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A faint echo of 9/11
WASHINGTON -- The morning after the Boston Marathon bombings, Ben Cardin, the first speaker on the Senate floor after leaders opened the day's session, marked the national crisis with some heartfelt thoughts on … school libraries. "Across the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Immigration, Justice and Rights, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Powerful poison Ricin found in letter sent to U.S. senator
WASHINGTON -- An envelope laced with the lethal poison Ricin and addressed to a U.S. senator was found at a Maryland mail processing facility, officials said Tuesday. The envelope, intended for the office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), was discovered...
Tags: Janet Napolitano, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Roger F. Wicker, Politics, Harry Reid
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Congressional lawmakers address feedback, sacrifices
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places like Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Unemployment, Barack Obama, Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Justice System
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Top Md. Dems expected at summit in Hagerstown
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comTop Democrats from the state will converge in Hagerstown on Saturday for an annual summit of Western Maryland Democrats. And although Western Maryland hasn’t been a Democrat stronghold in recent years, party leaders said they were buoyed by...Tags: Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Annapolis, Local Elections, John P Donoghue, Allegany County
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Tri-State-area lawmakers answer questions about sequester and its impact
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places such as Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Unemployment, Barack Obama, National Security, Finance, National Government
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Cardin pledges to press for sequestration alternative in town hall meetings
Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with federal workers and small-business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October. But he acknowledged that achieving a...
Tags: Barack Obama, Ken Ulman, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives
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Obama budget would have big impact in Md.
Labor unions representing federal employees reacted angrily to the $3.8 trillion budget unveiled Wednesday by President Barack Obama, who proposed trimming $20 billion from federal retirement benefits — reopening a debate many Democrats felt had...Tags: Barack Obama, Baltimore County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Social Security, Parties and Movements
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Filibuster rules at heart of gun bill 'defeat'
Do the people of the United States know that the U.S. Senate voted favorably on several amendments to the gun control bill? A majority of senators approved amendments requiring background checks for online and gun show purchases, providing special...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control
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Cardin to meet with family of Russian lawyer
Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of State, Lawyers, Justice and Rights, Judges
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Group wants background checks for firearm buyers
holly.shok@herald-mail.comOne hundred days after the second-deadliest school shooting in United States history, community members gathered at the Boonsboro Free Library on Thursday to sign a petition advocating universal background checks for firearm sales. Hosted by public...Tags: Barack Obama, Barbara A. Mikulski, Libraries, Arts and Culture, Organizing for Action
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Obama establishes Tubman park on Eastern Shore
President Barack Obama set aside 480 acres on the Eastern Shore on Monday as a national monument to honor Harriet Tubman — a victory for advocates who have long sought to memorialize the abolitionist's role in leading dozens of slaves to freedom....Tags: Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Interior, Justice System, Statue of Liberty
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Obama picks Perez to lead U.S. Labor Department
Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...
Tags: Barack Obama, Montgomery County (Maryland), Lawyers, Immigration, Hilda Solis
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