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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: John A Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Parliament, Lynn Anderson, Elijah E Cummings
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Harris raising more in 1st District
Congressional candidate Andy Harris continued to outpace his opponent Frank Kratovil in fundraising in the second quarter, but the gap between the two narrowed, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Harris, a Republican state...Tags: Queen Anne's County, Political Candidates, Elections
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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, John P. Sarbanes, Terrorism, Roscoe G Bartlett, Elijah E Cummings
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Group backs Kratovil's run
Sun reporterEmboldened by recent victories in districts across the country that had long been safe bets for Republicans, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced yesterday that it would throw its financial and staffing resources behind Maryland...Tags: Queen Anne's County, Government, Parliament, Democratic Party, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Outside groups swayed Md. vote
Sun reporterPolitical interest groups working outside the traditional confines of campaign finance laws spent more than $4.3 million in two Maryland congressional races during this year's primary, according to newly released campaign finance reports, and their...Tags: Government, Political Campaigns, Arlen Specter, Unions, Corporate Officers
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Environmental alibi
Voters in Maryland's 1st Congressional District have a habit of sending people to Congress with a fondness for the Chesapeake Bay, from former Interior Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton to Wayne T. Gilchrest. The latest Republican vying for that seat, Andy...Tags: Queen Anne's County, Energy Saving, Chesapeake Bay, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Political Candidates
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Election reform needed
An array of well-funded independent political organizations on the left and right are busy influencing voters' choices in national and local elections in this political year. In Maryland, the Fund for Growth, an anti-tax, anti-spend advocacy group,...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, Local Elections, Campaign Finance
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Thomas A. Cardinale, Berlin mayor, dies at 69
Sun reporterBerlin Mayor Thomas A. Cardinale, a Baltimore native who was nearing the end of his first term as the top official of the growing Worcester County town, died of a heart attack Saturday. He was 69. Mr. Cardinale was born in Little Italy. He was one of...Tags: Ocean City, Voting, Regional Authority, Bennett Bozman, Ellicott City
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Happy days here for local TV
Sun reportersTraditionally, presidential candidates have spent little or no money on local TV advertising in advance of the Maryland primaries. By the time the day of voting arrived, there was usually little drama left. But in this year that is unlike any other in...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Barack Obama, Television Industry, The White House, Super Bowl
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Incumbents Wynn, Gilchrest ousted
Sun reportersDemocratic activist Donna Edwards defeated longtime incumbent Rep. Albert R. Wynn, and state Sen. Andy Harris upset Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest, in a pair of fiercely contested races that drew national attention. Edwards, running a populist, anti-war...Tags: Photography, Government, Ronald Reagan, Parties and Movements, Primaries
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