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The GOP crack-up
Soon after President Barack Obama's second inaugural address, Speaker of the House John Boehner said the White House would try "to annihilate the Republican Party" and "shove us into the dustbin of history." Actually, the GOP is doing a pretty good...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Demographics, White House, Government, Karl Rove
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The deficit control policy Democrats and Republicans can love
When it comes to fixing America's ballooning debt problem, there is one policy option that both Democrats and Republicans should be rushing to embrace. It is the proposal to replace the current Consumer Price Index (CPI) with a more accurate measure of...Tags: Community College of Baltimore County, Consumer Confidence, Personal Income, Brookings Institution, Barack Obama
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O'Malley to give State of State today
Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to highlight how Maryland better weathered the recession by making "better choices" as he delivers his seventh State of the State address to the General Assembly on Wednesday. The speech's theme, which exalts Maryland...
Tags: Regional Authority, Punishment, White House, Government, Death Penalty
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Obama's debt-ceiling strategy could put the squeeze on GOP
A week before his inauguration, President Barack Obama said he wouldn't negotiate with Republicans over raising the federal debt limit. At an unexpected news conference Jan. 14, the president asserted that he won't trade cuts in government spending in...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, White House, U.S. Congress, Public Finance, Barack Obama
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Let's see a full accounting of Sandy relief 'pork'
Regarding the recently approved emergency aid to Northeast states affected by superstorm Sandy ("$50.5 billion Sandy relief bill passes in U.S. Senate," Jan. 29), now is the time for a competent journalist to provide transparency to this bill especially...Tags: Barack Obama, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Perry Hall
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As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage
President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman on Monday when the group meets in Los Angeles. But neither development is...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, ABC (tv network), John McCain, Television Industry, Google Inc.
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Term up for Social Security Administration's commissioner
President Barack Obama is expected to soon nominate a new head of the Social Security Administration, replacing an incumbent appointed by his predecessor, George W. Bush, but the White House is mum on who should take the helm at the agency, which faces...
Tags: White House, Bankruptcy, Conservation, Insurance, Physical Disabilities
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Blame Senate Democrats for fiscal mess
Regarding the recent editorial on the debt ceiling ("Another cliff ahead?" Jan. 4), why not put a majority of the blame on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the do-nothing Democratic-led U.S. Senate? He has avoided his Constitutional (not to mention...Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Harry Reid, Barack Obama
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Only dictators govern by executive order
The recent column by two law school professors urging President Barack Obama to "bypass Congress" by making law through executive orders is truly alarming ("Bypass Congress," Dec. 27). The Revolutionary War was fought for our freedom from the King of...Tags: Judges, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, Justice System
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Senate approves 'fiscal cliff' deal, sends it to House
Hours before a midnight deadline Monday, the White House reached a tentative deal with Congress to stop an enormous tax hike for all but the wealthiest households and to postpone for two months tough decisions on how to cut federal spending. After a rare...
Tags: Personal Income, White House, Government, National Government, Tom Harkin
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Don't make kids bear the brunt of the fiscal cliff
As the federal "fiscal cliff" approaches, an important group of Marylanders with a lot on the line has been largely ignored: children. The stakes are immense, because the recession has been hard on Maryland children, with one out of every seven living...
Tags: Personal Income, Unemployment Benefits, U.S. Congress, Credit and Debt, U.S. House of Representatives
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Republicans would be crazy to give Mr. Obama a blank check on the debt ceiling
The U.S. Senate hasn't passed a budget in four years, during which time our budget deficits have averaged $1.1 trillion a year. The national debt is $16 trillion and rising, and it is now more than 70 percent of GDP. Meanwhile, unfunded mandates for...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Public Finance, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements
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