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A blueprint for a fiscal deal
It seems to me that House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama can close the deal and avoid the "fiscal cliff" ("Progress elusive in fiscal talks," Dec. 14). The Republicans need to agree to increase the taxes for the wealthiest 2 percent while...Tags: Job Layoffs, Republican Party, Retirement, Social Security, John Boehner
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Ulman seeks post-veto compromise on land rights
What a lovely spot for a veto. Clark's Farm in Ellicott City spreads out on 540 acres along Route 108, where cattle roam the pastures and where Humpty Dumpty, Willie the Whale, Little Red Riding Hood and other characters from the old Enchanted Forest...Tags: Local Government, Property, Farms, Agriculture, Elections
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Congressional candidate charged with illegal voting
Former Maryland congressional candidate Wendy W. Rosen was charged Thursday with illegally voting in two elections and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Maryland State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt charged Rosen, 58, with casting ballots in...
Tags: Prosecution, Republican Party, Lawyers, Elections, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida)
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Republicans should try being unpredictable for a change
President Barack Obama expects the Republicans to give into his tax-hike demands ("Progress elusive in fiscal talks," Dec. 14). "I'm pretty confident that Republicans would not hold middle-class taxes hostage in trying to protect tax cuts for high-...Tags: Labor Markets, Republican Party, John Boehner, Employment Opportunities, Barack Obama
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What would Lincoln do?
++++++++++++++++++++ || || || || ++++++++++++++++++++ In the rest of the country, it may be just another movie, but in Washington, Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has become a political Rorschach test. It seems as if every pundit in the capital...
Tags: David Brooks, Rahm Emanuel, Daniel Day-Lewis, Elections, Steven Spielberg
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Tax hikes would harm Md. economy, White House report finds
WASHINGTON -- Marylanders would spend nearly $3.9 billion less in 2013 if Congress fails to extend middle-class tax cuts, according to a report released Wednesday by the White House that is part of a broader campaign to influence fiscal cliff...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Fiscal Cliff, White House
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Defeats lead to calls for Maryland Republican chief's ouster
After the sound drubbing Maryland Republicans received at the ballot box this month, a faction in the state GOP is calling for the resignation of state party Chairman Alex Mooney. The effort follows a race in which the state party not only saw most of...
Tags: Republican Party, Referenda, Elections, Baltimore County, Illegal Immigrants
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As we head for the cliff, Congress throws Corzine a lifeline
In case anyone missed the news — and judging by the fact that there aren't angry mobs storming Washington, everyone missed the news — Congress recently absolved Jon Corzine of being criminally responsible for actions that "wiped out...
Tags: Republican Party, MF Global, Sundance Film Festival, Butch Cassidy, Punishment
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The GOP's negotiating strategy
Rep. Eric Cantor, the number two Republican in the Congress, has now joined his leader, House Speaker John Boehner, in calling for President Barack Obama's health reform law to be put on the table in the debate over how to avoid the fiscal cliff....Tags: John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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The GOP lost because it's out of touch with the reality facing a majority of Americans today
In a recent commentary, former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. exhorted Republican candidates not to whine about the allegedly liberal media ("How Republicans win in 2016," Nov. 25). Of course, a few lines earlier, Mr. Ehrlich whined about just that, saying:...Tags: The New York Times, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Journalism, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Another voice joins Harford's Democrat vs. Republican election analysis
Editor: My good friend Stuart Tamres appears to have misunderstood the recent letter from Wendy Sawyer that appeared in The Aegis. Rather than calling on everyone to blindly jump on the Democratic bandwagon, she merely stated the obvious: President Obama...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Mitch McConnell, Elections
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Republicans to Grover Norquist: We're just not that into you
Was the big loser of this month's election Grover Norquist? It's starting to look that way, as an increasing number of Republicans in the House and Senate are announcing that they could be willing to violate the pledges they signed at the behest of the...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Republican Party, Peter T. King, Elections, Saxby Chambliss
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