WASHINGTON — Conservatives claimed credit Tuesday for forcing House GOP leaders to draft a tougher budget plan than initially planned, even as they pressed an alternative proposal that claims to balance the budget in just five years. The competing budget ...

Tagged with: budget Congress GOP Government house medicaid republican senate

ANNAPOLIS — Republican presidential candidates are planning to visit Maryland next week. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s national press secretary said in an email Friday that Santorum is planning a visit to Maryland on Tuesday. Alice Stewart says details are ...

Tagged with: candidates election GOP republican romney

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — Wooing a nation of increasingly angry motorists, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are all plunging into gas-pump politics, seeking the upper hand as energy becomes a driving issue in the election campaign. The president ...

Tagged with: Barack Obama campaign drilling election Energy GOP nevada oil policy solar united states

WASHINGTON — Fresh off a decisive victory in Illinois, Mitt Romney won critical establishment support Wednesday from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and got new help from former Sen. Bob Dole as he looks to unite the Republican Party behind ...

Tagged with: campaign donations GOP mitt romney nominee presidential election republican support

WASHINGTON — Conservative House Republicans on Tuesday set up what appears to be a potential re-run of last year’s turbulent domestic policy fight with President Barack Obama, putting forward an election-year budget manifesto that would blend steep social program cuts ...

Tagged with: baby boomers Barack Obama budget Congress food stamps GOP house medicaid senate supercommittee Taxes united states

ANNAPOLIS — State Republican leaders are ready to officially open their new headquarters. Party members are hosting a ribbon cutting and grand opening event Monday afternoon at their new offices on Cathedral Street in Annapolis. The move, from a building ...

Tagged with: Annapolis GOP republicans utilities

Some 180,000 people could buy health insurance through a state-run exchange in 2014 and that figure could double the following year, Maryland health officials told a Senate committee Thursday. Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration is backing legislation to firm up more ...

Tagged with: Affordable Care Act Barack Obama charles county democrat e.j. pipkin Eastern Shore GOP governor house of representatives joshua m. sharfstein Mac Middleton Martin O'Malley maryland maryland health benefit exchange republican senate senate finance committee

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Republicans are rebutting Gov. Martin O’Malley’s State of the State speech by criticizing his tax proposals. Sen. E.J. Pipkin, the Senate minority leader, gave the GOP’s response on Wednesday. Pipkin, R-Cecil, says the governor is relying too ...

Tagged with: Annapolis democrats General Assembly GOP Martin O'Malley republicans speech state of the state

WASHINGTON — When last seen in Washington, House Republicans were furious with their own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and angry with their Senate Republican brethren over how the showdown over the Social Security tax cut turned into a year-end political ...

Tagged with: Congress GOP payroll tax republicans senate social security tax Taxes united states washington

NEW YORK — Keeping the crowded Republican presidential debates fair, lively and topical at the same time can seem like the equivalent of juggling while walking a tightrope. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer is the next television personality on stage. He’s moderating ...

Tagged with: cnn GOP rick perry white house