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  1. Baltimore: Stay informed about DC politics Via @timcraigpost: after SUV gate, Kwame Brown's next potential problem. http://wapo.st/eqgycI
  2. Gay marriage failure: What went wrong and what happens next. http://bit.ly/ewdovo
  3. Effort to legalize gay marriage in Maryland concludes today without a House vote: http://bsun.md/gEuDZi
  4. Gay marriage done for the year. House Speaker Busch expects his chamber to offer the bill next year.
  5. House leader about to share his thoughts. Consensus is that's it for gay marriage this year.
  6. Gay marriage bill recommitted to unsupportive committee. Unsure what's next, but this saves delegates from registering their opinion.
  7. Del. C.T. Wilson says he opposes the bill, but not the love. Supports gay rights but wants constituents to decide on marriage.
  8. Words moved both of them to tears. RT @KeifferMitchell "I am a child of God." @lukeclippinger, who I am proud to sit next to.
  9. Del. Heather Mizeur, openly gay and Catholic, making personal appeal to religious holdouts. Says God helped her reconcile it all.
  10. Del. Anne Healey, who has struggled with how to vote on gay marriage, says she has decided to support.
  11. Signs in the House that the vote on gay marriage may be coming very soon.
  12. Del. Anne Kaiser gets some standing applause for her speech. Says she wants to marry her girlfriend of 8 years.
  13. Civil Unions amendment fails on a voice vote. Speaker Busch refuses request for roll call vote.
  14. Del. Kathleen Dumais urges rejection of civil union amendment as "separate and unequal."
  15. Del. Cheryl Glenn offers amendment to make bill civil unions.
  16. Del. Doyle Neimann, whose daughter is in same-sex relationship, speaking for the bill as part of right to pursue happiness.
  17. Del. Kathleen Dumais, who yesterday called amendment friendly, now speaking against it. It fails.
  18. Del. Mike McDermott spicing things by moving Del. Johnny O's amendment.