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Don't let Israel discriminate against Americans based on religion
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would allow a foreign country, Israel, to discriminate against select groups of American citizens — including Americans who have expressed criticism of its policies. Disappointingly, the bill, S.B....
Tags: Quakerism, West Bank, Skype, Interior Policy, Ben Gurion International Airport
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Cardin stands up for rights
This month's passage of a new U.S.-Russia trade law has done more than showcase Senator Ben Cardin's dedication to international human rights. By sending the shock to the Kremlin — that the U.S. values prosecuting rights abusers as much as it...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Parliament, John McCain, Helsinki (Finland), Prisons
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Fixing the debt requires bipartisan cooperation
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin recently hosted an event in Annapolis to discuss the national debt and how it relates to businesses in the state. It was refreshing to finally hear a member of Congress talk about the need for politicians to work toward a...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Annapolis, Politics
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U.S. Rep. John Delaney, D-Md. among speakers at Western Maryland Democratic Summit
dona@herald-mail.comThe ninth annual Western Maryland Democratic Summit on Saturday drew the state’s party heavyweights from the U.S. Senate, House and statehouse, but also featured something this part of the state has not had in many years — a Democrat...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Republican Party, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Steny Hoyer
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Top Md. Dems expected at summit in Hagerstown
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comTop Democrats from the state will converge in Hagerstown on Saturday for an annual summit of Western Maryland Democrats. And although Western Maryland hasn’t been a Democrat stronghold in recent years, party leaders said they were buoyed by...Tags: Executive Branch, Donna F. Edwards, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Government
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Ehrlich declares himself, first lady out of Senate race
Sun StaffGov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that neither he nor first lady Kendel S. Ehrlich intends to run for the seat being vacated by Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, but he held out the possibility that Lt. Gov. Michael Steele could become the GOP's most...Tags: Executive Branch, Republican Party, Government, Regional Authority, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Mfume says he'll run for U.S. Senate seat
Sun StaffKweisi Mfume, the former national NAACP president and Baltimore congressman who rose from impoverished beginnings to become one of the nation's most prominent black leaders, said yesterday that he is a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Mfume, a Democrat, is...Tags: Bill Clinton, Government, Science and Technology, Morgan State University, U.S. Senate
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Cardin moves human rights forward, but will U.S. eventually retreat?
Neil Simon's commentary, "Cardin stands for rights" (Dec. 13), correctly depicts U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin's steadfast pursuit to hold accountable violators of human rights in Russia with the killing of attorney Sergei Magnitsky. Our concern is that the U.S....Tags: Justice and Rights, Casablanca (movie), Russia, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights
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Cardin to meet with family of Russian lawyer
Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Jay Carney, Government, Heads of State, Science and Technology
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A faint echo of 9/11
WASHINGTON -- The morning after the Boston Marathon bombings, Ben Cardin, the first speaker on the Senate floor after leaders opened the day's session, marked the national crisis with some heartfelt thoughts on … school libraries. "Across the...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Osteopathic Medicine, Budget Control Act of 2011, Keith Ellison, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Powerful poison Ricin found in letter sent to U.S. senator
WASHINGTON -- An envelope laced with the lethal poison Ricin and addressed to a U.S. senator was found at a Maryland mail processing facility, officials said Tuesday. The envelope, intended for the office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), was discovered...
Tags: Anthrax, Jeff Flake, Claire McCaskill, Harry Reid, Robert Mueller
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Congressional lawmakers address feedback, sacrifices
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places like Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Unemployment, Labor Markets, Government, Robert P. Casey, Jr.
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