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Public cancer forum set for Tuesday
U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will host a public cancer awareness forum Tuesday at the East Baltimore Medical Center to provide information and resources to patients, supporters and survivors. The 10:30 a.m. forum, "From Survive to Thrive: Equipping...
Tags: Health
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Edwards ranked among most liberal House members
Rep. Donna Edwards, a Prince George's County Democrat, is again ranked among the most liberal members of the House of Representatives, according to an annual review of roll call votes by National Journal. Edwards tied for first place in the rankings...Tags: Donna F. Edwards, Democratic Party, Ben Quayle, Prince George's County, Xavier Becerra
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In Annapolis, College Park shooting becomes part of the debate
The murder-suicide that left two University of Maryland students dead provided fresh fodder in Annapolis Wednesday for lawmakers debating whether to tighten Maryland's gun laws, with supporters saying the tragic incident gave them new resolve while...
Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Annapolis, Cecil County, Justice System, U.S. House of Representatives
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Cummings to push bipartisan gun control bill
Responding to gun control loopholes that have proved vexing for police in Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will introduce bipartisan legislation Tuesday to impose tougher penalties for people who traffic guns across state borders or buy...
Tags: Scott Rigell, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives, Justice System, U.S. Senate
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Campaign rules for federal employees get an update
Even as Congress and the White House appeared to be at a standoff over the fiscal cliff last month, lawmakers and the president were able to agree on at least one thing: an update of the Hatch Act.
The 1939 law prohibits federal employees and certain...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, AFL-CIO, Justice System
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Hope, cynicism run high for second Obama term
— Four years after he rode into the White House on a message of change, President Barack Obama is set to begin his second term Monday amid lowered expectations and a sense that his re-election has done little to alter the nation's fractured...
Tags: John Boehner, U.S. Postal Service, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Senate
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'Fiscal cliff' deal approved, avoiding tax increases, spending cuts
A bipartisan plan to avoid federal spending reductions and tax increases that would hit Maryland especially hard won final approval Tuesday night in the House of Representatives even as outside groups warned that the bill would simply delay difficult...
Tags: John Boehner, Personal Income, Career and Workplace, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate
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Lawmakers eye proposals to speed voting
Long lines that caused voters in Maryland and several other states to wait hours at polling places on Election Day are prompting a push for new laws to speed the process of casting a ballot. Lawmakers in Congress and the Maryland General Assembly say...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Voting, Mitt Romney, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Data Collection
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Delaney defeats Bartlett in the 6th District
Republican Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, who has represented Maryland's 6th District for nearly two decades, lost his bid for an 11th term Tuesday to a Democratic businessman who cast the closely watched race as a battle of different economic visions for the...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. House of Representatives, Environmental Issues, Democratic Party, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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Lopsided races: Most Maryland congressional reps face little competition
Despite well-known challengers and widespread dissatisfaction with Washington, most of Maryland's incumbents in the House of Representatives appear to be cruising to re-election — a result of convoluted congressional districts and large Democratic...
Tags: Annapolis, Justice System, U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Party, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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Mitchell remembered as pioneer, fighter for justice
In the midst of one of many tributes to former state Sen. Clarence M. Mitchell III at his memorial service in an Upton church Sunday night, hundreds of family members, friends and fellow politicians broke out into an impromptu singing of the hymn "Lift...
Tags: Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice, Barbara A. Mikulski, Government, Church and State Relations
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10 years after Dawson deaths, community urged to speak out against crime
Ten years ago, a woman who wanted her children to live in a drug-free environment, and who called police on those who would have it otherwise, was killed when a man tied to the local drug trade kicked in the front door of her home in Oliver and set it...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Home Improvement
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