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Cardin meets with Hagel over comments
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Cardin met with Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel on Wednesday in an effort to smooth concerns the Maryland Democrat has raised about the controversial appointment. Usually a reliable supporter of the Obama administration,...
Tags: Lobbying, Chuck Schumer, Republican Party, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Cardin moves human rights forward, but will U.S. eventually retreat?
Neil Simon's commentary, "Cardin stands for rights" (Dec. 13), correctly depicts U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin's steadfast pursuit to hold accountable violators of human rights in Russia with the killing of attorney Sergei Magnitsky. Our concern is that the U.S....Tags: Casablanca (movie), Russia, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, David Cameron
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Senate committee switch could spring wind bill
UPDATE: An earlier version of this article described the two senators as opponents of death penalty repeal. They are both considered proponents of repeal. A change in the membership of a key Maryland Senate committee could hand Gov. Martin O'Malley a...Tags: Annapolis, Wind Power, Lisa A Gladden, Punishment, Environmental Issues
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Obama visits with U.S. Senate Democrats in Annapolis
President Barack Obama slipped into Annapolis Wednesday for a private meeting with U.S. Senate Democrats focused on the nation’s latest fiscal crisis — a visit that temporarily closed roads and a handful of businesses a mile from the...
Tags: Government, Interior Policy, United States Naval Academy, Personal Service, Aveda Corp.
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Filibuster reform can't wait
Two months after American voters made it clear they want effective government — and two years before the U.S. Senate's next opportunity to reform its broken rules — that "do nothing" chamber appears poised to fix its filibuster. In its present...
Tags: Voting, Elections, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate, Republican Party
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Sherrod Brown, Mark Pryor, Thomas R. Carper, Pat Roberts, Claire McCaskill
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U.S. Senate Democrats to meet in Annapolis
U.S. Senate Democrats will hold their annual retreat beginning Tuesday in Annapolis, giving lawmakers a chance to strategize about gun control, immigration and the latest fiscal crisis. The meeting, which will end with a closed-door address Wednesday by...Tags: Government, Interior Policy, Elections, Democratic Party, CNBC (tv network)
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Sequestration is not the solution
If Congress fails to deal with the looming threat of sequestration, March 1 will be devastating for millions of Americans. That will be the day that automatic, across-the-board spending cuts begin to take effect — cutting $1.2 trillion from...
Tags: Public Finance, Science and Technology, Head Start, Diseases and Illnesses, Parkinson's Disease
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Where's the Democrats' due diligence?
While the Republicans were certainly guilty of deficit spending, they at least fulfilled their due diligence during President George W. Bush's administration ("Get it done," Feb. 13). They submitted a budget in accordance with the law and the most basic...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, George W. Bush, Politics
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Cardin asks NIH researchers to help fight looming cuts
Sen. Ben Cardin had a simple request of researchers at the National Institutes of Health looking for ways to defend their funding from looming budget cuts: "Put a face on this." "You're real people," the Maryland Democrat told hundreds of federal...
Tags: Government, Public Finance, Government Debt, Science and Technology, Civil and Public Service
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Republicans begin filibuster against Hagel
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans refused to allow a vote Wednesday on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to lead the Defense Department, staging the first filibuster against a president’s choice to head the Pentagon since the agency was created. ...
Tags: Harry Reid, Elections, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Dirk Kempthorne
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Obama outlines ambitious agenda for second term
President Barack Obama used the first State of the Union address of his second term to try to breathe new life into his economic agenda, reviving modest measures to spur growth and trying to create fresh momentum in the all-but-stagnant talks over deficit...
Tags: Public Finance, Interior Policy, Shootings, Ted Nugent, Barack Obama
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