Senator Benjamin L. Cardin - U.S. Senator for Maryland
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Children's Health: Senator Cardin supports the expansion of SCHIP on the Senate floor.
Barack Obama
"I believed that our future is our choice, and that if we could just recognize ourselves in one another and bring everyone together - Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, north, south, east and west, black, white, Latino, Asian, and Native American, gay and straight, disabled and not - then not only would we restore hope and opportunity in places that yearned for both, but maybe, just maybe, we might perfect our union in the process."

–– Barack Obama, Baltimore, MD - January 17, 2009

Homebuyer tax credit Homebuyer Tax Credit: (1/26) A $20,000 refundable tax credit for first-time homebuyers will help jumpstart our nation's ailing housing market. We need to encourage prospective home buyers to get off the sidelines and help break our downward economic spiral.
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Helsinki Commission Helsinki Commission: (1/23) For more than three decades, the U.S. Helsinki Commission has played an important role in furthering America's foreign policy objectives. I am honored to take the reigns as chairman at such a critical time in our nation's history.
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Middle East Envoy Middle East Envoy: (1/22) George Mitchell is a man of integrity and a diplomat in the greatest sense. I was pleased to hear of his appointment as Special Envoy for the Middle East.
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Closing Gitmo Closing Gitmo: (1/22) President Obama is sending a clear message to the world that we are re-establishing the rule of law in the United States, and that we, as a nation, will abide by our international obligations.
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