressional Budget Office, Unemployment Benefits, Employment Opportunities, Public Employees
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Federal payroll deal passes, Maryland delegation split
Eight of Maryland’s 10 members of Congress voted against a bi-partisan plan Friday to extend a national payroll tax holiday – including two who were instrumental in crafting the deal – citing concern over how the measure would affect...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Donna F. Edwards, Unemployment Benefits, John P. Sarbanes, U.S. Senate
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Protect senior programs
It's no accident there's been a scarcity of meaningful conversation about what our presidential candidates have planned for Social Security and Medicare. Even in retiree-heavy Florida, details about the candidates' Social Security and Medicare proposals...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Paul Ryan, Social Security, Unemployment Benefits, Mitt Romney
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Maryland's Van Hollen at center of deficit fight
For Rep. Chris Van Hollen, brokering a bipartisan deal to trim the federal deficit is about more than dodging draconian across-the-board cuts or protecting a fragile economic recovery.
It's also about proving that a bitterly divided Congress can still...Tags: U.S. Department of State, U.S. House of Representatives, Georgetown, U.S. Senate, Pakistan
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Wasserman Schultz goes after Jeb re Scripps deal
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — In a brief bout of Florida political heavy-weights, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz confronted former Gov. Jeb Bush at a congressional hearing on Friday about the state’s big... -
Wasserman Schultz confronts Jeb Bush on Scripps deal
In a brief bout of Florida heavy-weights, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz confronted former Gov. Jeb Bush at a congressional hearing on Friday about the state’s big investment in the Scripps Research Institute in Palm Beach County. The...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Jeb Bush, Labor Markets, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Executive Branch
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Put a lid on debt ceiling debate
From the Los Angeles TimesLast year's tussle over increasing the federal debt limit showed Congress at its worst, paralyzed by dueling ideologies and incapable of striking a grand bargain. The eventual compromise by lawmakers and the White House raised the debt ceiling enough to...Tags: Paul Ryan, U.S. Senate, Parties and Movements, Government Health Care, White House
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How to play it - A debt ceiling sequel?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Another showdown between Republicans in Congress and President Barack Obama over debt could be in the making, and some investors are already taking steps to prepare for it. While most of the market was focused on Europe's debt crisis...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., CapitalSource Inc.
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Former first lady Nancy Reagan recovering from fall
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan is continuing to recover from a March fall at her home that left the 90-year-old with fractured ribs, her spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. News of Reagan's injuries spread after she missed a scheduled appearance Tuesday...
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