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Policy pits candy against sugar
Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...
Tags: National Government, Justice System, Consumers, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Mass. Democrats take a hard line
Boston HeraldFrantic Democrats want tough action in the ongoing IRS scandal, fearing the damage that a slow bleed could do to their own electoral futures as President Obama struggles to get out ahead of the issue. U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), running for...Tags: Taxation, Justice System, Edward J Markey, U.S. Congress, Elections
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Amendment would exempt NH from tax
The New Hampshire Union Leader, ManchesterWASHINGTON, D.C ���- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., on Wednesday filed several amendments to the Internet sales tax legislation the Senate is considering. The amendments include one Sheehan filed, co-...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business, Kelly Ayotte, Politics, E-Commerce Industry
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Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote
WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Robert Gates, James Inhofe, Barack Obama, John McCain
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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, United Nations, John McCain, Carl Levin
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Public opinion on guns shifting after Connecticut shooting
Public attitudes toward guns -- and the views of some prominent Washington politicians -- are changing in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre. But it’s too early to know how far the shifts may go, how long they might last...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Congress, Elections, Barack Obama
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GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions
CNNRepublicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...Tags: Jay Nixon, CNN (tv network), U.S. Elections, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Barack Obama
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Republicans score key gubernatorial win in North Carolina
CNNRepublicans picked up a key seat in North Carolina, flipping a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, according to CNN projections. Eleven states are holding gubernatorial races Tuesday, in which Democrats are defending eights seats;...Tags: Jay Nixon, CNN (tv network), U.S. Elections, Barack Obama, Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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Mikulski to speak on Senate women at Democratic National Convention
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulskiwill have a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention, aides said Wednesday. The Maryland Democrat, who this year became the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will lead a program highlighting the record...Tags: Maria Cantwell, Dianne Feinstein, Elections, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar
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Sanders takes fight over defense cuts to D.C.
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders spoke in the nation's capital Tuesday against possible automatic cuts in defense spending next year. Sanders was joined by Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.,...Tags: Jerry Sanders, Democratic Party, The Pentagon, Kelly Ayotte, U.S. Department of Defense
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O'Malley takes party's message to New Hampshire
— Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley took center stage before a convention of New Hampshire Democrats Saturday, rallying the faithful in a state important to his party's hopes to hold the White House in November — and to his own future should he...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, University of New Hampshire, Civil Rights, Gay Rights
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Md. governor gives keynote address at N.H. convention
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley rallied New Hampshire Democrats at the state party convention Saturday by sounding the “move forward” theme of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. “Move forward and not back,”...Tags: Executive Branch, Tea Party Movement, Scott Walker, Elections, Democratic National Conventions
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