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House Republicans launch their version of a filibuster
With a little less than three hours to go in the General Assembly, House Republicans have launched their version of a filibuster against a constitutional amendment imposing what they consider a too-weak lockbox deterring the transfer of money from the...Tags: Elections, Parties and Movements, Michael E. Busch
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Will Obama's brain initiative unlock the mysteries of the Republican mind?
President Barack Obama wants to invest an initial $110 billion in a study of the human brain that could have benefits as great as those achieved by the Human Genome Project. Maybe the first study should be done on the one-track minds of tea party...
Tags: Louie Gohmert, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Medical Research, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
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Can Hagel reshape the Pentagon?
Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska who survived a stormy confirmation hearing to become the new secretary of defense, had a coming-out party of sorts last week before the National Defense University, the government's graduate...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Defense, Joe Biden
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Filibuster rules at heart of gun bill 'defeat'
Do the people of the United States know that the U.S. Senate voted favorably on several amendments to the gun control bill? A majority of senators approved amendments requiring background checks for online and gun show purchases, providing special...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Barbara A. Mikulski, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Mikulski campaign account boosted by chairmanship
In addition to having a hand on the nation's checkbook, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski is reaping a political reward from her new assignment as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee: a significant increase in campaign cash. The Maryland Democrat, who...
Tags: Board of Directors, Duke Energy Corporation, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Elections
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Immigration bill is no compromise
When only one of the extreme sides of each political party is hollering against a bipartisan agreement on any bill, no doubt that side is the only one getting hosed. A true bipartisan bill gets both sides upset. So now begins the spin game by trying to...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, John McCain, Immigration, Marco Rubio, Tea Party Movement
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Rand Paul gets schooled at Howard
Rand Paul did just fine at Howard University, thank you very much. Or at least, that's how he remembers it. Mr. Paul, GOP senator from Kentucky, told the Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday that his recent visit to Howard didn't go so bad at all....
Tags: NAACP, Coca-Cola Co., Students, Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups
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Shame on the Senate; send 'em all home
Let me begin this column with an apology. Once a week, I pick an important issue and offer my reasoned analysis, based on the facts, of what it all means and how we should react. But there are times when the intellect fails and the heart and gut take...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Heidi Heitkamp, Jared Lee Loughner, Radio, Safety of Citizens
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Maryland becomes a liberal paradise
If you're a liberal living in Maryland, there's been plenty of reason to smile lately. The Old Line State continues to beat a steady path toward leading a new vanguard of progressive policy and politics in the United States. Let's start with last...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, White House, Barack Obama, Executive Branch
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Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner
President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Saxby Chambliss, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Barack Obama, Ron Johnson
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Democrats riding high for now, but beware a midterm crash
My columnist and television pundit gigs have me thinking a great deal about the relative positions of the two parties heading into the midterm election cycle. For starters, the Democrats are ahead. Last November's elections gave the president a...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama, Karl Rove, Media Industry
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Sequestration was Obama's idea; now he doesn't like it?
I was dismayed by your recent, misleading article on the Republican's responsibility for the budget sequester (The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Jack Lew, the White House chief of staff and budget director, set up the sequester in 2011, and Rob Nabors,...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, White House, Barack Obama, Harry Reid
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