A few government and politics headlines for Tuesday.

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TRENTON, N.J. — Cory Booker’s experience as mayor of New Jersey’s largest city would be a big asset in the U.S. Senate, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Thursday as he campaigned for Booker throughout New Jersey. O’Malley planned to up ...

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A few government and politics headlines for Wednesday.

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Del. Susan C. Lee plans to run for the Maryland Senate seat vacated by longtime Sen. Brian E. Frosh, who is campaigning to be Maryland attorney general.

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A few government and politics headlines for Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON — Borrowing for tuition, housing and books would be less expensive for college students and their parents this fall but the costs would start climbing almost immediately under a deal the Senate was poised to pass Wednesday. The bipartisan ...

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WASHINGTON — A $108 billion measure that would boost funding for infrastructure projects and housing subsidies for the poor is moving ahead in the Senate. The measure cleared a procedural hurdle by a bipartisan 73-26 vote Tuesday, and that sets ...

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans Monday proposed slashing cuts to environmental programs and funding for the Smithsonian Institution and the arts as they unveiled the latest legislation to implement the second year of budget cuts required under so-called sequestration. The $24 ...

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With members of the U.S. Senate reaching a compromise to allow confirmation votes for presidential appointees, thereby avoiding the much-discussed nuclear option of eliminating a 60-vote threshold for some decisions, Tom Perez will become the country’s next secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.

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WASHINGTON — A divided Senate confirmed Thomas Perez on Thursday to become secretary of labor, elevating the son of Dominican immigrants who as a top Justice Department official won praise from Democrats for aggressively enforcing civil rights laws and criticism ...

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