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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Republican Study Committee: RSC Update Tax Day & Obama's Budget

April 15, 2013

The Republican Study Committee: RSC Update Tax Day & Obama's Budget

From the Chairman

Jennifer and I offer our prayers to those impacted by the Boston Marathon bombing today. Trying times test our resolve as Americans. There is no place in our free society for such an act of violence, and we will not waver in our commitment to liberty and justice. Those responsible for this horrific attack will be held accountable.

Tax Day

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the federal income tax. Since its inception in 1913, the income tax has continued to grow in scope and complexity. A century later, hardworking American taxpayers will send the federal government $2.7 trillion this year alone.

While Americans across the country file their returns and open their checkbooks to pay their taxes today, the President and his liberal lieutenants in the Senate continue to call for another trillion dollars in higher job-killing taxes over the next ten years. It's hard for President Obama to make the case that you don't pay enough in taxes when this year's $2.7 trillion marks the all-time record for the most money the federal government has ever taken in! Even after adjusting for inflation, this year’s revenue has only been eclipsed four times in our nation’s history. Washington clearly has a serious spending problem, and you can only solve it by controlling Washington spending rather than President Obama's scheme to have the IRS take more of your hard-earned money through even higher taxes.

Obama Finally Presents Budget

Last week the President sent Congress a budget, that includes over $1 trillion in new taxes, over $8 trillion in new debt, and yet NEVER balances.

While our national debt is approaching $17 trillion, our President and his liberal lieutenants continue to ask for additional taxes so they can keep spending more and living beyond their means. The President got the higher taxes he wanted in the "fiscal cliff" deal, but yet he still refuses to agree to any spending cuts. More wasteful Washington spending, radical regulations, and costly duplication are not what the American people want or deserve, and that failed agenda is still holding the American economy back.

The Obama administration refuses to take common-sense steps to rein in Washington spending, while continuing to grow failed welfare programs that jeopardize the future of our country. Republicans have passed a plan that would balance our nation's budget in ten years by growing the economy with no tax increases, while the President’s budget raises taxes, increases radical regulations, and never achieves balance. This is truly a choice of two completely different directions for our country.

Increased spending and continually high unemployment numbers should not be accepted as the "new normal”. It is time to for the President to abandon his failed tax, regulate, and spend agenda and finally start working with us to grow the economy, control spending, and balance the federal budget.

God Bless,

Steve Scalise

RSC Member Activity

Rep. Scott Perry (PA-04) is building support for H.J. Res. 36, which balance our nation’s budget by implementing many parts of a system known as zero-based budgeting.

Rep. Tom Graves (GA-14) is building support on a letter to leadership requesting an open appropriations process.

Rep. Trent Franks (AZ-08) and Rep. Ed Royce are building support for the Bipartisan Victim’s Rights Amendment (VRA), which provides public proceedings to crime victims.

Rep. Ted Yoho (FL-03) is building support for the TRUST Act, eliminates the taxpayer-funded portion of congressional pensions for Members who have been convicted of a felony.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) is building support for the EASY Saving Act, which would incentivize savings by allowing agencies to create an employee suggestion program to include rewards for identifying unused or unnecessary funds.

Rep. Phil Roe (TN-01) is building support for an appropriations letter to defund IPAB.

Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) is building support for H.R. 1209, which would award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Doolittle Tokyo Radiers.

Rep. Bill Flores (FL-17) is building support on a letter to support abstinence education.

Rep. Tom Graves (GA-14) is building support for a bipartisan Agriculture/EPA regulations bill.

Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-07) is building support for H.R. 1304, the Flexibility to Farm Act, which would entrust states with the appropriate flexibility to craft environmental policies as they relate to farmers.

Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-06) is building support for the EGO Act, which would prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to fund official portraits for Members of Congress or federal administration officials.

Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ-04) talks about the power of the free-market in his Huffington Post Op-Ed.

Rep. Peter Roskam (IL-06) sent a bipartisan letter he co-authored to Secretary Kerry and Secretary Lew expressing concern with Turkey’s support for Hamas, Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank’s transactions with Iran, and the recent influx of Iranian-funded companies within Turkey.

Rep. Jackie Walorski (IN-02) introduced the Balance Budget Amendment, which would restrict outlays to revenue, allowing Congress to spend no more than it takes in each year.

OFFICE LOCATIONS:

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2338 Rayburn House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 226-9717
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MRC Alert: Shameful: NY Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Links Boston Explosion to GOP, Others Pile On

MRC Alert: Shameful: NY Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Links Boston Explosion to GOP, Others Pile On

Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996
Tuesday April 16, 2013 @ 09:15 AM ET

1. Shameful: New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Links Boston Explosion to GOP, Others Pile On
Never let a tragedy go to waste. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on Monday quickly used the explosions in Boston for political gain, linking the Republican Party to the horrific act. At 4:10pm, Kristof tweeted, "explosion is a reminder that ATF needs a director. Shame on Senate Republicans for blocking apptment." Kristof then tweeted a link to a Washington Post story about Senator Charles Grassley questioning the fitness of Obama's Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms nominee. Kristof's comments earned a rebuke from the liberal Politico. Dylan Byers reported, "Kristof's tweet earned a number of responses expressing either anger or bafflement."

2. Chris Matthews: 'Normally' Domestic Terrorists 'Tend to Be on the Far Right'
Just hours after explosions rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday, Chris Matthews speculated, "Normally domestic terrorists, people, tend to be on the far right." He then reconsidered and suggested, "...That’s not a good category, just extremists, let’s call them that." During live coverage, the Hardball host highlighted a possible explosion at John F. Kennedy's presidential library and thought this could be a personal attack on the Democratic Party: "...But going after the Kennedy Library, not something at Bunker Hill, not something from the Freedom Trail or anything that kind of historic, but a modern political figure of the Democratic Party. Does that tell you something?" (Police are now considering the incident at the JFK library to be fire-related.) One can only guess what it tells Chris.

3. CBS Ends Blackout on Gosnell Trial, Spotlights How 'Firestorm' Went 'Viral'; ABC, NBC Still Out to Lunch
CBS finally ended their on-air coverage blackout of the Kermit Gosnell's murder trial on Monday's CBS This Morning, airing two segments on the story a month after opening arguments began. Jan Crawford acknowledged that the Gosnell case "has received little national news coverage". Meanwhile, ABC and NBC's morning and evening newscasts continue to ignore the ongoing legal proceedings against the abortionist. Crawford pointed out how conservatives "accused the media of ignoring the story because what it called a bias in favor of abortion rights", and how those "charges went viral on Twitter". She even played a sound bite from a former attorney for the murder suspect who questioned the national news media's lack of coverage of the trial.

4. NBC Mentions Criticism of Media Censoring Gosnell Abortion Case...On Its Website
While NBC News continued to ignore the trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell on its airwaves, an NBCNews.com article posted Saturday made brief mention of the media blackout: "Conservative bloggers, including at RedState and National Review, have lashed out this week at national media organizations for not paying enough attention to the gruesome trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider accused of killing seven late-term fetuses after they were born alive." Careful to use the term "fetuses," rather than "infants" or "children," staff writer Erin McClam did not address the validity of the criticism or acknowledge the fact that her network has refused to give any air time to the trial.

5. ABC Is So Intent on Pushing Gun Control, the Network Twice Played Rival NBC's SNL Parody
ABC has aggressively pushed Barack Obama's gun control scheme in recent weeks. But on Sunday and Monday, the network resorted to playing clips of a rival channel's comedy show, Saturday Night Live. Sunday's World News and Monday's Good Morning America both touted Democratic talking points, lamenting how hard it is to get such legislation passed. On Monday morning, Jon Karl hyped, "Congress is just not eager to enact new gun laws. A fact lampooned on Saturday Night Live." He then featured a clip of comedian Jay Pharoah impersonating Obama. Pharoah mocked, "This week, the Senate voted 68-31 to begin debating the idea of discussing gun control. Let me say that again. They have agreed to think about talking about gun control." On Sunday's World News, reporter Rena Ninan didn't even bother coming up with much of a justification. She simply introduced, "Saturday Night Live, overnight."

6. Harrison Ford Tells NBC's Gregory Obama Doing 'Wonderful Job'; Blames Media for Political Divisiveness
At the end of an interview with actor Harrison Ford for the NBC Meet the Press web-based feature Press Pass, about his role in a new film about Jackie Robinson, host David Gregory turned to politics: "I know you're politically conscious, politically active. What is your view of the state of things, and the state of the President's performance?" Ford replied: "I think the President is doing, you know, all things considered, a wonderful job." He then blamed the media for political division in country: "I wish that the country were not so fractious as it is at the moment. I blame a lot of that on the press and the news business. And I wish it wasn't so. And I think it makes things very difficult..."

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Two bombs explode at Boston Marathon finish line, killing three, wounding 134 - The Japan Times

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Flowers at Grace Lutheran Church are in memory of WHS classmate Terry Jenkins

Thursday, April 11, 2013

FOXBusiness Obama Unveils 2014 Budget Proposal - By Kathryn Buschman Vasel

Obama Unveils 2014 Budget Proposal

By Kathryn Buschman Vasel

Published April 10, 2013

FOXBusiness Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/04/10/obama-budget-targets-millionaires-replaces-sequester-cuts/

The budget battle on Capitol Hill heated up Wednesday as President Barack Obama released his budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to find middle ground to progress long-stalled budget negations.

The president's budget includes 215 proposals to cut spending, will raise $680 billion in new tax revenues and reduce future deficits by $600 billion over 10 years. The White House says the president's plan includes $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction, replacing the $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts poised to take effect over the next 10 years.

The budget aims to find middle ground between the dueling parties by including reductions to popular entitlements, which doesn’t sit well with Democrats, as well as Republican-loathed tax increases.

"My budget will reduce our deficits by nearly another 2-trillion dollars so that, all told, we will have surpassed the goal of 4-trillion dollars in deficit reduction that independent economists believe we need to stabilize our finances," the president said in the Rose Garden on Wednesday.

Read the president's budget here

Medicare and Social Security face cuts under the president’s budget, which has drawn criticism from members of his own party…

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Race Director Sandy Montgomery announces winners of Westminster Main St Mile

Everyone enjoys an ice cream at Westminster Fire Hall after the Main Street Mile

Dave Munch of the Carroll County Times interviews runners at Main Street Mile

The first finishers have crossed finish line for Westminster Main Street Mile

The Westminster Main street Mile is set up and ready to go

Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Eagle Archive: Ralph Condon, 85, retired Carroll County businessman

Eagle Archive: Ralph Condon, 85, retired Carroll County businessman By Kevin E. Dayhoff, April 3, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/c8oqsto

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/neighborhoods/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0407-20130403,0,5284705.story

Ralph A. Condon, a Carroll County community leader and businessman, died March 27 at age 85. He was a Navy veteran who served in World War II. He was married to Ava Rakes Condon for 65 years.

Condon was born in Taylorsville on Sept. 28, 1927. In the early 1950s, he began working as an auto mechanic at a shop way off the beaten path on a rutted-dirt road a mile or so off of Manchester Road, Route 27, near the present-day intersection with Route 482.

He subsequently founded Condon's Auto Parts in 1954. The business is currently operated by the third generation of his family.

In 1959, Manchester Road was re-aligned and rebuilt in such a manner that all of the sudden the auto recycling yard was exposed to public view. This was in the days before zoning and for several years, there were no problems.

The operation minded its own business and wasn't bothering anyone, said Condon several years ago in an interview.

But peace and tranquilly came to an end to his once upon a time out of sight business. New folks in the county began to complain, and legal problems with the county started. Never mind he was there first.

In the late 1960s, Condon decided the right thing to do was to move his business farther away from the road – out of sight of the public. That was easier said than done, though. As they say, no good deed goes unpunished… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/neighborhoods/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0407-20130403,0,5284705.story

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Monday, April 08, 2013

New York Times: Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain Has Died

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain Has Died

Margaret Thatcher, a towering, divisive and yet revered figure in British politics, died on Monday of a stroke, her family said. She was 87.

Lady Thatcher had been in poor health for months. She served as prime minister for 11 years, beginning in 1979. She was known as the “Iron Lady,” a stern Conservative who transformed Britain’s way of thinking about its economic and political life, broke union power and opened the way to far greater private ownership.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/world/europe/former-prime-minister-margaret-thatcher-of-britain-has-died.html?emc=na

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Lots activity on athletic fields today at McDaniel It's gorgeous day on the Hill

WATCH: MSNBC Host Tears Into Margaret Thatcher

WATCH: MSNBC Host Tears Into Margaret Thatcher

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/martin-bashir-on-margaret_n_3037853.html

Martin Bashir On Margaret Thatcher: 'Incredibly Divisive' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | By Jack Mirkinson

Posted: 04/08/2013

MSNBC's Chuck Todd and Martin Bashir seemed to be on two different planets when it came to discussing the legacy of the late Margaret Thatcher.

Thatcher died on Monday morning, prompting a huge wave of media coverage in both America and Britain. She was perhaps the most polarizing political figure of her generation, but Todd's summation had only kind words... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/martin-bashir-on-margaret_n_3037853.html

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Saturday, April 06, 2013

It's a great day for a walk at McDaniel College

Dinner at Ledo Pizza in Westminster. I was hungry

This month The Tentacle writers helped support Kiwanis at Homewood at Crumland

Tentacle writers got together for monthly writers' breakfast Homewood Frederick

Friday, April 05, 2013

Leading Up to Sheryl Sandberg’s Book Launch, LeanIn.org Goes Live

Leading Up to Sheryl Sandberg’s Book Launch, LeanIn.org Goes Live - by Mike Isaac MARCH 6, 2013 http://allthingsd.com/20130306/leading-up-to-sheryl-sandbergs-book-launch-leanin-org-goes-live/

Just days away from the launch of her first book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and a group of fellow women entrepreneurs have launched LeanIn.org…

[…]http://allthingsd.com/20130306/leading-up-to-sheryl-sandbergs-book-launch-leanin-org-goes-live/

Co-founded by Sandberg, serial entrepreneur Gina Bianchini, Debi Hemmeter and Rachel Thomas, the site will operate as a startup….

The idea goes hand in hand with the major theme of Sandberg’s book, which “contains practical advice for women — and the men who want to help them — on how to lean in and close the gap” between the two, which Sandberg told AllThingsD previously…

[…]http://allthingsd.com/20130306/leading-up-to-sheryl-sandbergs-book-launch-leanin-org-goes-live/

The site is live now, for all to see and visit, and the book will be released next week… http://allthingsd.com/20130306/leading-up-to-sheryl-sandbergs-book-launch-leanin-org-goes-live/

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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

For dinner after fire dept monthly meeting we are making homemade mac & cheese

Carroll Co businessman community leader Ralph Condon laid to rest Pipe Cr Cem

The Tentacle: Yahoo Marissa Mayer: The Changing Face of Leadership http://tinyurl.com/cyh46uh by Kevin Dayhoff

Yahoo Marissa Mayer: The Changing Face of Leadership http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5709

By Kevin E. Dayhoff April 3, 2013

In a recent ‘lean in’ story posted on the new website launched by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Google employee number 20, Marissa Mayer weighed on how she decided to accept the position of president and CEO of Yahoo!

No meaningful conversation about the constantly changing dynamics of technology is possible without fully exploring the rising influence of women in leadership positions.

The discussion over the role of women in leadership positions has only increased since the July 2012 essay by Princeton professor Anne-Marie Slaughter, "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," was published in The Atlantic and Ms. Sandberg’s recently released book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.”

[…] http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5709

Getting back to Ms. Mayer; she gave birth to a son last September. Kara Swisher wrote in the publication, “All Things D,” on March 29: “Sandberg and her team have been encouraging women to post their personal stories of when they leaned into their careers and Mayer certainly does that in her post, including discussing taking the job at the top of the troubled Silicon Valley Internet company when she was seven months pregnant…”

Ms. Mayer wrote in Lean In, “Looking back to reflect on the question: Could I really take the helm of Yahoo when I was 28 weeks pregnant?

… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5709

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-tentacle-yahoo-marissa-mayer.html

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Monday, April 01, 2013

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Leans In About How She Decided to Become CEO While Pregnant

MARCH 29, 2013 http://allthingsd.com/20130329/yahoos-marissa-mayer-leans-in-about-how-she-became-ceo/

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just posted a “lean-in” story on the new site launched by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in conjunction with her recent book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.”

Sandberg and her team have been encouraging women to post their personal stories of when they leaned into their careers and Mayer certainly does that in her post, including discussing taking the job at the top of the troubled Silicon Valley Internet company when she was seven months pregnant….

She wrote: http://allthingsd.com/20130329/yahoos-marissa-mayer-leans-in-about-how-she-became-ceo/

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Mayer took off from Yahoo only a few weeks after she had her baby son last fall, and she said it has turned out well for her. “I’ve come to realize that being a mother makes me a better executive, because motherhood forces prioritization,” she wrote. “Being a mom gives you so much more clarity on what is important.” … http://allthingsd.com/20130329/yahoos-marissa-mayer-leans-in-about-how-she-became-ceo/

Update: also see - Yahoo Marissa Mayer: The Changing Face of Leadership http://tinyurl.com/cyh46uh

The Tentacle: Yahoo Marissa Mayer: The Changing Face of Leadership http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5709

By Kevin E. Dayhoff April 3, 2013

No meaningful conversation about the constantly changing dynamics of technology is possible without fully exploring the rising influence of women in leadership positions.

[…] http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5709

Ms. Mayer wrote in Lean In, “Looking back to reflect on the question: Could I really take the helm of Yahoo when I was 28 weeks pregnant?

… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5709

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-tentacle-yahoo-marissa-mayer.html

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Darcel Harris receives 21st annual Carroll Co Human Relations Commission award

Susan brought baby lambs to be fed during 4H TRP CPR training

Taking First Aid CPR AED training at 4-H Therapeutic Riding of Carroll Co

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Eagle Archive: Reflecting on Easter with grace and peace http://tinyurl.com/c8k2oh4 by Kevin Dayhoff

Eagle Archive: Reflecting on Easter with grace and peace

By Kevin E. Dayhoff March 31, 2013 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0324-20130327,0,6902860.story

Happy Easter. Grace and peace to you.

In Carroll County, the celebration of Easter has always had an emphasis on the religious aspects of the holiday. However, childhood thoughts of Easter in Carroll are also filled of memories of community Easter egg hunts and other community activities.

Some 65 years ago, the Venture Club of Westminster sponsored the annual hunt on Easter Sunday on the Westminster Playground. An article in the now defunct Democratic Advocate on March 26, 1948, offers an example of how various aspects of the community got into the Easter spirit: There was a concert by the Westminster Municipal Band; an invocation by Father William T. McCrory, assistant pastor of St. John Catholic Church; and City Councilman J. Albert Mitten served as master of ceremonies.

[…] http://tinyurl.com/c8k2oh4

Another childhood memory is that all the church services and activities during Holy Week and Easter were observed with strict pomp and ceremony — as dictated by the ecclesiastical liturgists in the congregation.

I learned at a very young age that the difference between a terrorist and liturgist is you can negotiate with a terrorist. For those unaware of ways of the church, a liturgist is sort of like a "parliamentarian" — with an edge… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0324-20130327,0,6902860.story

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Dr. Ben Carson apologizes, offers to withdraw from Hopkins speech

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Accidentally released text messages give peek at O'Malley discussions

Governor's office mistakenly sent text messages to The Sun

By Scott Calvert, The Baltimore Sun March 30, 2013

The text messages were pinging to and from Gov. Martin O'Malley's BlackBerry. It was the latter part of October, and Election Day was just around the corner.

He and top advisers traded messages that touched on three referendum questions, all approved by voters on Nov. 6: same-sex marriage, expanded gambling and new congressional districts. In another exchange, O'Malley asked an aide to see about getting $30,000 in ad money for a fellow Democratic candidate... http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/sun-investigates/bs-md-sun-investigates-0331-20130330,0,2325597.story

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Westminster's Rotary Club marks 90 years of service, and counting By Kevin E. Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/ckn3zet

Eagle Archive: Westminster's Rotary Club marks 90 years of service, and counting By Kevin E. Dayhoff March 25, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/ckn3zet http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/neighborhoods/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0324-20130320,0,3842909.story

In an era when communities are increasingly turning to higher taxes and bigger government to provide quality of life services in a community; Carroll County still turns to the large number of volunteers and philanthropic groups in our community — which are supported by donations of time, talent and money, and not tax dollars.

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The Rotary is among the stalwart examples of this attitude in Carroll. Club secretary Dr. Jim Lightner notes that at this month's Rotary event, Ober Herr, one the longest-serving members of the club, gave a brief presentation details the organization's rich history… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/neighborhoods/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0324-20130320,0,3842909.story

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Happy Easter - Grace Lutheran Church Westminster MD

O'Malley's Gun Bill passes out of Committee - Heads to House Floor

Defending the Second Amendment in Maryland

Dear Defenders of Liberty:

SB 281 was voted out of Committee last night by a 27/ 18 vote.

Committee Votes SB281

03-29-2013 22:04:26 PM

Today the joint committee of Judiciary and Health and Govt. Operations Voted to send SB281 to the Full House. See how members of the two committees voted. Feel free to call them and let them know how you feel about them infringing on your Constitutionally protected right to "Keep and Bear Arms" When this bill......» Read More- View vote sheets

ACTION TO TAKE

Plan to come to Annapolis Tuesday and possibly Wednesday to sit in the balcony of the House Chamber. Session typically starts at 10am, if there are changes I will send an update.
Continue to make calls to the members of the House of Delegates- regardless of district and urge them to oppose SB 281
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A Word About Amendments

When the bill comes to the House Floor, I will vote against the bill in whatever form it is in. This means I will vote against all amendments, even should the amendments themselves seem to be common sense. I take the view that making the bill "less bad" still does not make it a good bill, no matter how much you amend it.

For this reason, I will vote against all amendments and the bill in its entirety.

Thank you for your continued and tireless efforts.Though it feels like your voices are falling on deaf ears, please do not falter at the finish line. Should the bill pass, I assure you that there will be additional calls to action as we continue to fight this battle on many different fronts.

Constitutionally Yours,

Delegate Don Dwyer, Jr.
Maryland General Assembly
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New York Counties Reject NY SAFE Act.

One by one, counties and towns across New York State are launching resolutions denouncing the state's new gun ban, the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013, as egregious and unconstitutional.
"Right now we have 51 out of 62 counties opposed or in the process of opposing the New York SAFE Act," said Columbia County resident Evan Hempel.

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Sheriffs Take a Stand