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July 23, 2008 Hubble opened our eyes to space

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., called Hubble "the greatest telescope since Galileo invented the first one." Call it humanity's eye in the sky. ...

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Source: Pensacola News Journal, FL


July 22, 2008 MD Senator Fights For Lower Gas Prices

By JACOB VERDIS -- WMDT 7/22/2008 Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski took the US Senate floor Tuesday to speak on the need for lower gas prices. ...

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Source: WMDT, MD


July 21, 2008 Dixon names new chief of staff

... as a legislative aid for US Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Baltimore). Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon named Demanue Millard as her new chief of staff on Friday. ...

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 20, 2008 America's First Female In Space To Visit Baltimore

Ride will appear with Sen. Barbara Mikulski at the Maryland Science Center, which is holding a camp for girls ages 11 to 13. Ride is also celebrating the ...

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Source: WJZ, MD


July 18, 2008 Editor's notebook

The report was issued after US Sen. Barbara Mikulski, way back in 2005, asked for an independent evaluation of the progress of the Chesapeake Bay Program. ...

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Source: Annapolis Capital, MD


July 17, 2008 President Lifts Offshore Drilling Ban

... big oil companies come to Congress asking for more land and more handouts,” said Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski this week. “Enough is enough. ...

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Source: The Dispatch, MD


July 17, 2008 Backers of Pay Discrimination Bill Push for Another Senate Vote

“We’re going to come roaring back,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, at a sweltering Capitol Hill rally that included dozens of young women holding ...

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Source: Workforce Management, Ca


July 16, 2008 Funding snag could delay review of Detrick lab

Sen. Barbara Mikulski requested the review in April amid citizen complaints that an environmental impact statement for the project doesn't fully address the ...

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Source: Examiner.com


July 16, 2008 Officials discuss study of Fort Detrick expansion

In April, the board sent a letter to Sen. Barbara Mikulski, (D) asking her to support a review of the environmental impact studies commissioned by the Army ...

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Source: Business Gazette, MD


July 16, 2008 Fort Detrick's biodefense expansion to be studied

The academies have not, however, spoken yet with US Sen. Barbara Mikulski about how the study might be funded, she said. Mikulski asked representatives from ...

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Source: WTOP, DC


July 16, 2008 Grant will help Frostburg police buy new cruiser

Ben Cardin, who announced the grant along with US Sen. Barbara Mikulski. "I am a strong supporter of the Rural Development grant program because it provides ...

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Source: Cumberland Times-News, MD


July 16, 2008 Sen. Mikulski chided over offshore drilling delay

I chided Sen. Barbara Mikulski for taking the Fourth of July recess without a vote to drill for more oil -- everywhere -- and to OK more nuclear power ...

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Source: Delmarva Now, MD


July 15, 2008 President is switching to offensive

“I think he has injected himself in the campaign,” Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said. “He made campaign speeches when he was overseas. ...

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Source: The Hill, DC


July 15, 2008 Mikulski builds 2010 war chest

In another clear sign she will seek re-election in 2010, US Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Baltimore) took in $154600 in campaign contributions in the second ...

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Source: PolitickerMD, MD


July 14, 2008 » 2 hrs 14 ago: New program helps ease guardsmen back into ...

Money for the program, which was federally mandated last year but not funded, was a priority of Sen. Barbara Mikulski, who heard the guardsmen’s woes during ...

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Source: Examiner.com


July 11, 2008 WIPP Applauds Senate Appropriations Committee Action Halting ...

... Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) for including the provision in the bill and applaud Committee members Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), ...

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Source: FOXBusiness


July 08, 2008 The War in Iraq

By Rob Tornoe US Sen. Barbara Mikulski will turn 72 years old on July 20. If -- more like when, as her aides will point out -- she seeks re-election in 2010 ...

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 08, 2008 Cardin, Mikulski split over immunity in FISA bill

By Danny Reiter US Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Baltimore) and US Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Baltimore) may split on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments ...

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 07, 2008 Governor O'Malley Approves Wetlands License for Maryland Broadband ...

O'Malley joined Sen. Barbara Mikulski and Sen. EJ Pipkin in celebration of the of the broadband project, and announced an advance of $2 million to continue ...

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Source: Government Technology, CA


July 07, 2008 The records Mikulski can and can't break in 2010

By Wally Edge US Sen. Barbara Mikulski will turn 72 years old on July 20. If -- more like when, as her aides will point out -- she seeks re-election in 2010 ...

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Source: PolitickerMD, MD


July 03, 2008 Police awaiting DNA test in murder probe

Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat. Sen. Barbara Boxer, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, agreed to bring the issue before ...

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Source: Laurel Leader, MD


July 01, 2008 Mikulski, Cardin Want Hearings On Fort Meade Cleanup

Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin want to hold a Senate oversight hearing on the Defense Department's failure to clean up toxic chemicals at Fort Meade. ...

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Source: NBC 4.com, DC


July 01, 2008 Army, EPA clash on how to handle Fort Meade cleanup

Cardin and Sen. Barbara Mikulski were granted a Senate oversight panel to investigate why the Defense Department, particularly the Army, will not comply ...

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Source: Examiner.com


July 01, 2008 No Woman, No Cry

Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, who served as national chair for the Clinton campaign, got behind her party's nominee once her candidate had dropped out ...

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Source: fairfieldweekly.com, CT


June 30, 2008 Is Fort Meade Hazardous Site?

With the Defense Department refusing to comply with orders to clean up 11 hazardous waste sites, Maryland Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin have ...

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Source: ABC2 News, MD


June 30, 2008 It’s time for Clinton to work for New York

Debbie Stabenow, DMich., and Barbara Mikulski, DMd., but a cold shoulder for Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who did not back her. It went on. ...

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Source: Buffalo News,  United States


June 30, 2008 Army rejects petition for study of biolabs

At this point, it's clear the only way the study will happen is if US Sen. Barbara Mikulski arranges for funding and compels the participation of the labs ...

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Source: Frederick News Post (subscription), MD


June 29, 2008 Mikulski seeks funding for domestic violence services

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., has provided a fiscal 2009 Appropriation Committee Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee spending bill ...

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Source: Examiner.com


June 28, 2008 Mountain Ridge grad accepted to Naval Academy

If contacted, the applicant begins to petition for the support of a congressman or senator. Rose contacted US Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski before ...

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Source: Cumberland Times-News, MD


June 28, 2008 AIP FYI #69: Senate FY 2009 National Science Foundation Funding Bill

The Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee is chaired by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD); Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) is the Ranking ...

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Source: Space Ref (press release)


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