Under President Donald Trump’s and House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan, the American Health Care Act, younger people and higher-income people in Maryland would see an increase in the amount of tax credits they receive, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Trump speech gets thumbs down from Maryland Democrats
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress did little to ease the worries of Maryland’s Democratic lawmakers. Trump’s address lacked significant detail, said Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Upper Marlboro, and left him “yearning for…
Trump tax plan may be a mixed bag for Maryland
WASHINGTON – A majority of Marylanders weren’t particularly keen about the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton carried the Old Line State by roughly 624,000 votes on Nov. 8, good for a comfortable 25-point win. RELATED…
Congress Moving to Aid Prisoners with “Second Chance” in Society
This legislation reauthorizes and changes the distribution of grant funding to public and private programs aiding ex-prisoners allocated in the original bill passed in 2008.
Van Hollen Praises Federal Budget Agreement as “Good Step Forward”
Congressional leaders and the White House have reached a tentative budget deal to set the federal government’s spending framework for the next two years, a move which Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, called “a good step forward.”
Van Hollen: No Statuette for Portraying Paul Ryan
Rep. Chris Van Hollen said Friday that although he played Paul Ryan in six mock debates with Vice President Joe Biden, it was the vice president’s knowledge of the topics, and not the congressman’s preparation assistance, that was crucial to Biden’s performance.