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Phase-out of Pa. state liquor stores passes House
A Republican plan to phase out Pennsylvania’s 600 state-operated liquor stores and raise millions in revenue by selling licenses to private businesses passed the House easily Thursday and was sent to the Senate. The 105-90 vote after about seven...Tags: Jake Wheatley, Tom Corbett, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Parties and Movements, Dominic Pileggi
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GOP budget plan promising deep cuts is approved by House
Associated PressThe Republican-controlled House passed a tea party-flavored budget plan Thursday that promises sharp cuts in safety-net programs for the poor and a clampdown on domestic agencies, in sharp contrast to less austere plans favored by President Barack Obama...Tags: John Boehner, FBI, Tea Party Movement, Budgets and Budgeting, Public Finance
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Pa.'s LCB could be nearing last call
A Republican plan designed to break down Pennsylvania’s Depression-era system of state-owned liquor stores passed a critical test Wednesday, leaving the measure poised to be approved by the House and sent to the state Senate. The GOP majority...Tags: Mike Turzai, Tom Corbett, Politics, Frank Dermody
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Senate Democrats' gun bill won't include assault weapons ban
An assault weapons ban won’t be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban’s chances of survival now are all but hopeless. The ban is the most controversial firearms...
Tags: Harry Reid, Newspaper and Magazine, Denis R. McDonough, Parties and Movements, Personal Weapon Control
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Mail Call - March 19
“Here’s the biggest fable of the USA: Christopher Columbus discovered America. He never set foot on American soil. He found the Bahamas, and last I looked, the Bahamas wasn’t part of the U.S. So why is he getting credit? Now, 400 years...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, John O. Brennan, Barack Obama, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Mail call - March 18
“To the Hagerstown caller, about President Obama and oil prices and gas prices: Obama doesn’t have a magic wand to wave. If you want to complain, complain about the Republican House. They’re the ones who like to give all the oil...Tags: Arts and Culture, U.S. Senate, Entertainment, Jeb Bush, Barack Obama
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W.Va. GOP chief confident his party will retain Capito's seat on Congress
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comWest Virginia Republican Party state Chairman Conrad Lucas said Tuesday he is “completely confident” the GOP will hold Shelley Moore Capito’s seat in Congress when she runs for the U.S. Senate in 2014. Since Capito announced her...Tags: Federal Election Commission, U.S. Senate, Mike Hall, John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Congress
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Mail Call - March 14
“If you have a pet and need a place for a dog park, it’s the taxpayers, it’s not just you. So when you have an animal, think about that before you pick a place to live, because it’s up to you to walk it. They have bags for you to...Tags: Sears, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), U.S. Senate, eBay Inc., North Korea
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Common ground in W.Va. politics: Guns
The West Virginia Legislature has had a few partisan clashes this session, but one issue seems to be uniting Democrats and Republicans: gun rights. Congress and some states are considering assault weapon bans and similar measures in response to recent...Tags: National Government, Gun Control, U.S. Supreme Court, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Mail Call - March 11
“In answer to the caller saying Maryland’s murder rate is 47 percent higher than in Pennsylvania: Just wait until the passage of the bill to legalize marijuana, which was introduced in the House, Maryland House, by Del. Anderson of Baltimore....Tags: U.S. Congress, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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GOP lawmakers welcome Obama overtures on budget battle
Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Obama’s courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress might help yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that puts Americans’ jobs at risk....
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Kevin McCarthy, Television Industry, Budget Control Act of 2011, Parties and Movements
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Letters to the Editor - March 10
Some questions to ask BOE employees To the editor: There are some questions The Herald-Mail should ask the Board of Education employees. 1. How many employees need to move? 2. How many will carpool or drive to work? 3. How many will shop “...Tags: Death Penalty, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Newspaper and Magazine, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Regional Authority
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