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Talk of D.C. commuter tax finds opposition in Maryland
Talk in Congress of letting the District of Columbia tax commuters is getting a cool reception in Maryland. Officials in Washington say such a measure could raise $1.2 billion in new revenue — enough to fund nearly an eighth of the district's $9.65...
Tags: Georgetown, Taxation, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Darrell E Issa, New York City
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Issa's House hearings on contraception: Where were the women?
Opinion L.A.Let me look at that calendar -- what year is it again? 2012? Because, if you ask the Democrats, on Capitol Hill this week it was really looking like 1991. That was the year that an all-white, all-male Senate committee...... -
Washington memorial for WWI veterans sets off debate
WASHINGTON _ The District of Columbia War Memorial, often overlooked by tourists, is drawing attention these days as a disagreement escalates over whether it should be turned into a national memorial. After years of neglect, the memorial honoring...Tags: Defense, Armistice Day, World War I (1914-1918), Veterans Day, Washington, DC
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Washington, D.C. memorial for WWI veterans sets off debate
Nation NowAs Washington prepares to reopen a spruced up District of Columbia War Memorial, a fight intensifies over whether the often overlooked memorial should be turned into a national World War I memorial.... -
House censures Wilson: Party lines
The Swampby Richard Simon The Democratic-controlled House today voted to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson for heckling President Barack Obama during his health-care address to Congress last week, heightening partisan tensions in the Capitol. Although the...Tags: Migration, Justice System, Government, Lacy Clay, Hank Johnson
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Weekend Talk Shows: Haiti is this weekend's major topic of discussion
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Jan 10 - 16, in PDF format Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan 17 - 23, in PDF format This week's TV Movies TODAY Good...... -
Sunday shows: George W. Bush and Bill Clinton just about everywhere, talking Haiti, of course
Top of the TicketAlso USAID Director Rajiv Shah, Sen. Mitch McConnell and U.S. Gen. Ken Keen, also on Haiti.... -
Social nets wrap: Bush, Whitman, Brown and others celebrate Independence Day weekend
Top of the TicketPoliticians including John McCain, Arnold Schwarzegger and George Bush bid their social networking followers a happy Independence Day weekend.... -
Leaders fight plan to close nearby military installations
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - Appearing before stern-faced members of the panel that will decide the fate of thousands of American jobs this year, Washington leaders asked them yesterday to reject plans to close military installations in the nation's capital - most...Tags: Defense, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Armed Forces, Iraq War (2003-2011), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Democratic National convention schedule
The Swampby Frank James DENVER -- The Democratic National Convention officially starts here today at the Pepsi Center arena with DNC Chairman Howard Dean scheduled to officially gavel open the quadrennial event at 3 pm MT. Here's the overall schedule with......Tags: Janet Napolitano, Tammy Baldwin, Diplomacy, Colorado, Indiana
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Mac vs. Joe: Where did our love go?
The SwampIn happier days. (Photo by Carey Wagner/Sun-Sentinel.) by James Oliphant Seems like only yesterday John McCain was embarking on his final not-close-to-victory tour, with a beaming Joe Lieberman behind him every step of the way, a Sundance to his......Tags: Republican Party, Utah, Government, Upper House, Joe Lieberman
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D.C. Voting rights: Capital has a dream
The Swampby Mark Silva The great, and disenfranchised, capital of the United States of America is looking at a long-sought dream today: The right to vote. For a member of Congress, that is. They just cannot have tough control - everything,......Tags: Government, Utah, Upper House, George Washington University, United States
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