The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) is a member of the important Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a member of the Judiciary Committee, where he chairs the...
Connecting.the.Dots (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
There is a rueful note in today's New York Times report of impending White House triumph in "a process that has at times seemed on the brink of anarchy": "After months of plodding work by five Congressional committees and weeks of back-room bargaining by Democratic leaders, President Obama’s arms-length strategy on health care appears to be paying dividends, with the House and...
The Baltimore Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
The U.S. Congress will pass health care reform before the December holidays, U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin told a group of doctors, nurses and hospital administrators on Friday.
Counterterrorism Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed legislation extending the Patriot Act without a proposal by Senator Feingold that would, in effect, eviscerate an important 13-year old-statute that makes it illegal to provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations. The committee yesterday approved by an 11-8 vote and sent to the floor a compromise bill that extends, with modifications, Patriot...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Taking a page from the strong House Progressive Block pushing a robust public option, Roll Call reports that thirty Senate Dems have written to Harry Reid, demanding a public option [sub. req.]. "Support for the public option runs deep in the Senate," Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who circulated the letter, said in a prepared statement. The Democratic Conference remains split over the public...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
The U.S. Senate has approved $2 million to help acquire additional land for the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin announced Friday.
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
With the federal treasury facing insolvency what industry do we help next? Well lets see, how about the public relations arm of the Democratic party, the newspaper industry. That way when our Taxes go even higher they can tell us that it is a great idea. Today the President said that he would be happy to look at the Senate proposal allowing papers to restructure as non-profit organizations. Non-Profit...
Subprime Blogger (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
The homebuyer tax credit is set to expire on November 30th but the Senate has proposed an extension of 6 months. Benjamin Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, introduced the bill H.R. 1678 and had it co-sponsored with four other Senators. Cardin states, ““As we are fighting to get our economy back on track, we cannot afford [...]
Right Coast (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Early arrivals to House Majority Leader's Steny H. Hoyer's health care town hall meeting Tuesday night calmly waited for the doors to open as only a trickle of sign-toting demonstrators assembled nearby. About 75 people were in line by 4:30 p.m., 90 minutes before the doors at North Point High School were scheduled to open. The parking lot was not going to open until 5 p.m., but early arrivals found...
Truth In Our Time (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
I wonder why all the foreign aid keeps rolling to Israel even though we are flat broke..... NEW YORK (JTA)— The following is a list of the 44 Jewish members —13 senators and 31 representatives — who are serving in the 111th U.S. Congress, which convened in January 2009: U.S. SENATE Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Aftermath of the Taliban bombing near NATO headquarters in Kabul. The attacks took place just days prior to the national elections inside the country. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos http://www.fair.org Action Alert Where Is the Afghanistan Debate? When public support slips, TV packs in war boosters 8/25/09 With new polls showing the American public becoming increasingly critical...
Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
I was first introduced to Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) during day 3 of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings . I was unimpressed: 10:14 : Who the hell is Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)? So far I've learned that he's an Oriole fan, and Wikipedia tells me he beat now-Republican Chairman Michael Steele for Senate in 2006. I want Tommy Carcetti to be asking these questions! But his nephew, attorney and Baltimore County...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
Delegate Jon Cardin, a Baltimore County Democrat and nephew of Democratic U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin, also offered to pay any expenses resulting from the diversion of police resources, Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld III told reporters Wednesday.
American Conservative Daily (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
Delegate Jon Cardin, a Baltimore County Democrat and nephew of Democratic U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin, also offered to pay any expenses resulting from the diversion of police resources, Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld III told reporters Wednesday.
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
'Birthers.' Guns at presidential rallies. The tenor of our discourse is mutating into irrational hysteria. Tim Rutten LA Times August 19, 2009 Several weeks in rural Ireland may have softened the emotional carapace required for any extended immersion in American politics these days, but it's hard not to be taken aback by the televised images of people opposed to healthcare reform carrying guns to rallies...
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