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State budget surplus greater than expected
Maryland finished the most recent budget year with nearly $1 billion in unspent funds, a surplus that was more than 50 percent higher than expected, mostly due to stronger-than-anticipated income tax receipts, officials said Thursday.
"It is...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, David Brinkley, Republican Party, Taxation
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Will the next farm bill be written by budget cutters?
The biggest activity in Washington between now and Thanksgiving is the focus on the so-called “super committee,” those 12 Democrats and Republicans charged with reducing the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Lobbyists,...Tags: Xavier Becerra, History (tv network), Budgets and Budgeting, Agriculture, Dave Camp
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2012 called crucial year for Md. gas tax
If Maryland is to raise significant new revenue to meet its backlog of transportation needs — most likely through a higher gas tax — 2012 is the year it must be done, a leading lawmaker told a gathering of Baltimore business leaders Monday....Tags: Regional Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Laws, Republican Party, Career and Workplace
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House passes stopgap spending bill, averting government shutdown this weekend
Associated PressA nearly empty House on Thursday passed a stopgap spending measure to avert a government shutdown this weekend and refill disaster aid coffers drained by a series of recent storms, fires and tornadoes. The measure passed the House with the unanimous...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, Elections
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Proposed Md. congressional map would redraw Bartlett's district
Associated PressA proposal to redraw Maryland’s congressional districts is already generating discussion about shaking up next year’s election because it would make Democrats more competitive in the western district currently held by Republican Rep. Roscoe...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Republican Party, Democratic Party, Montgomery County (Maryland), Cecil County
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Two congressmen discuss state redistricting with O'Malley
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday night that two Maryland congressmen — one Democrat, one Republican — have asked him to make "substantial" changes in the state's proposed new political map.
O'Malley spoke after back-to-back meetings in...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Mount Airy, Roscoe G Bartlett, Minority Groups, U.S. Senate
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GOP, others find faults with proposed map
Maryland Republicans criticized a proposal Tuesday to redraw the state's congressional map, saying a Democratic-controlled panel seeking to bolster the party's position would separate communities with like-minded views and fuse areas with little in...Tags: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Minority Groups, Republican Party, Montgomery County (Maryland), John Sarbanes
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O'Malley unveils proposed congressional map
Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley released his congressional redistricting plan Saturday evening, hours after a handful of African-American lawmakers walked out of a Legislative Black Caucus meeting and prevented the group from taking an official position...Tags: Catherine E. Pugh, Minority Groups, African Americans, Laws, Republican Party
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Senate gives initial approval to O'Malley map
Gov. Martin O'Malley's political redistricting plan earned a quick first stamp of approval from the Maryland Senate on Monday night despite a day full of objections from top Republicans — and a sitting Democratic congresswoman — who slammed...Tags: Minority Groups, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Republican Party, Montgomery County (Maryland), Howard County
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Debt vote tough call for Md. lawmakers
— Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin rarely embraces drama, but as the denouement of the debt ceiling debate played out Tuesday, the Maryland Democrat became something of a mystery — undecided up until the very last minute on how he would vote. Cardin,...Tags: Joe Biden, Medicaid, Homes, Republican Party, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Debt crisis could have outsized effect on Maryland
Bracing for the loss of a steady paycheck is becoming something of a routine for Frank Silberstein. A statistician for the U.S. Census Bureau and a union steward for the American Federation of Government Employees, Silberstein said the pitched battle...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Timothy Geithner, Medicaid, Money and Monetary Policy, Republican Party
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Sarbanes, Harris lead in 2012 race for cash
Rep. John P. Sarbanes, a third-term Democrat who faces little opposition for re-election in 2012, raised more campaign cash than any other Baltimore-area member of Congress in the past three months, campaign finance reports made public over the weekend...Tags: Frank Kratovil, Roscoe G Bartlett, Homes, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Secret Service
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