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State, local officials preparing for new BRAC
As President Barack Obama proposed a new round of military base closures and reorganization, Maryland's political and business forces already are working to protect installations here and position the state to benefit from any future moves.
Maryland...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Business Enterprises, Baltimore County, The Pentagon, Fort Detrick (military base)
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State lawmakers hope to ride anti-incumbent wave to Congress
Nearly a half-dozen Maryland state lawmakers are hoping to exploit the nation's anti-incumbent mood with campaigns for Congress that focus heavily on Washington's dysfunction. Two Republican state senators, David Brinkley of Frederick County and Nancy...Tags: C. Anthony Muse, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Baltimore County, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bartlett campaign shows signs of life
Despite months of speculation that he would retire, Republican Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett is instead gearing up for a tough re-election campaign that will be among the most closely watched in the nation. Bartlett, the 85-year-old incumbent who is seeking an...Tags: Primaries, Voting, Carroll County (Maryland), Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Art Callaham: Gerrymandering, Part II
Before Christmas, I wrote a column concerning the history of gerrymandering and promised a little more about the subject. Gerrymandering, as you may recall, has become a political tool to make or sometimes break control of a geographic area by grouping...Tags: Arts and Culture, Baltimore County, Government, Parties and Movements, Customs and Tradition
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MD's GOP pols in DC get low grades from greens
Maryland's two Republican House members got low marks for their votes on environmental issues in the latest scorecard from the national League of Conservation Voters, which called the GOP-dominated House session last year the "most anti-environmental"...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, John Sarbanes, Voting, Steny Hoyer, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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How Maryland is making it
Manufacturing is a hot topic of conversation today. Thank goodness. Maryland manufacturers have been left relatively unsupported over the past decade. Now policymakers realize that "Making it in Maryland" means good paying manufacturing jobs that...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, John Sarbanes, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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House fundraising totals in Md.
Here is a more complete picture of fundraising for House races in Maryland for the final quarter of 2011, based on reports that were due to the Federal Election Commission at midnight Tuesday. As The Sun reported Wednesday, Democrat Rob Garagiola is...Tags: Primaries, Elections, Federal Election Commission, Donna F. Edwards, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Anxious Marylanders wait to see if Congress will act
Failure of the congressional "supercommittee" to strike a deal on deficit reduction has left lawmakers scrambling to address a half-dozen bills of major importance to Marylanders, from extending tax breaks to paying Medicare doctors to securing federal...Tags: Baltimore County, Transportation, Government, Health, U.S. Department of Defense
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Mother appeals for son's release from Cuban prison
The 89-year-old mother of Alan Gross, the Maryland man who is serving 15 years in a Cuban prison after taking cellphones, laptop computers and satellite equipment into the communist nation, released a video statement Thursday appealing to President Raśl...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, John Sarbanes, Lungs and Airways, Steny Hoyer, Health
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New $5, $1 coins pay homage to War of 1812, Battle of Baltimore
The U.S. Mint unveiled the designs Wednesday for two limited-issue coins that will be available in March to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The $5 gold piece and the silver dollar pay homage to the national anthem, Fort McHenry and...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Fort McHenry, Statue of Liberty, Inner Harbor, L. Michael White
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Defense bill includes Md. projects
A massive, $662 billion defense measure that authorizes hundreds of millions of dollars in spending on Maryland's military facilities cleared a final vote in the Senate Thursday and now heads to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it into law....Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, John Sarbanes, Baltimore County, National Security, Justice and Rights
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Bipartisan cooperation evident on intelligence bill
Last week, Congress passed legislation authorizing spending for our country's 16 intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The fact that the bill passed with...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, National Security, National Defense Authorization Act, Republican Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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