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Cardin meets with Hagel over comments
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Cardin met with Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel on Wednesday in an effort to smooth concerns the Maryland Democrat has raised about the controversial appointment. Usually a reliable supporter of the Obama administration,...
Tags: Washington, DC, Republican Party, Chuck Schumer, Politics, Chuck Hagel
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, David Cameron
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Senate committee switch could spring wind bill
UPDATE: An earlier version of this article described the two senators as opponents of death penalty repeal. They are both considered proponents of repeal. A change in the membership of a key Maryland Senate committee could hand Gov. Martin O'Malley a...Tags: Renewable Energy, Politics, Democratic Party, Annapolis, Alternative Energy
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Obama visits with U.S. Senate Democrats in Annapolis
President Barack Obama slipped into Annapolis Wednesday for a private meeting with U.S. Senate Democrats focused on the nation’s latest fiscal crisis — a visit that temporarily closed roads and a handful of businesses a mile from the...
Tags: Gun Control, Justice System, Government, White House, Annapolis
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Filibuster reform can't wait
Two months after American voters made it clear they want effective government — and two years before the U.S. Senate's next opportunity to reform its broken rules — that "do nothing" chamber appears poised to fix its filibuster. In its present...
Tags: Politics, DREAM Act, Harry Reid, Career and Workplace, U.S. Senate
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Tom Harkin, Richard Shelby, Thomas R. Carper, Mark Pryor, Johnny Isakson
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U.S. Senate Democrats to meet in Annapolis
U.S. Senate Democrats will hold their annual retreat beginning Tuesday in Annapolis, giving lawmakers a chance to strategize about gun control, immigration and the latest fiscal crisis. The meeting, which will end with a closed-door address Wednesday by...Tags: Gun Control, Justice System, Library of Congress, Government, Democratic Party
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Sequestration is not the solution
If Congress fails to deal with the looming threat of sequestration, March 1 will be devastating for millions of Americans. That will be the day that automatic, across-the-board spending cuts begin to take effect — cutting $1.2 trillion from...
Tags: Medical Research, Politics, National Institutes of Health, Budgets and Budgeting, Public Finance
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Where's the Democrats' due diligence?
While the Republicans were certainly guilty of deficit spending, they at least fulfilled their due diligence during President George W. Bush's administration ("Get it done," Feb. 13). They submitted a budget in accordance with the law and the most basic...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Politics, U.S. Congress, George W. Bush, Barack Obama
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Cardin asks NIH researchers to help fight looming cuts
Sen. Ben Cardin had a simple request of researchers at the National Institutes of Health looking for ways to defend their funding from looming budget cuts: "Put a face on this." "You're real people," the Maryland Democrat told hundreds of federal...
Tags: National Institutes of Health, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Government
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Republicans begin filibuster against Hagel
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans refused to allow a vote Wednesday on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to lead the Defense Department, staging the first filibuster against a president’s choice to head the Pentagon since the agency was created. ...
Tags: Republican Party, Dirk Kempthorne, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush
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Obama outlines ambitious agenda for second term
President Barack Obama used the first State of the Union address of his second term to try to breathe new life into his economic agenda, reviving modest measures to spur growth and trying to create fresh momentum in the all-but-stagnant talks over deficit...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Politics, Shootings, John Sarbanes
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