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During my time in Congress, both parties were able to work together to reach binding budget resolutions that outlined a spending plan for the entire year. While this process was often contentious, we all had the same goal: to establish sensible fiscal guidelines. But because of the current level of partisanship in Washington, lawmakers haven't passed a budget since 2009. We haven't seen an efficient, cooperative government in years. No Labels, a national movement of Democrats, Republicans and - A Hillary Clinton presidency would be a "Groundhog Day" of old GOP battles launched anew, says David Horsey.
- Mr. Obama could be tempted, and without blame, to do something to put Mr. Netanyahu in his place for the treatment he meted out.
- As the recent election has proven, Benjamin Netanyahu is someone the U.S. can't trust
- Israeli prime minister's choice to abandon two-state solution is a major setback for the Middle East and the U.S.
- The Obama administration increasingly behaves like a secretive dictatorship, says Cal Thomas.
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- In high-stakes politics, sometimes the action of a little-known player like Curtis Gans drastically alters the chessboard.
- The General Assembly passed a bill Thursday designating March 30, the 42nd anniversary of troop withdrawal from the Southeast Asian conflict, as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.
- The election has left Israel a more deeply divided country headed for conflict and isolation
- Congress has a right to makes its views known to Iran's leaders
- From gay marriage to marijuana decriminalization, Maryland has been a national leader on social issues in the new century. This year, state legislators and new governor Larry Hogan can further burnish the state's reputation by setting a national example on heroin intervention and death-with-dignity legislation.
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- Vice President Joe Biden visited a Maryland State Police laboratory on Monday in Pikesville to call attention to new federal funding intended to help reduce the backlog in rape kit testing.
- Human trafficking legislation deserves to move forward despite its restrictions on abortion
- With little more substantive news about her to emerge, nor any seriously threatening challenger to her for the Democratic nomination, the eventual focus on her two-pronged email policy became catnip for Hillary-haters in both parties. For much too long, she tried to wait out the mounting questions, until the issue inevitably revived public concerns about her seemingly excessive concern for privacy.
- Most of the coverage about the Oklahoma University fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon specifically focuses on the students using a racial slur do describe African Americans. Their gleeful singing about lynching is overshadowed by that Boogie Man — the "n-word." It's the sensational, sexy angle. It's also lazy analysis.
- Senate Republicans' letter to Iran makes us the laughingstock of the world.
- Don't blame Republicans for doing what Obama has done 10 times already.
- WASHINGTON -- Del. Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk, a Prince George¿s County Democrat who is chair of the state¿s Latino legislative caucus, will announce on Tuesday she will seek the House seat being left open by Rep. Donna F. Edwards, a source with knowledge of her plans said Saturday.
- A decade after Sept. 11, 2001, Congress had become deeply divided over the sweeping surveillance powers it had granted the government in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. So when it came time to reauthorize the legislation, lawmakers kept the intelligence community on what they imagined was a short leash: a four-year extension.
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- The agency is once again battling charges of incompetence and a culture that fails to hold misbehaving officers accountable for their behavior
- Heed the president's advice at Selma: keep talking racial injustice and engage more in the political process.
- With pundits still chattering about why his last campaign ended in a stunning defeat, former Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown announced Thursday he was running for Congress.
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- The fast-moving race to replace retiring Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski has the potential to divide Maryland's traditionally cohesive congressional delegation, observers said Tuesday, as two rising candidates for the coveted seat begin to square off over political ideologies and allegiances.
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- Smigiel says he's looking at run for Congress in 1st
- Coast Guard, federal prosecutors focus on ships that dump oily waste at sea.
- Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh issued a legal analysis Monday arguing same-sex marriage bans in states across the country are based solely on "fear, prejudice, and hate," and must be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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- That was quite a performance Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered on the floor of the House of Representatives, courtesy of Speaker John Boehner in his continuing campaign to impede and discredit the presidency of Barack Obama.
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