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Bicycle, Pedestrian Funding Saved with New Transportation Bill Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Video, Transportation Enhancements, Ben Cardin, Safe Routes to Schools, Harry Reid, Senate-Transportation-Bill, Bicycling, Thad Cochran, Pedestrians, Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety, Pedestrian Safety, I-35w-Bridge-Collapse, Politics News

If a transportation bill amended Thursday passes the Senate, it will likely include dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian paths. Bicycle and...

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SOPA BLACKOUT

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Scott Brown, Wikipedia, Google, Chuck Schumer, Stop Sopa, Ben Cardin, Lobbying, Pipa, Economy, Dianne Feinstein, Jobs, Sopa Blackout, Chris Dodd, Protect IP, Barack Obama, Sopa, Reddit, Politics, Video, Tech, Tom Udall, Mozilla, Chuck Grassley, Harry Reid, Orrin Hatch, Jeff Merkley, Kirsten Gillibrand, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Politics News

Thousands of websites, including some of the most popular, are going dark today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill which is designed to thw...

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Voting Rights Speech at LBJ Library & Museum

Elana Estrin | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Voter Fraud, LBJ Library, Minority Voting, Ben Cardin, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Department of Justice, Minority Voters, U.S. Attorney General, Chuck Schumer, Eric Holder, Mark Updegrove, Politics News

Nearly five decades after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library & Museum on Tuesday, warning that Texas may be undermining that law.

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Erasing The EPA: GOP Strategy Would Roll Back Decades Of Protection

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.09.2011

WASHINGTON -- America's environmental protections are under a sweeping, concerted assault in Congress that could effectively roll back the federal gov...

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Politicians Being Dumb and Dangerous on Israel

James Zogby | Posted 09.01.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Susan Collins, Mark Kirk, Middle East, United Nations, Foreign Affairs, Palestinians, Israel, Ben Cardin, Rick Perry, World News

When it comes to issues involving Israel, politicians in Washington can become quite hysterical, making the dumbest remarks or doing the most illogical things.

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Regine Barjon at Senate Hearing: "The People of Haiti Know What They Want"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Haiti Reconstruction, Major Joseph Bernadel, Haiti, Bill Clinton, Haiti Earthquake, Bumper's Amendment, Save the Children, Regine Barjon, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Michel Martelly, Ben Cardin, Robert Menendez, Impact News

Dual citizenship will not solve these problems when Haiti needs the basic human rights of clean water, sustainable jobs and infrastructure.

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John Boehner: U.S. Should ‘Re-Engage’ With Pakistan In Wake Of Osama Bin Laden's Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Osama Bin Laden Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden Death, Ben Cardin, John Boehner, Afghanistan, Pakistan, John Boehner Pakistan, Bob Corker, Pakistan Aid, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As some lawmakers call for the United States to cut aid to Pakistan following the death of Osama bin Laden there earlier this month, Hou...

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Senate Dems Fired Up At Kent Conrad

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Debt, Tom Coburn, Social Security, National Debt, Erskine Bowles, Barbara Boxer, Slash Mob, Ben Cardin, Kent Conrad, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Budget Fight, Gang of Six, Medicare, Debt Commission, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are furious at their lead budget negotiator for crafting a blueprint that they think moves the party too far to the rig...

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Senators Demand SEC Explain Delay Of Anti-Corruption Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Corruption, Politics News, Natural Resources, Oil Industry, Extraction, Dodd-Frank, Ben Cardin, American Petroleum Institute, Securities and Exchange Commission, Richard Lugar, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan Senate sponsors of an anti-corruption measure are demanding to know why the Securities and Exchange Commission has unilat...

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Chili Peppers From Colorado Delivered To Remote Norwegian Seed Vault

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Agriculture, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norwegian Seed Vault, Ben Cardin, Chili Peppers, Colorado, Denver News

WASHINGTON — Wenk's Yellow Hots, Pico de Gallos and the unpredictably hot San Juan "Tsiles" chili peppers have safely arrived at a "doomsday" vault ...

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Sen. Cardin: Obama Hasn't Been Transparent On Gitmo, Detainees

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gitmo Detainees, Cardin Obama, Cardin Detainees, Obama Gitmo, Cardin Transperency, Cardin Guantanomo, Ben Cardin, Politics News

The inability of the Obama administration to follow through on its promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay has largely been attributed...

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Momentum For Senate Filibuster Reform Builds

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elaine Marshall, Senate, Tom Udall, Paul Hodes, Al Franken, Roxanne Conlin, Filibuster, Jeff Merkley, Senate Filibuster, Senate Rules, Ben Cardin, Politics News

Momentum is building to reform Senate rules that allow silent filibusters and force a 60-vote requirement for virtually any action, interviews with De...

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Sen. Cardin: Dems, Obama Never Connected BP Spill To The Need For Climate Change Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Spill Gulf, Cardin President Spill, Oil Spill Comprehensive Climate Change, Cardin Energy Legislation, Reid Climate Change, Ben Cardin, Cardin Energy Reform, Climate Change Dead, Politics News

The apparent death of comprehensive climate change legislation in the Senate is prompting the expected round of finger-pointing. At the heart of the...

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Wall Street Reform Includes Big Steps on Oil and Mining Transparency

Karin Lissakers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Ben Cardin, Financial Reform, Mining, Barney Frank, Wall Street Reform, Oil, Chris Dodd, BP Oil Spill, Mms, Richard Lugar, Politics News

This week the U.S. Congress showed that following oil money isn't just a way to lay blame; it also is a tool to lay the foundations for a responsible oil, gas and mining industry.

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When Senators Vote for the Big Banks, We Will Name Them

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

The Senate Budget Committee nearly voted to break up Wall Street's biggest banks. But four Democrats helped pro-Wall Street Republicans kill an important amendment.

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Transparency in Financial Reform: Because God Doesn't Like Secrets

Peg Chemberlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Economic Justice, Financial Reform Bill, Oil and Gas Companies, Ben Cardin, Mining, Financial Reform, Financial Service Reform Bill, Financial Service Reform Act, Oil Companies, Richard Lugar, Religion News

Many in the faith community strongly support an amendment to the financial reform bill that would require greater transparency for companies that extract natural resources.

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Weekly Mulch: Politics Confuse Public Perception of Climate Change

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Americans don't know what to think about climate change anymore. A few years ago, the public more or less tr...

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Public Option Garners Avalanche of Support in Senate

Adam Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msnbc, Jeff Bingaman, Public Option, Patty Murray, Jon Stewart, Ben Cardin, Tom Harkin, Dick Durbin, Health Care Reform, Joe-Shoemaker, Adam Green, Amy Klobuchar, Health Care, Breaking News, Politics News

Polls show that voters in state after state overwhelmingly want the public option -- and progressives will keep pushing others senators to take a stand until 50 votes are reached.

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Dianne Feinstein Signs On To Public Option Push

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Feinstein Reid, Feinstein, Public Option Letter, Reid Letter, Feinstein Public Option, Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid, Heath Care Reform, Health Care Public Option, Amy Klobuchar, Ben Cardin, Video, Politics News

Support for the public health insurance option is surging in the Senate. It began with three freshman Democrats in the House, Alan Grayson (Fla.), Che...

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Sen. Ben Cardin To Obama: Freeze Military Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spending Freeze, Cardin Military Spending, Cardin Obama, Ben Cardin, Military Spending Freeze, Politics News

A Democratic senator urged President Obama on Tuesday to include the military budget in his proposed spending freeze. "Defense represents a signific...

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Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 05.25.2011

House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...

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'Death To Obama' Sign Holder Detained In Maryland

AP | DAVID DISHNEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Death to Obama Sign Man, Health Care Town Halls, Death to Obama, Death to Obama Sign Maryland, Death to Obama Sign, Death to Obama Man Detained, Ben Cardin, Politics News

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Secret Service is investigating a man who authorities said held a sign reading "Death to Obama" outside a town hall meetin...

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Dem Senators Open To Allowing Innocent Chinese Detainees To Live In U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben Cardin, Dick Durbin, Chinese Muslims, Byron Dorgan, Uighurs, Politics News

Members of Congress from both parties have been climbing over each other lately to be the most forceful opponent of transferring Guantanamo Bay detain...

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2006 Maryland Senate General Election:
Steele (R) vs Cardin (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2006, Active, Ben Cardin, General, Michael Steele, Senate, Pollster, Politics News

MD-Sen: Steele vs Cardin

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10 Million Solar Rooftops Proposed By Senator Bernie Sanders, Others

BuzzFlash.com | Amy Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Arlen Specter, Solar Moratorium, Bush Administration, Solar Roof, Ben Cardin, John Kerry, Robert Menendez, Bernie Sanders, Solar Power, John Warner, Solar Rooftops, Green News

While the Bush administration put a two-year moratorium on solar energy projects on public land last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and colleagues d...

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