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White House, Congressional leaders continue to work on deal to avoid 'fiscal cliff'
Associated PressAgonizingly close to a New Year's Eve compromise, the White House and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to block across-the-board tax increases set for midnight, but held up a final deal as they haggled away the final hours of 2012 in a dispute over...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, John McCain, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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Local officials not expecting reimbursement for G-8
The Frederick News-PostMore than six months after President Obama and seven other world leaders converged on Camp David for the G-8 summit, local officials appear to hold out little hope that taxpayers might ever recoup the cost of preparing for and hosting the event. “...Tags: U.S. Secret Service, Summits, Fiscal Cliff, G8, Barack Obama
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Allan Powell: Why so much post-election rancor?
Perhaps in no election since that of 1932 has there been so much anxiety over the possible outcome of an election. Then, as now, there were huge social issues at stake with parallels between a Roosevelt-Hoover contest and an Obama-Romney encounter. In...Tags: Mitt Romney, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Republican Party, George W. Bush
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Mail Call - Nov. 27
“May St. Francis of Assisi protect the defenseless against the oncoming slaughter from those hiding in the woods and forests with high-powered weapons, who consider this slaughter to be justifiable. May The Herald-Mail spare those of us who are...Tags: Mitt Romney, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. House of Representatives, Punishment, Barack Obama
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Broadfording Christian Academy inducts five students into National Honor Society
On Oct. 22, five high school students were inducted into the Colossians 3:17 Chapter of the Broadfording Christian Academy National Honor Society. A candlelight ceremony was held in the church auditorium in honor of the inductees who were recognized for...
Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Culture, Education, Politics, Human Rights
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Letters to the Editor - Nov. 26
Democracy is a theory yet to be disproved To the editor: Watching the election returns on television reminded me why I migrated to this country a few years ago. I am proud to be an American. We are a country that is so big, so great, so diverse and...Tags: Mitt Romney, Suez Canal, Invention and Innovation, Barack Obama, Poland
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Mail Call - Nov. 22
“I have to say that the Hagerstown voters certainly have short memories, if they don’t remember when Penny Nigh was council lady before. We paid the price then, and with her now elected, we’re going to pay the price now.” —...Tags: Sean Hannity, Mitt Romney, Holidays, Barack Obama, Politics
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Tom Firey: How the GOP won the tax battle ... but lost the war on big government
In his acceptance speech for the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination, Walter Mondale made a bold promise: He would raise Americans’ taxes and cut the federal deficit. His justification: “These deficits hike interest rates, clobber exports,...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush
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House votes to defuse debt limit crisis
Associated PressRetreating with a purpose, Republicans sped legislation through the House on Wednesday to avert the imminent threat of a government default but pointing the way to a springtime budget struggle with President Barack Obama over Medicare, farm subsidies...Tags: Dave Camp, Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, Jay Carney, Health Insurance Cost
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Obama weighing executive action on guns
Facing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps he could take through executive action alone, congressional officials said. But the scope of such measures is limited. The steps could include ordering...
Tags: Laws, National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama
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Letters to the Editor - Nov. 20
Handling of Benghazi attack ‘nauseating and disturbing’ To the editor: Most believed from day one that those killed in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, died from a terrorist attack. Reports have said that various key agencies within the Obama...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Benghazi, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Jay Carney
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Obama says he's seen no evidence Petraeus scandal harmed national security
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama says he’s withholding judgment on the timing of the revelations that his CIA director was under investigation for a possible national security violation. The House Intelligence Committee was holding hearings on that very...Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Defense, John Allen, Central Intelligence Agency
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