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Government spending sometimes works out
timr@herald-mail.comDisputes over public spending and public projects are as old as the republic itself, so the Washington County Commissioners aren’t breaking any new ground by revisiting the topic. Back when people really believed in limited federal government (in...Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Lakes and Ponds, Ron Paul, Politics
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Obama's $3.8 trillion budget plan would raise taxes for wealthy
AP Economics WriterPresident Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the government’s huge health benefit programs, a major...Tags: Mitt Romney, Health Insurance, Republican Party, Elections, Parties and Movements
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 12
This is the perfect time to legislate personhood To the editor: In rebuttal to a recent letter to the editor, this is, rather, the perfect time to politicize and legislate personhood. In fact, it will always be the perfect time until the simple...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party, Elections, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
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O'Malley budget plan would raise taxes for about 20 percent of Marylanders
Associated PressAbout 20 percent of taxpayers will see smaller state income tax refunds, and Maryland will significantly shift how it pays for teacher pensions, under a budget proposal released by Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday aimed at closing a $1.1 billion...Tags: E.J. Pipkin, Budgets and Budgeting, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, Personal Income
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Democratic candidates for 6th Congressional District participate in debate
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe redrawn lines of Maryland’s 6th Congressional District could end a 20-year wait for area Democrats looking to regain a long sought-after seat in theU.S. House of Representatives, a member of the Washington County Democratic Central Committee...Tags: Robert J. Garagiola, Primaries, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Democratic Party, Elections
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Deficit rose in February, on pace to top $1 trillion again
AP Economics WriterThe U.S. federal deficit was slightly smaller through the first five months of the budget year than the previous year. Still, the imbalance is on pace to exceed $1 trillion for the fourth straight year, which could be an issue in this year’s...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Tri-State congressional reactions to supercommittee's failure to reach deal
Following are comments from some members of the congressional delegation from the Tri-State area about the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known as the supercommittee, to reach a deficit reduction plan:
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin,...Tags: Health Insurance, Social Security, Budgets and Budgeting, Business, Labor Markets
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Lawmakers reject funding for new Antietam Fire Co. station
andrews@herald-mail.comA House of Delegates budget committee Wednesday rejected a funding request for the Antietam Fire Co., which was counting on $200,000 to open a new station in Hagerstown’s North End. But Del. John P. Donoghue, D-Washington, said he and others are...Tags: Finance, Republican Party, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Washington County (Maryland)
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Washington County projects still in capital budget
andrews@herald-mail.comState lawmakers Tuesday backed funding for three projects in Washington County that are already in the fiscal 2012 capital budget. The House Appropriations capital budget subcommittee supported $9.7 million for work at the Maryland Correctional...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Washington County (Maryland), Maryland
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