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Some urge Boehner: let Dems pass fiscal cliff bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — In case the public weren't frustrated enough over Congress' failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff," consider this: lawmakers probably could enact a compromise quickly and easily if Republican leaders let Democrats provide most of...Tags: U.S. Congress, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Plan B (drug), Republican Party
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No budging as fiscal cliff talks appear stalled
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans aren't budging on tax rates, and Democrats are resisting steps like raising the eligibility age for Medicare. Negotiations on averting a year-end fiscal train wreck combining big automatic tax hikes and sweeping...
Tags: U.S. Congress, CBS Corp., Career and Workplace, White House, Medicare
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Leading conservative says Obama will win tax fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five weeks after President Barack Obama won re-election and gained more leverage to make GOP conservatives bend on taxes, the new balance of power is proving vexing for both sides. Republicans still aren't budging on Obama'...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Television Stations, U.S. Senate, Social Security, CBS Corp.
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'Fiscal cliff' deal approved, avoiding tax increases, spending cuts
A bipartisan plan to avoid federal spending reductions and tax increases that would hit Maryland especially hard won final approval Tuesday night in the House of Representatives even as outside groups warned that the bill would simply delay difficult...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Government Debt, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Government
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Weekend TV Talk: Dianne Feinstein; John McCain; Richard Durbin
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 16 - 22 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America Coverage of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Situation Room With Wolf...
Tags: BBC, Susan Collins, Peter Orszag, Bob Corker, Central Intelligence Agency
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For former members, life after Congress
Connie Morella served as an ambassador in Paris. Helen Bentley became a consultant to the port of Baltimore. Wayne Gilchrest opened an environmental education center on the Eastern Shore. Former members of Congress from Maryland, they rebounded from...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Bill Clinton, NAACP, Port of Baltimore, Primaries
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Chris Van Hollen is no friend of Israel
As Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen Jr. eyes a run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, readers deserve to know the truth about his record on Israel and Iran. Some readers seem to believe that democracy ends on Election Day, and that afterward citizens give up...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Politics, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Jerusalem (Israel)
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Election is over, but 'super PACs' remain a threat
Just as the devil's finest trick is persuading you that he doesn't exist (according to the poet Baudelaire), the best trick of big-money political donors may be persuading Americans that Citizens United doesn't matter. Citizens United, of course, is the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Social Security, Career and Workplace, White House, Honeywell International Incorporated
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Van Hollen not a true friend to Israel
During his campaign for re-election, Rep. Chris Van Hollen from Maryland's 8th District claimed that he was a "friend of Israel." He even took out a full-page ad in the Washington Jewish Weekly just a few days before the Nov. 6 election claiming that he...Tags: Politics, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Israel
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Van Hollen is a staunch friend of Israel
I was disturbed by a recent letter to the editor questioning Rep. Chris Van Hollen's support for Israel ("Van Hollen is not a true friend to Israel," Nov. 28). I am a Jewish constituent of the congressman who has followed his career for many years. Mr....Tags: Politics, Judaism, Religion and Belief, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Israel
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Federal workers fret over debt talks
As the president and the speaker of the House intensified their debate over raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling Monday night, the real world impact was reflected among Maryland federal workers like Jacqueline Hamilton. After 44 years of...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Career and Workplace, White House, Health and Safety at Work, Medicare
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Mikulski to lead Senate Appropriations Committee
In an unexpected move that could have significant implications for Maryland, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski will be named the first female chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday. The Baltimore native and Maryland Democrat, who had...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Barbara A. Mikulski, Career and Workplace, Somerset County (Maryland), Labor Legislation
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