Maryland Politics: November 18, 2007 - November 24, 2007
Waxing Poetic on the Session
The final hours of a legislative session bring fatigue, short tempers, impatience for action and ... .for one State House observer who wished to remain anonymous, poetry: The 12 Days of Extraordinary Special Session On the first day of extraordinary...
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Lisa Rein
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November 21, 2007; 1:17 PM ET |
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Special Session Round-Up for Tuesday
Maryland's three-week special session came to an end shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Monday. Maryland lawmakers raised the state's sales, corporate income, tobacco and vehicle titling taxes, writes The Posts John Wagner. "This is the boldest move, the boldest action,...
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Washington Post Editors
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November 20, 2007; 6:11 PM ET |
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Leventhal Back in Action
A week after surgery for injuries sustained in a car accident, Montgomery Council member George Leventhal (D-At Large) was officially back in action on the dais this morning in Rockville. After the incident, in which his car hit a deer...
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Ann Marimow
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November 20, 2007; 11:35 AM ET |
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O'Malley's Role: Firm Leader or Tax-and-Spend Democrat?
Montgomery County Democrat Brian E. Frosh put it this way: "Will people recognize it as hard choices that had to be made or as government run amok?" The senator was talking about the three-week special session of the General Assembly...
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Phyllis Jordan
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November 20, 2007; 9:38 AM ET |
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Coming Up In Maryland Politics
Coming up in Maryland politics this week: PRIMARY ELECTION The deadline to change party affiliation before the Feb. 12 Presidential Primary Election is 9 p.m. today, Nov. 19. For more information call your local board of elections office. MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
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Anne Bartlett
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November 19, 2007; 5:34 AM ET |
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Where's Anthony Brown?
Before the current special legislative session started, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D), a former delegate from Prince George's County, made a few rounds talking to lawmakers, in person and on the phone, about the governor's solution to the state's...
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Phyllis Jordan
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November 18, 2007; 4:59 PM ET |
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