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Senate OKs legislation to keep government open; House votes next
WASHINGTON — All but ensuring there will be no federal shutdown, the Senate on Wednesday approved a measure to keep the government running — but not before tweaking the automatic budget cuts that threaten some of the lawmakers’...
Tags: Lisa Mascaro, Republican Party, John Boehner, U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Lawrence W. "Larry" Simns Sr., bay advocate
Lawrence W. "Larry" Simns Sr., a fourth-generation waterman and longtime advocate for the Chesapeake Bay and those who make their living from its waters, died Thursday of bone cancer at his Rock Hall home. He was 75. "Larry stood sentry for the...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Resource Industry, U.S. Congress, Jimmy Carter, Chestertown
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Maryland should say yes to single-sex schools
Anyone hearing the ACLU's position on single-sex education would think something troubling is afoot in almost every town in America. The ACLU claims that single-sex education is an unlawful form of discrimination and that its supposed benefits are based...Tags: Separation of Church and State, University of California, Los Angeles, Roman Catholicism, Medical Research, Christianity
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Bank offers $1.3 million for Md. affordable housing projects
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has agreed to provide $1.3 million to fund affordable housing projects in Baltimore and Cecil County, Maryland's U.S. senators announced Wednesday. "As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I have...Tags: Capital Bank Corporation, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Benjamin L. Cardin, Cecil County, Rentals
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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: Benjamin L. Cardin, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Politics
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Hattie Harrison, longest-serving Md. delegate
Hattie Harrison, the matriarch of East Baltimore politics who often greeted colleagues as "Baby" and was known for her signature curled hair and Southern cooking, will be remembered at a funeral at noon Feb. 9. Mrs. Harrison died of heart disease...
Tags: Marvin Mandel, Edgewood, Human Interest, Bernard C. Young, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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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: Republican Party, Benjamin L. Cardin, Voting, DREAM Act, U.S. Senate
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Md. congressional leadership demands answers from VA
Calling the failures at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Baltimore "inexcusable," Maryland's congressional leadership on Monday demanded the beleaguered agency develop an immediate plan to fix the local problems in processing disability claims....
Tags: Bernard Sanders, Benjamin L. Cardin, John Sarbanes, U.S. Congress, Jeff Miller
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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: Bill Nelson, Benjamin L. Cardin, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Enzi, Thad Cochran
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Female vs. male senators
As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...
Tags: Civil Rights, Susana Martinez, Lisa Murkowski, Justice and Rights, Jim DeMint
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Government sequestration could affect Hagerstown Regional Airport
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWith less than a week remaining before federal budget cuts could go into effect, federal agencies and parks, the military, hospitals, doctors, and Hagerstown Regional Airport, prepare for the ramifications if Congress fails to pass legislation to avoid it...Tags: Leesburg, Ray LaHood, Budget Control Act of 2011, Government Debt, Unemployment
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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: Benjamin L. Cardin, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Politics, Barack Obama
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