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Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the United States House of Representatives since 1987. She was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 4, 2007. Nancy Pelosi's father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., served as Baltimore's mayor for 12 years after representing the city for five terms in Congress. Nancy Pelosi's brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also served as mayor of Baltimore. Nancy Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., in 1962.
Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the United States House of Representatives since 1987. She was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 4, 2007. Nancy Pelosi's father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., served as Baltimore's mayor for 12 years after representing the city for five terms in Congress. Nancy Pelosi's brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also served as mayor of Baltimore. Nancy Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., in 1962.
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Lori's views outside the Catholic mainstream
Archbishop William E. Lori writes that religious freedom is under threat in the United States by the exclusion of religious values from public life ("Religious freedom under threat in U.S.," June 16). This is difficult to understand in Maryland where...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Family Planning, Christianity, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Martin O'Malley
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Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home
On this Memorial Day weekend, as we remember with deepest gratitude the sacrifice of America's military heroes, we also offer our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. I've dedicated a half-dozen columns to the single most...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Congressional Budget Office, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Judges, Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Lawmakers press Pentagon, VA to cooperate on claims backlog
A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process. Senators...
Tags: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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First Amendment clause-trophobia
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Social Media, Planned Parenthood, Taxation, Church and State Relations
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Nancy Pelosi to speak at UB law commencement
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Baltimore native, will deliver the commencement address at the University of Baltimore law school in May, the congresswoman's office said Wednesday. Pelosi, a California Democrat, will also be awarded an honorary...
Tags: University of Baltimore
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Can Obama sell 'chained CPI'?
President Barack Obama didn't release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and the AARP have been howling all week about something they expected to be in it. What has our president done to provoke such outrage among his supporters?...
Tags: White House, Consumers, Government Health Care, Bernard Sanders, Budgets and Budgeting
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Let's go with GOP budget
Comparing the House and Senate federal budget proposals should make the decision a no-brainer. Do we want a $7 billion surplus per the Republican budget or a $566 billion deficit per the Democratic budget? This would be simple except that the American...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama
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Hackers pose a serious threat to U.S. small business
When I bought Marlin Steel in 1998, the extent of its technology was an old fax machine. Today, our factory is full of industrial robots that are fed computer-aided designs and churn out steel containers for industry 60 times faster than before. We're...
Tags: White House, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Elections
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A weak Boehner is bad for the GOP, Obama and America
Only a few days into the new year, the Grand Old Party has a huge political hangover from the events that rang in the tidings of 2013. First came the escape from the fiscal cliff that saw its speaker of the House, John Boehner, embarrassed by his flock'...
Tags: Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, Harry Reid, Fiscal Cliff, Elections
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Wrong to blame GOP for showdown
What a joke your editorial regarding pending federal budget cuts is ("The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Do you not research information anymore, or do you just call up some liberal Democrats for advice? Maybe you're just blind and believe anything that...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Congress, Steny Hoyer, Joe Biden
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Sequestration: How we got here
Sequestration is an extremely crude way to cut approximately 2 percent of federal spending. It is analogous to forcing a grossly obese person to lose a few pounds by not feeding him for a few days. On this issue, at least, it appears that Republicans...
Tags: White House, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Bring on the midterms: GOP still has plenty of opportunity for gains
Last week's column chronicled a dire set of circumstances regarding our economy and culture at the onset of Obama II. This status quo is complicated by an aggressive liberal establishment attempting to take advantage of the president's post-election...
Tags: Gun Control, Harry Reid, Elections, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Barack Obama
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