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Rep. John P. Sarbanes, a Democrat, won the open Maryland 3rd Congressional District seat in the United States House of Representatives in November 2006. The district includes parts Howard County, Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County, including Baltimore and the state capital of Annapolis. The son of the retired U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, John Sarbanes was a Baltimore County attorney in private practice before his election to Congress. He also spent seven years working with the Maryland State Department of Education and is noted for his work in Washington on the No Child Left Behind Act.
Rep. John P. Sarbanes, a Democrat, won the open Maryland 3rd Congressional District seat in the United States House of Representatives in November 2006. The district includes parts Howard County, Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County, including Baltimore and the state capital of Annapolis. The son of the retired U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, John Sarbanes was a Baltimore County attorney in private practice before his election to Congress. He also spent seven years working with the Maryland State Department of Education and is noted for his work in Washington on the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Senior Notes
Variety show The Severna Park Bums, a group of musicians and comics, will perform their annual Labor Day show at 12:30 p.m. today at the Pascal Senior Center, 125 Dorsey Road in Glen Burnie. 410-222-6680. Computer workshop Ted Armour will present...Tags: Labor Day, Charles Lee, Medical Staff, Personal Service
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Voters may have to tune in to more minstrelsy
Turns out Maryland is big enough for more than one guitar-strumming Democrat. Frank Kratovil, the Queen Anne's County state's attorney running for Congress in the 1st District, has a band in his recent past. It appears to have been a back-burner thing...Tags: Government, National Government, Elections, Public Employees, Facebook
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Forum to discuss seniors' finances
Rep. John Sarbanes and Baltimore County officials will hold a forum at 11 a.m. today at the Lansdowne Senior Center, 424 Third Ave., to help older residents cope with difficult financial times. The presentation will include county Department of Aging... -
Recent editorials from New Jersey newspapers
Tuesday's (August 19) Star-Ledger of Newark on the Russia-Georgia conflict: Russia has rarely not had Georgia on its mind. In the years since the collapse of the Soviet Union especially, as nostalgia for the old empire grew, the loss of Georgia _ and...Tags: National Government, Government, Nicolas Sarkozy, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Health and Safety at Work
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Irvine center gets federal funds
The Irvine Nature Center has been awarded $328,300 in federal funding for an urban education program that provides free watershed education and training to students and teachers in the Baltimore City public school system. The funding for Irvine's...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin
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Cleanup pace in bay irks lawmakers
Sun reporterCalling the Chesapeake Bay a national treasure, lawmakers in Washington expressed dismay yesterday that 2010 cleanup goals for the country's largest estuary would not be met. "We have been paddling backwards," said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Prince George's County, Wayne T Gilchrest, Regional Authority, Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Students test hands-on government
Special to the SunMembers of the summer government class at Annapolis High School succumbed to public speaking jitters when they testified against a proposed curfew in Annapolis in front of several members of the city council. Many testified in quiet voices, stared down...Tags: Teen-agers, Teaching and Learning, Learning Disability, Juvenile Delinquency, Local Authority
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Looking to Mid-Atlantic for oil
Sun reporterGet Kathy Phillips talking about oil exploration off the Mid-Atlantic, and she conjures a scene right out of the Gulf of Mexico, with drilling platforms, pipelines and pumping stations overwhelming the shoreline. "People here on the East Coast don't have...Tags: National Government, Government, Executive Branch, Disasters, Nancy Pelosi
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Housing rescue bill OK'd
The House approved a sweeping plan yesterday that responds to the most serious housing crisis since the Depression by providing a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and aid to homeowners facing foreclosure.
In a...Tags: National Government, Government, Fannie Mae, Kevin Brady, Lynn Anderson
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Democratic leaders work to keep voters 'fired up' over election
Barack Obama won Howard County's Democratic presidential primary by a solid 9,000 votes and 19 percentage points over Hillary Clinton, and local party leaders don't believe unity will be a problem as they look toward November's general election. Party...Tags: National Government, Government, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Polls
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House OKs immunity for aiding wiretaps
Associated PressThe House easily approved a compromise bill yesterday setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government's warrantless eavesdropping on phone and computer lines in...Tags: Government, National Government, Elijah E Cummings, Steny H Hoyer, Roscoe G Bartlett
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Sarbanes endorses Obama
The Swampby David Nitkin Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland endorsed Barack Obama after polls closed in Montana, the final primary state. "Now that the votes have been cast and the primary season has come to its close, I am pleased to......Tags: Barack Obama
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