Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]

Senate Blocks GOP Effort to Include Census Citizenship Question

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...and of Congress is to represent citizens of the country," he said. "I urge my colleagues to support that position." Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., managing the spending bill on the floor, said Republicans missed the boat to make changes to the census.

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Pro-abortion group endorses female Catholic politicians for 2010 race

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...have already received campaign endorsements. Incumbent Catholic politicians such as Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Sen Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Sen Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have had over $700,000 distributed to them throughout the years by EMIL

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Health Reform Should Require Coverage Of Basic Gynecological Well Visits, The Nation Opinion Piece Says

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...for abortion," Lerner writes. She notes that a vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Sen. Barbara Mikulski's (D-Md.) amendment to require coverage of basic women's health services "went exactly along pro- and anti-choice

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Kaiser Health News Examines Issue Of Gender Rating In Health Reform Debate

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...to merge the different versions of health reform legislation, policymakers are under pressure from all sides of the issue. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), a member of the Senate HELP Committee, and 24 colleagues recently signed a letter urging a ban on g

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County praises support of federal agency

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...of the 11 a.m. public meeting, Tarburton and others, including representatives from the offices of Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski and U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, gathered around a utilities division van. In the back, utilities worker Brandi Dudley

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Infant & Toddler Denied Health Insurance: What Are the Insurance Companies Thinking?

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...to write. It is very relaxing and can really open up your mind. I love to scrapbook, c... - Full profile Recently, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) thought it morally repugnant and offensive that some private insurers would demand sterilization of fem

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Fisker to build hybrid cars at idled Del. GM plant

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

...of United Autoworkers Local 435, did not immediately return a telephone message Tuesday. U.S. Sens. Benjamin Cardin and Barbara Mikulski, both Maryland Democrats, said the reopening of the plant will preserve 500 jobs for Maryland residents who worked a

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Fisker to build hybrid cars at idled Del. GM plant

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

Your Opinion - October 25, 2009

2009-10-25T00:00:00Z

...introduced an amendment requiring all bills to be posted on the Internet 72 hours before being considered by the Senate. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, used procedural tactics to block that amendment. Do you wonder why we aren’t allowed to see what’s

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Obama gets grief for male-only basketball games

2009-10-25T00:00:00Z

Invite Barbara Mikulski over to play basketball with you?” he asked. Fans of the TV show might remember when Michael was putting together an office ...

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Groups lobby against proposed census change

2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

Key Democrats, including Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said they will work to defeat the amendment. "It will add to the cost and slow the census down," said ...

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Groups lobby against proposed census change

2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

...are the typical intransigence of an entrenched bureaucracy," Vitter said in a statement. Key Democrats, including Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said they will work to defeat the amendment. "It will add to the cost and slow the census down," said Mikulsk

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What's So Hot About Snowe?

2009-10-24T00:00:00Z

cried Sen. Barbara Mikulski when she saw Sen. Olympia Snowe outside the Senate chamber last week. Mikulski, in a wheel-chair because of a broken ankle, ...

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Freedom of the Press threatened by proposed law

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is a cosponsor. The free press is a critical institution in our political system. Making it into 501(c)(3)s effectively takes ...

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Chambers look to avoid partisan bias

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

"I meet regularly with the Maryland Chamber of Commerce to discuss health care reform and many other issues," Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) of Baltimore said in ...

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2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

It kind of brings the curtain down in the final way, I guess.” Added Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.): “It's truly an end of an era — it is in some ways. ...

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2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

... Judiciary Committee; Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Chairwoman of the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging, and Senator George LeMieux (R-FL). ...

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Women and politics

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hillary accomplished next to nothing as a Senator, and in fact was just a partisan member of the Democratic party. Hillary cleaned up none of the corruption ...

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2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

Anthony Brown, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Sen. Ben Cardin, Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-Dist. 4), Congressman Chris Van Hollen Courtesy Photos Leaders of the ...

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Public option for Congress

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

was adopted by the Senate health committee by a 12-11 vote with an assist by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and proxy votes by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass. ...

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