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When Barbara A. Mikulski first stepped onto the Senate floor in 1987, she saw only one other female senator. They were required to wear skirts and were prohibited from using the male-only gym. But as the retiring Maryland Democrat prepares to relinquish the title of "dean of the Senate women," she leaves a political environment that is fundamentally changed — from access to the treadmills to the possibility that a woman could ascend to the presidency.

Let independents vote in the Maryland GOP primary? Absolutely, if the party wants to win statewide office ever again

Corporate governance experts say celebrity directors can be highly beneficial, raising a company's profile and even its stock price. But that doesn't mean all boards should have a celebrity.

Olympia J. Snowe, the former Republican senator from Maine, has joined T. Rowe Price Group's board of directors, the Baltimore-based money manager announced Thursday.

Jules Witcover says the political evolution of Mitt Romney is evidence of the GOP's perilous path.

It's hard to tell who's happier to see Jim DeMint leave the Senate, Democrats or Republicans.

Despite calls for moderation, right-wing GOP senators revert to tea party form and shoot down a disability rights treaty

GOP senators defend the rights of the super-rich to buy elections anonymously

The reaction to a former Republican, now independent, candidate for San Diego mayor shows much of what is wrong with today's GOP.

A backstage look at the making of "VEEP" in Baltimore.

Do the Republicans running for president realize that most of those voting in November will not be right-wing conservatives?

Legislation pending in Congress would create an historic preservation tax cut that could boost Main Street businesses

Senate filibuster of appeals court nominee signals an end to bipartisan 'Gang of 14' limits on blocking qualified judges