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Federal payroll deal passes, Maryland delegation split
Eight of Maryland’s 10 members of Congress voted against a bi-partisan plan Friday to extend a national payroll tax holiday – including two who were instrumental in crafting the deal – citing concern over how the measure would affect...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Democratic Party, Steny Hoyer, Government, Donna F. Edwards
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Fed pension change divides Md. congressional delegation on payroll tax cut
Capital News ServiceEight of the 10 members of Maryland's congressional delegation voted Friday to reject a bipartisan compromise on extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, with leading Democratic members criticizing the legislation's cuts to federal...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Interior Policy, Government
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Md. Democrats balk at bipartisan tax deal
All but one Maryland Democrat in Congress bucked party leaders Friday to vote against extending a nationwide payroll tax break through the end of the year, most of them because of a requirement that newly hired federal workers contribute more to their...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Employment Opportunities, Republican Party, National Security Agency, Democratic Party
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Obama budget cuts would hit Maryland
Labor unions that represent government workers — and some Maryland Democrats — criticized the budget President Barack Obama unveiled Monday for cutting $27 billion in federal employee pensions while offering what they called a modest, half-...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Republican Party, Hospitals and Clinics, Democratic Party, Government Debt
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Shift in Carroll's district lines a hot topic for 2012
![There was pizza, salad, mozzarella sticks and, to the delight of state Sen. Joe Getty, a full house at his Jan. 4 "town meeting," held at J&P Pizza, in Hampstead.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67229406-07201303.jpg "There was pizza, salad, mozzarella sticks and, to the delight of state Sen. Joe Getty, a full house at his Jan. 4 "town meeting,\" held at J&P Pizza, in Hampstead.")
There was pizza, salad, mozzarella sticks and, to the delight of state Sen. Joe Getty, a full house at his Jan. 4 "town meeting," held at J&P Pizza, in Hampstead.
"At the last town meeting in Manchester, we had 25 people," Getty said to the residents who...Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Carroll County (Maryland), Sykesville, Mount Airy, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Rallies mark second anniversary of Supreme Court decision against Federal Election Commission
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comAbout 40 people rallied outside the federal courthouse in Martinsburg Friday to protest a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opponents claim is allowing corporations to dangerously infiltrate the political process. The rally was similar to another one...Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Iraq War (2003-2011), Elections
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Tax cut talks focus on budget cuts, new fees
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans would cut federal employee benefits. President Barack Obama would raise fees for airline passengers and eliminate Saturday mail delivery. Democrats in Congress would charge employers higher premiums for federal pension...Tags: Republican Party, Air Transportation, Democratic Party, Medicare, Economy, Business and Finance
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Obama targets economy, taxes in address
![With the presidential election in full swing and Congress mired in gridlock, President Barack Obama used his third State of the Union address Tuesday to sound a populist message on the economy, outlining a series of policies he said would give the middle class "a fair shot" at prosperity.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67610607-24194538.jpg "With the presidential election in full swing and Congress mired in gridlock, President Barack Obama used his third State of the Union address Tuesday to sound a populist message on the economy, outlining a series of policies he said would give the middle class "a fair shot\" at prosperity.")
With the presidential election in full swing and Congress mired in gridlock, President Barack Obama used his third State of the Union address Tuesday to sound a populist message on the economy, outlining a series of policies he said would give the...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Mitch Daniels, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Dorchester County
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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, Republican Party, Steny Hoyer, Elections, John Sarbanes
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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: Federal Election Commission, Primaries, Political Fundraising, Donna F. Edwards, Elections
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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, Steny Hoyer, Hillary Clinton, Diseases and Illnesses, Lungs and Airways
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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, Republican Party, Defense, Democratic Party, Elections
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