U.S. House of Representatives

Racial profiling provision of immigration bill scrutinized

2013-06-12 18:17:29

A coalition of civil liberties and immigrant-rights advocates led by Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland wants to strengthen a provision in the Senate's sweeping immigration bill that would prohibit law enforcement agencies from racial profiling. The 867-page,...

Ruppersberger: Cybersecurity bill is necessary, will not violate privacy

2013-06-03 13:56:54

The Baltimore Sun's editorial, "Fight cyber attacks, not privacy" (May 3) does readers a true disservice by perpetuating several myths about this critical issue. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is simple, allowing the American...

Obamacare is working, despite the GOP's obstructionism

2013-05-29 05:15:00

There's a great deal of misinformation and misunderstanding about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. After a hundred years of failed attempts, health insurance reform became the law of the land three years ago, and...

Back Story: First Memorial Day celebrated 145 years ago

2013-05-23 15:39:00

"We cherish too, the Poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led, / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies." — "We Shall Keep the Faith" by Moina Michael For many Marylanders, Memorial Day is the unofficial...

Delaney looks to infrastructure funding in first bill

2013-05-22 11:22:00

Maryland's newest member of the House of Representatives introduced his first bill on Wednesday, a new infrastructure funding proposal that has won bipartisan support in an otherwise divided Congress. Rep. John Delaney, the Potomac Democrat who has...

Progress on immigration

2013-05-22 10:35:00

Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...

Harris links IRS scandal to Obamacare in address

2013-05-18 06:23:00

Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland used a rare opportunity to speak on behalf of the Republican Party on Saturday to tie the unfolding IRS scandal to President Barack Obama's 2010 overhaul of the nation's health care system. Noting that the Internal...

President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges

2013-05-17 11:47:00

Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House. � THE PRESIDENT:� Hello, Baltimore!� (Applause.)� Well, it is wonderful to see all of you.� Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...

Mfume named chair of Morgan State board, signals Wilson will stay

2013-05-09 12:48:34

Kweisi Mfume was named the new chair of Morgan State University's Board of Regents on Tuesday, more than three months after his predecessor was ousted amid a public battle over university leadership. Mfume quickly signaled that university President David...

Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?

2013-05-12 00:00:00

Six months after Maryland, Maine and Washington voters endorsed same-sex marriage at the ballot box, two more states have adopted laws allowing gay couples to marry, and a third is poised to join them. On Tuesday, lawmakers in Delaware adopted a same-...

Senate OKs online sales tax

2013-05-06 16:45:00

The Senate voted Monday to allow states to assess a sales tax on purchases from Amazon.com, eBay and other online retailers in a bipartisan measure that would also reduce the increase planned for Maryland's gas tax. The bill, which passed 69-27, would...

Hackers pose a serious threat to U.S. small business

2013-05-05 09:30:00

When I bought Marlin Steel in 1998, the extent of its technology was an old fax machine. Today, our factory is full of industrial robots that are fed computer-aided designs and churn out steel containers for industry 60 times faster than before. We're...

For more than 20 years, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dedicated her public life to working on behalf of the people of South Florida. On January 4, 2005, she was sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Rep.

2013-06-11 07:40:00

Robert Remini, an award-winning biographer and political historian, was named historian of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2005, died of complications from a recent stroke on March 28, at a suburban Chicago hospital.

2013-04-06 09:57:54

DeLauro is the U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party. DeLauro was born in New Haven, and she earned her high school diploma from The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall in Milford.

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