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Senate approves O'Malley's budget
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley's budget for next year was approved by the Senate after an unusually brief debate Wednesday in a sign of the state's improved fiscal condition. Senators voted 42-5 to pass the $36.8 billion budget and send it to a conference...Tags: E.J. Pipkin, Elections, Parties and Movements, Martin O'Malley, Budgets and Budgeting
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GOP delegates denounce gas tax increase
Hours before the House was scheduled to debate a proposed increase in gas taxes supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Republicans lawmakers excoriated the plan Wednesday as a $2 billion drain on taxpayers' wallets over the next six years. House Republicans...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Public Transportation, Annapolis, Executive Branch, Transportation
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Delegates split in death penalty vote
Maryland became the 18th state to abolish the death penalty when the House of Delegates voted 82-56 last week in favor of the repeal, but Howard County Delegates were split on the issue. Democrats Liz Bobo, Guy Guzzone, Frank Turner and Shane...Tags: Howard County, Prisons, Death Penalty, Elections, Voting
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Our biggest problem is not deficits
"Our biggest problems over the next 10 years are not deficits," President Barack Obama told House Republicans last week, according to those who attended the meeting. The president needs to deliver the same message to the public, loudly and clearly....
Tags: Paul Ryan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Public Finance
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Obama picks Perez to lead U.S. Labor Department
Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...
Tags: Migration, Thomas Edward Perez, Parties and Movements, Dominican Republic, Illegal Immigrants
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The president must put the country ahead of partisan politics
I read with great interest the Sun editorial, "Unbalanced Budgeting" (Mar 13). The sub-headline summed up that the difference between the two parties is so great that compromise seems impossible. Well, isn't that where the president steps in and brokers a...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Timonium, Barack Obama
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House committee approves gas tax increase
A House of Delegates committee approved a plan Monday to raise taxes on gasoline by 3.8 cents July 1 as part of broader revenue package to pay for transportation projects. The rise in the gas tax, which would be followed by more increases over the next...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Petroleum Industry, Executive Branch, Maryland Department of Transportation, Parties and Movements
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House Republicans see no need for gas tax increase
Republicans in the House of Delegates denied Tuesday that there is any need to raise taxes on gasoline to pay for the state's transportation needs, contending the state should instead cut the share of its spending that goes to mass transit and stop...Tags: Public Transportation, Elections, Annapolis, Transportation, Executive Branch
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Reform for people or for politics?
In 2006, the last time Congress took a serious look at comprehensive immigration reform, hundreds of thousands of immigrants, legal and illegal, marched through the streets of the nation's cities. The resulting media coverage was filled with stories about...
Tags: Migration, Immigration, U.S. Congress, Marco Rubio, Same-Sex Marriage
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Towson student advocates for segregation at CPAC event
A Towson University student made national news at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday when he suggested segregating black Republicans from the rest of the party. A Black Republican from Alabama, K Carl Smith, hosted a panel...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Elections, Minority Groups, Parties and Movements, Conservative Political Action Conference
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Top Democrats seek votes to raise gas taxes
With three weeks left in the General Assembly session, Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders have begun the painstaking process of rounding up the votes to raise taxes on gasoline — a move so unpopular it hasn't been done here since 1992....
Tags: Prince George's County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Regional Authority, Maryland Department of Transportation, AAA
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House votes to repeal death penalty
The General Assembly voted to repeal the death penalty Friday, calling for an end to Maryland's 375-year history of capital punishment and joining a growing number of states outlawing the practice. After nearly two hours of impassioned debate, the House...
Tags: Prince George's County, Annapolis, Maryland General Assembly, Regional Authority, U.S. Supreme Court
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