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Obama: Unclear who is responsible for explosions
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stony-faced President Barack Obama declared that those responsible for the explosions at the Boston Marathon "will feel the full weight of justice," but he urged a nervous nation not to jump to conclusions. Top lawmakers declared...
Tags: Boston Marathon, Ed Royce, Robert Mueller, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sports
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Farming: Old school for old boys
While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month’s hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are....Tags: The New York Times, Jon Tester, U.S. Congress, Drugs and Medicines, Prescription Drugs
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Sen. Boxer finds herself at odds with environmentalists
WASHINGTON — Barbara Boxer has long been one of the Senate's environmental champions, racking up perfect scores for each of the last five years on the League of Conservation Voters' report card on key votes. But the Californian now finds herself...
Tags: Natural Resources Defense Council, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Everglades, Environmental Issues, Ron Wyden
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Trickle-down tax cut fever is a bipartisan illness
Those Democrats and moderate Republicans who tut-tut about Gov. Mike Pence's almost religious faith in tax cuts as a means of spurring job creation ought to remember that it was the Democratic nominee for governor, John Gregg, who started this nonsense...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Elections, Labor Markets, Executive Branch, Mitch Daniels
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Aftermath of forgery trial
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Local party leaders and others reacted Friday to the verdict in the forgery trial involving former longtime chair of the county and congressional district Democratic Party Butch Morgan and party member Dustin Blythe. Accused of...Tags: John Broden, Todd Rokita, Justice System, Defendants, Connie Lawson
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U.S. Rep. John Delaney, D-Md. among speakers at Western Maryland Democratic Summit
dona@herald-mail.comThe ninth annual Western Maryland Democratic Summit on Saturday drew the state’s party heavyweights from the U.S. Senate, House and statehouse, but also featured something this part of the state has not had in many years — a Democrat...Tags: John Delaney, Same-Sex Marriage, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Barbara A. Mikulski, Science and Technology
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Florida Dems conflicted about restoring airport control towers
Some Florida Democrats had mixed feelings about their vote on Friday to help travelers and prevent flight delays by averting furloughs of air traffic controllers. They joined the majority House vote of 361 to 41 to pass the transportation bill but...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Budget Control Act of 2011, Unemployment, U.S. Congress
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Democrats rally in Berlin for the upcoming primary
Daily American Staff Writer @PeteBosakBERLIN — More than 200 people packed the Berlin Community Building on Thursday to rally Democrats for the upcoming primary and general elections to restore Pennsylvania's focus on jobs and prosperity. Democratic candidates for office, mostly...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, NFL Draft, Elections, Executive Branch
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How a bill becomes slaw -- an autopsy of gun-control legislation in Washington
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it’s dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let’s take a close look at just how something as popular as...... -
Top Md. Dems expected at summit in Hagerstown
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comTop Democrats from the state will converge in Hagerstown on Saturday for an annual summit of Western Maryland Democrats. And although Western Maryland hasn’t been a Democrat stronghold in recent years, party leaders said they were buoyed by...Tags: John Delaney, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Summits, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), John P Donoghue
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With session over, it's fundraising season
With the season for legislating over in Maryland as of last Monday, the season for raising cash for campaigns has begun. For the next nine months, until the General Assembly convenes in Annapolis Jan. 8, candidates for the legislature, governorship and...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Ken Ulman, Interior Policy, Catonsville, U.S. Senate
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Clelland plans to break with House Dem caucus on budget vote
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelFreshman Rep. Mike Clelland, the Lake Mary Democrat who upset former Speaker-to-be Chris Dorworth last fall in a district drawn to favor Republican candidates, plans to break with his caucus and vote for the Republican-controlled chamber's proposed...
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