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Hoyer has the right idea on budget
Rep. Steny Hoyer deserves praise for his comments earlier this week acknowledging that Democrats need to be willing to put Social Security and Medicare on the table as part of a comprehensive solution for our nation's debt problem. To achieve the type...Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Politics
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Trade-offs in raising Medicare eligibility age
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of any deal to reduce the government's huge deficits. But what sounds like a prudent sacrifice for an aging society that must watch...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Government Health Care, Barack Obama
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Search begins for site of new FBI headquarters
The agency charged with overseeing federal buildings said Monday it will begin reviewing sites for a new FBI headquarters, formally launching a competition that has quietly pitted Maryland against its neighbors for more than a year. State and local...Tags: Government, Food and Drug Administration, Donna F. Edwards, Montgomery County (Virginia), Local Government
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Van Hollen formally seeks to retain Budget role
WASHINGTON -- Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, locked out of pursuing a higher leadership role in this Congress, formally requested another term as the top-ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee in a letter to his colleagues Tuesday. Van Hollen,...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Budgets and Budgeting, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Joe Biden, Paul Ryan
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Democrats face problem of ages
President Barack Obama’s re-election means that, for the next four years, the face of the Democratic Party will be its vigorous 51-year-old president. Beyond Obama, however, the party has an increasingly geriatric leadership that is blocking...Tags: Joe Biden, John Cornyn, Chuck Schumer, Marco Rubio, Executive Branch
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Rep. Roscoe Bartlett's career in Congress comes to a close
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett began his unsuccessful campaign for another term with an unusual meeting: a one-on-one chat over dinner with his Democratic rival. Bartlett and his challenger, John Delaney, met alone for two hours in a Frederick restaurant...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Fiscal Cliff, Roscoe G Bartlett, Elections, National Institutes of Health
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After the election, a scramble for Hill jobs
When the votes from the 6th Congressional District were counted last week, John Delaney didn't just become Maryland's newest House member. He also became the state's newest employer.
And as Delaney and his fellow members of the congressional Class of...Tags: Students, Johns Hopkins University, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Politics
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Delaney ousts Bartlett from 6th District House seat
Maryland Democrats picked up a seat Tuesday in the House of Representatives after political newcomer John Delaney defeated Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett in the state’s westernmost district. Redistricting in Maryland made Bartlett one of...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Robert Frost, Democratic Party, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Elections
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Reject the Maryland gerrymander
Kathleen Dumais' op-ed ("Md. congressional map is fair, legal," Oct. 29) contained several inaccuracies. I am very familiar with the redistricting process since I attended most of the public hearings conducted by the Governor's Redistricting Advisory...Tags: Government, Annapolis, Peter Franchot, Donna F. Edwards, Democratic Party
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Election results test
Baltimore Sun reporterUPDATED 2:18 p.m. [ President and Vice President of the United States (Maryland) ] 0 of 1846 precincts reporting All Write Ins 0% 0 Barack Obama And Joe Biden 0% 0 Jill Stein And Cheri Honkayla 0% 0 Gary Johnson And James P. Gray 0% 0 Mitt...Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Donna F. Edwards, Joe Biden, Crime, Law and Justice
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Searching for votes on a football Sunday
Republican state Sen. Nancy Jacobs, running a long-shot campaign to oust Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, stood in a cold wind along York Road waving a big purple sign along with a dozen supporters. Money is scarce. There's been little help from her party in...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Nancy Jacobs, Jones Falls Expressway, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Now, it's all about turnout
With just two days left until polls open on Election Day, all sides of Maryland's fiercely contested ballot questions are turning to their final task: getting their supporters into the voting booth. To accomplish that goal, the campaigns have recruited...Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice, Kensington, Social Issues
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