U.S. Senate

We need a war on lead poisoning

2012-05-20 00:00:00

The reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold for lead poisoning from 10 micrograms per deciliter to 5 micrograms were something of a simplification. What the CDC said, after years of study and discussion, was that no...

Voters should make Democrats pay for their profligacy in 2014

2012-05-18 12:00:00

Maryland Senate President Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael Busch, both Democrats, have now rubber-stamped Gov. Martin O'Malley's historic tax increases on Maryland families, even though Maryland's continued economic suffering and out-of-control...

Harford legislators, county executive sound off on special session

2012-05-17 13:49:00

The top 14 percent of Maryland residents will soon pay more in income taxes and the counties will begin to cover a portion of teacher pension costs. The House of Delegates approved the tax measure 77 to 60 Wednesday afternoon, the last day of the special...

School board's failure to address overcrowding suggests change is needed

2012-05-17 11:15:00

As The Sun correctly points out ("Crowded classrooms," May 15), classroom overcrowding has developed because of decisions authorized by Baltimore County's school board, and we appreciate The Sun's investigative reporting and analysis of this problem....

House approves tax increase, sends bill to O'Malley

2012-05-16 09:52:00

The House of Delegates voted 77 to 60 this afternoon to increase income taxes on the top 14 percent of Marylanders, finishing up business left undone when lawmakers gridlocked at the end of the regular session in April. It still needs to be signed by Gov....

Attachment legislating: Corporate cash and the GOP

2012-05-15 10:08:00

If money is the mother's milk of politics, then America's big corporations are Big Mama, and Big Baby is the Republican Party suckling at the enormous bosom of business. Democrats, meanwhile, are abandoned brats scrounging for nourishment wherever they...

Senate passes tax increase, pension shift

2012-05-15 09:30:00

The Maryland Senate passed an income tax increase and a shift of some of the cost of teacher pensions to the counties Tuesday, averting more than $500 million in so-called Doomsday budget cuts that otherwise would have taken effect July 1. On the...

Pit bull legislation caged in rules committee

2012-05-14 10:16:00

Dog lovers shouldn't look to the General Assembly to give them a bone, as legislation overturning court ruling that designated pit bulls as dangerous animals was locked in the House rules committee this morning. Leaders from the House and Senate have...

City judge Russell confirmed for U.S. bench

2012-05-14 15:53:00

The U.S. Senate confirmed Baltimore Circuit Judge George L. Russell III for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on Monday. Russell, who has presided over 2,700 cases since 2007, will fill a vacancy created by the 2008...

On gay marriage, who will pay the price -- Obama or Romney?

2012-05-11 06:19:00

Barack Obama has crossed the Rubicon and come to the defense of same-sex marriage. For him, it was a small step, since his is already the most pro-gay rights presidency in history, but it will have big political ramifications. The war is on. The line...

Republicans opposed Obama from Day 1

2012-05-11 12:00:00

Talk about out of touch or on another planet ("Polls put Obama, Romney in a tie," May 8)! To quote, Republican Mitt Romney, "The American people are good-hearted people with the desire for good things to happen to one another, and we hoped that this...

Reports of the tea party's demise are premature: Just ask Senator Lugar

2012-05-10 06:00:00

The tea party's waning impact on the country's politics has been continuously reported since the movement's success in the 2010 elections. Well, the tea party has not gone away. In Indiana's primary election May 8, liberal Republican Senator Richard Lugar...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Democrats were forcing that vote as "a way to drive a wedge between Republicans and a constituency that they're looking to court ahead of November's elections. That's what today's vote is all about for them."

2012-05-08 12:19:50

College students from across the country listen as Howard University student Clarise McCants of Philadelphia speaks about the student loan bill shut down by Senate Republicans.

2012-05-08 00:00:00

Sen. Richard Lugar speaks to supporters Tuesday in Indianapolis. Lugar lost his Republican Senate primary on Tuesday to state Treasurer Richard Mourdock.

2012-05-08 00:00:00