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Benjamin L. Cardin is a Democratic member of the United States Senate representing the state of Maryland. Cardin was elected in 2006 to the seat previously held by Paul S. Sarbanes, defeating his Republican challenger, Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, 54 percent to 44 percent. His political experience includes 10 terms in Congress and two decades in the Maryland House of Delegates. During his tenure from 1987 to 2006 in the House of Representatives, Cardin was involved with fiscal issues, pension reform and health care. His legislation to increase the amount people can store in their 401(k) plans and IRAs was passed in 2001. His bill to expand Medicare was also enacted. He also authored...
Benjamin L. Cardin is a Democratic member of the United States Senate representing the state of Maryland. Cardin was elected in 2006 to the seat previously held by Paul S. Sarbanes, defeating his Republican challenger, Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, 54 percent to 44 percent. His political experience includes 10 terms in Congress and two decades in the Maryland House of Delegates. During his tenure from 1987 to 2006 in the House of Representatives, Cardin was involved with fiscal issues, pension reform and health care. His legislation to increase the amount people can store in their 401(k) plans and IRAs was passed in 2001. His bill to expand Medicare was also enacted. He also authored legislation to provide a Medicare prescription drug benefit for chronic illnesses; fund graduate medical education; and guarantee coverage for emergency services. Cardin served on the following House committees: the Ways and Means Committee; ranking member of the Trade Subcommittee; Member of the Human Resources Subcommittee; ranking member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Cardin joined the Maryland House of Delegates in 1967 and was chairman of the Ways & Means Committee from 1974 to 1979, and after that Speaker. As Speaker, he was involved with reform efforts involving Maryland's property tax system, the school financing formula and ethical standards for elected officials. Continuing the family's political legacy is Cardin's nephew, Jon S. Cardin, who is currently serving his second term in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 11 in Baltimore County.
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Solar energy tax credit extension is urged
Three prominent Maryland Democratic elected officials stood on a grassy hill atop a former landfill in Ellicott City yesterday urging congressional Republicans to stop blocking the extension of federal investment tax credits for solar energy. The...Tags: Alternative Energy, Credit and Debt, National Government, Ellicott City, Renewable Energy
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State Democrats ask for GOP support of solar panel funding
Three prominent Maryland Democratic elected officials stood on a grassy hill atop a former landfill in Ellicott City today urging congressional Republicans to stop blocking extension of federal investment tax credits for solar energy. The credits are set...Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy Saving, Government, Economic Policy, Martin O'Malley
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Cardin to discuss issues tomorrow at Morgan
U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin is planning a town hall meeting tomorrow Sept. 3 at Morgan State University to discuss issues facing the next president and Congress. The Democrat plans to discuss such topics as the environment, energy independence, the...Tags: National Government, Morgan State University, Government
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Suing the Army
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is pushing the Pentagon to do the right thing - obey the law and comply with an Environmental Protection Agency order that it quickly complete a cleanup of serious pollution at Fort Meade. He's threatening to...Tags: Regional Authority, Environmental Politics, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Frederick County (Maryland), John D Dingell
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EnviroCenter draws interest
A renovated 1905 farmhouse on a busy truck route in Jessup might seem an unlikely place for political involvement in environmental innovation.
But the expanding EnviroCenter on Route 175 is drawing interest from elected officials eager to change the...Tags: Public Officials, Government, Economic Policy, John McCain, National Government
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Courting community
South Florida Sun-SentinelDuring a recent two-day visit to South Florida on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland devoted much of his stay to courting Jewish voters and Hillary Clinton supporters. In addition to a stop at the...Tags: Coconut Creek, Government, Judaism, The White House, John McCain
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Maryland senator seeks Jewish vote for Obama
South Florida Sun-SentinelDuring a recent 2-day visit to South Florida on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland devoted much of his stay to courting Jewish voters and Hillary Clinton supporters. In addition to a stop at the new...Tags: Coconut Creek, Government, Judaism, The White House, John McCain
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Tubman parks gain support in Senate
There is more support for two national parks for Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman. Four senators from Maryland and New York have sponsored bills setting aside more than $18 million for national parks in Tubman's birth state of Maryland and...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Hillary Clinton, National Government, Tourism and Leisure, Barbara Mikulski
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Governors urge Md. Democrats to back Obama
Sun reporterTwo of Hillary Clinton's strongest Mid-Atlantic region supporters joined forces last night to rally Maryland Democratic activists for Barack Obama. The effort will probably result in Maryland volunteers heading to neighboring states. Pennsylvania Gov....Tags: Regional Authority, Martin O'Malley, Government, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton
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Chesapeake cleanup
Earlier this year, when Congress agonized over a $307 billion agricultural appropriations bill that continued to reward rich farmers while doing relatively little for small farmers or to protect the environment, one provision helped convince members...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Pollution, National Government, Farms, George Bush
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U.S. trims state's funding
Sun ReportersThe federal government is slicing more than $2.5 million from homeland security grants to Baltimore and Maryland this year - a deeper cut than state officials were told to expect. While increases to some of the largest U.S. cities and states meant...Tags: Michael Chertoff, M&T Bank Stadium, Puerto Rico, Defense, Government Aid
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Guarding the news
Over the last four years, more than 40 reporters have been in danger of being held in contempt of court to protect their confidential sources. Two reporters were sentenced to jail or home confinement, and one reporter faced large fines if she did not...Tags: Major League Baseball, Freedom of the Press, Government, John McCain, National Government
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