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Federal payroll deal passes, Maryland delegation split
Eight of Maryland’s 10 members of Congress voted against a bi-partisan plan Friday to extend a national payroll tax holiday – including two who were instrumental in crafting the deal – citing concern over how the measure would affect...Tags: Government, National Institutes of Health, Employees, Elections, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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Fed pension change divides Md. congressional delegation on payroll tax cut
Capital News ServiceEight of the 10 members of Maryland's congressional delegation voted Friday to reject a bipartisan compromise on extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, with leading Democratic members criticizing the legislation's cuts to federal...Tags: Republican Party, Government, Pension and Welfare, Money and Monetary Policy, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Md. Democrats balk at bipartisan tax deal
All but one Maryland Democrat in Congress bucked party leaders Friday to vote against extending a nationwide payroll tax break through the end of the year, most of them because of a requirement that newly hired federal workers contribute more to their...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, National Institutes of Health, Employment, Parties and Movements
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Jacobs to challenge Ruppersberger in Maryland's 2nd District
State Sen. Nancy Jacobs said Tuesday she will announce her candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District this week, making her the latest state lawmaker to jump into a House race for the 2012 election.
Jacobs, who stepped down as Republican Senate leader...Tags: Republican Party, Annapolis, Parties and Movements, Roscoe G Bartlett, Democratic Party
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State, local officials preparing for new BRAC
As President Barack Obama proposed a new round of military base closures and reorganization, Maryland's political and business forces already are working to protect installations here and position the state to benefit from any future moves.
Maryland...Tags: Buck McKeon, Elections, Barbara A. Mikulski, Air Transportation Delays, Business Enterprises
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State lawmakers hope to ride anti-incumbent wave to Congress
Nearly a half-dozen Maryland state lawmakers are hoping to exploit the nation's anti-incumbent mood with campaigns for Congress that focus heavily on Washington's dysfunction. Two Republican state senators, David Brinkley of Frederick County and Nancy...Tags: Republican Party, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Harford County, Elections, Voting
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Bartlett campaign shows signs of life
Despite months of speculation that he would retire, Republican Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett is instead gearing up for a tough re-election campaign that will be among the most closely watched in the nation. Bartlett, the 85-year-old incumbent who is seeking an...Tags: Republican Party, Roscoe G Bartlett, Political Fundraising, Carroll County (Maryland), Harford County
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Art Callaham: Gerrymandering, Part II
Before Christmas, I wrote a column concerning the history of gerrymandering and promised a little more about the subject. Gerrymandering, as you may recall, has become a political tool to make or sometimes break control of a geographic area by grouping...Tags: Republican Party, Government, Richard Nixon, Elections, Executive Branch
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MD's GOP pols in DC get low grades from greens
Maryland's two Republican House members got low marks for their votes on environmental issues in the latest scorecard from the national League of Conservation Voters, which called the GOP-dominated House session last year the "most anti-environmental"...Tags: Republican Party, Environmental Issues, Elections, Voting, Steny Hoyer
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How Maryland is making it
Manufacturing is a hot topic of conversation today. Thank goodness. Maryland manufacturers have been left relatively unsupported over the past decade. Now policymakers realize that "Making it in Maryland" means good paying manufacturing jobs that...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations, John Sarbanes, Benjamin L. Cardin
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House fundraising totals in Md.
Here is a more complete picture of fundraising for House races in Maryland for the final quarter of 2011, based on reports that were due to the Federal Election Commission at midnight Tuesday. As The Sun reported Wednesday, Democrat Rob Garagiola is...Tags: Political Fundraising, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Politics, Elections, Federal Election Commission
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Anxious Marylanders wait to see if Congress will act
Failure of the congressional "supercommittee" to strike a deal on deficit reduction has left lawmakers scrambling to address a half-dozen bills of major importance to Marylanders, from extending tax breaks to paying Medicare doctors to securing federal...Tags: Transportation, Government, Republican Party, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Medicare
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