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Courier Lee News Service political reporter Ed Tibbetts is covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo.

The Maryland delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Denver cheers while displaying their support for presumptive nominee Sen.

Day two began with a breakfast hosted by Baltimore County. County Executive Jim Smith is still recovering from his recent heart bypass surgery, and so couldn't be with us this week.

Leading Democrats held a press conference at Union Station today and got more than they bargained for.

"He created a water issue on which both of these candidates could agree, and that is that we should not open the Colorado River Compact." -- Sara Duncan, moderator of last week's U.S. Senate debate at the ...

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer DENVER House Democratic Leader Steny H. Hoyer suggested Tuesday that Republican John McCain wouldn't necessarily be a bad president but his problem is he has embraced President Bush 's poor ...

DENVER - Maryland's delegates to the Democratic National Convention got fired up for their candidate amid the sunshine and flowers of the Denver Botanic Gardens, site of their Tuesday luncheon meeting.

Rep. Steny Hoyer roused an audience of partisans hungry to reclaim the White House this evening, one of three Marylanders addressing the Democratic National Convention here.

AT&T is not just a phone call away at the Democratic National Convention. The telecommunications giant is virtually everywhere, wining and dining delegates and members of Congress with a relentless schedule of ...

Top associates of former President Clinton accused Barack Obama's team of going too soft on Republican John McCain at the Democratic convention, the latest sign of continued tension between the Obama and ...

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Monday that Joseph Biden's 35-years of experience in the Senate is needed to facilitate the change Barack Obama is campaigning to bring to the nation.

When Donna Crary was an undergraduate student in the mid-1980s at Bowie State and living in Laurel, she had no idea that more than 20 years later, she'd still be here.

NEW ethics rules barring lobbyists from honoring members of US Congress won't stop AT&T Inc and other influence-seekers from rubbing shoulders with law makers at the national political conventions.

Four years ago at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, about 700 lucky guests gathered at the city's Museum of Fine Arts for a lavish party honoring Rep.

John McCain's housing gaffe has finally spread into the energy debate. It was only a matter of time.

Senator Mikulski speaks at a Checklist For Change event on Capitol Hill Senator Barbara Mikulski will lead the "Democratic Women of the Senate" in a special address Tuesday night at the 2008 Democratic ...

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., has asked the Office of Personnel Management to tell him by Aug.

EDITORIAL The last time the George W. Bush administration began the saber-rattling that would take the nation into war, the Democratic leadership in Congress was afraid to say a word in opposition.

When the federal base closing commission voted in 2005 to shut down Fort Monmouth and transfer its operations to Maryland, it came with one condition: That it be done by 2011 without disrupting the mission to ...

U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy said Thursday he asked House leaders to bring a comprehensive energy package that includes expanded offshore drilling to a vote in the near future.