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Van Hollen to speak at Democratic convention
Montgomery County Rep. Chris Van Hollen is the latest Democrat from Maryland to land a speaking role in Charlotte next week, Democratic National Convention organizers announced Friday. The addition of Van Hollen's name to the lineup is not a surprise. As...Tags: Joe Biden, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Paul Ryan, Politics, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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Maryland congressman joins critics of BGE, Pepco response to outages
A Maryland congressman called on regulators to amp up pressure on the state's electric utilities Thursday after last month's derecho left some customers without power for more than a week. In a scathing analysis of the utilities' response, Rep. Chris Van...
Tags: Justice System, Civil and Public Service, Montgomery County (Virginia), Companies and Corporations, Weather Reports
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Casey, Schwartz named to payroll conference committee
Pennsylvania Ave.Ending weeks of partisan gridlock -- the norm these days for Capitol Hill -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a tax cut for working Americans with the stipulation that Senate Democrats agree to appoint conferees to...... -
Federal workers fret over debt talks
As the president and the speaker of the House intensified their debate over raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling Monday night, the real world impact was reflected among Maryland federal workers like Jacqueline Hamilton. After 44 years of...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Unions
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6th District congressional candidate wants to share job-creating success
andrews@herald-mail.comEditor's note: This is one in an occasional series of profiles about candidates running for election in the 6th Congressional District. John Delaney said he has a proven record of creating jobs — more than 1,000 of them in Montgomery County, Md....Tags: Alex X Mooney, Business, Roscoe G Bartlett, David R Brinkley, Columbia University
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Candidates run for Congress despite home address
All politics is local. All candidates for Congress are not. At least eight candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland — including four prominent contenders — are running this year in congressional districts that do not...Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Roscoe G Bartlett, Public Officials, Frederick County (Maryland), Rick Santorum
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Grade level of congressional speech falls
A study suggesting that the sophistication of congressional floor speeches has declined by a full grade level since 2005 ranks Reps. Chris Van Hollen and John Sarbanes as the most eloquent -- or verbose, depending on perspective -- members of Maryland&...Tags: Democratic Party, John Sarbanes, Environmental Issues, Elijah E. Cummings, National Security Agency
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Rick Santorum on ‘State of the Union’; John McCain on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe biggest guest on Sunday morning television will be Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who is talking to CBS' “Face the Nation.” But I've written about that program, which will air at 10:30 a.m. on WKMG-Channel 6. The rest of... -
Federal workers take $15B hit in payroll tax deal
Federal employees will be required to contribute $15 billion toward the cost of extending federal unemployment insurance under a tentative agreement struck in Congress that would also maintain the 2010 payroll tax break, federal worker union officials...Tags: Barack Obama, Insurance, Benjamin L. Cardin, Career and Workplace, Justice System
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For 6th District Republicans, the gerrymander blues
As Tuesday's congressional primary approaches, Western Maryland Democrats, longing for a change in representation, have reason to be optimistic. Republicans, on the other hand, have reason to sing the blues. The change in the 6th Congressional District...
Tags: Dennis J. Kucinich, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Marcy Kaptur, Political Candidates
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Key races, little interest as primary nears
Despite high-profile races — including a Republican presidential contest that brought the candidates swinging through the state and a nationally significant House race in Western Maryland — elections officials predict that turnout could fall...Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin L. Cardin, Newt Gingrich, Parties and Movements, Roscoe G Bartlett
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Md. lawmakers take on political spending spree
Three Maryland lawmakers are leading vastly different approaches in Congress to address the growing influence of so-called super PACs and other political nonprofits that have poured money into campaigns, raising concerns about the outsized influence of...
Tags: Democratic Party, Career and Workplace, Illegal Immigrants, Parties and Movements, Political Fundraising
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