Ben Giles Examiner Staff Writer Follow Him @ben_giles Former Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Glenn Ivey plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards in Maryland’s reshaped 4th Congressional District. He will file the paperwork for his candidacy in the next few days, according to Ramon Korionoff, whom Ivey recently hired as a media specialist. “He’s going… washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress
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Ivey looks to run against Edwards in redrawn Fourth District
Rachel Baye Examiner Staff Writer ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the overhaul of the state’s eight congressional districts into law Thursday, prompting two Montgomery County lawmakers to begin preparing campaigns for Congress. Former County Councilwoman Duchy Trachtenberg announced her plans to run for the changed 6th District, which now stretches from Garrett, Allegany and Washington counties in Western… washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress
Hayley Peterson Examiner Staff Writer Maryland Republicans will present the General Assembly with several alternative redistricting maps next week in an effort to save Western Maryland’s 6th District — one of the state’s two Republican-majority districts — from turning blue. Under a plan supported by Gov. Martin O’Malley’s council on redistricting, the 6th District would lose four Republican-leaning counties and gain a… washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress
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Md. GOP teams with minorities on alternate congressional map
Hayley Peterson Examiner Staff Writer Residents have ‘little in common’ with liberal county
Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent At one point during Wednesday night’s Republican Presidential debate, Gov. Rick Perry said he felt a bit like a pi?ata at the party as he fended off attacks by the seven other candidates on stage at the Reagan Presidential Library in California. But in truth, none of his opponents swung very hard at the GOP’s newest and most popular presidential candidate and it was Perry who… washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress
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Perry endures shots from GOP rivals in first debate
Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent The United States Postal Service is “at the brink of default” and turned to Congress on Tuesday seeking billions in funding and legislation to help it restructure to remain in business. Facing a $10 billion loss in revenue this year, the Postal Service could be forced to shut down by August 2012 if drastic steps are… washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress
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Postal Service ‘at the brink of default’
The Associated Press The Associated Press WAUCONDA, Ill. WAUCONDA, Ill. (AP) — Congressman Joe Walsh has told northern Illinois constituents he plans to “privately and legally” fight claims he owes his ex-wife more than $100,000 in child
DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced a historic agreement Sunday night on emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever financial default. The dramatic resolution lifted a cloud that had threatened the still-fragile economic recovery at home — and it instantly… washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress
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It’s a deal: Obama, Congress will avert default
DAVID ESPO AP Political Writer Racing the clock to avoid a government default, President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders closed in Sunday night on a compromise to permit vital U.S. borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for more than $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts. But no votes seemed likely in either house of Congress until Monday at… washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress
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Congress closing in on debt deal as deadline nears
Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent Follow her @susanferrechio House and Senate lawmakers ended the weekend no closer to a deal on raising the debt limit by an Aug. 2 deadline, with the two parties instead preparing to move forward with competing plans. The biggest sticking point to an… washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress
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GOP, Dems move on competing debt plans