House Democrats launch effort to strengthen equal pay law

WASHINGTON – House Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation to strengthen a decade-old equal pay law to ensure women are paid the same as men for the same jobs. The bill has the support of every Democrat in the House, according…

Maryland lawmaker presses for a Harriet Tubman $20 bill

The fight to put Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill in three years has been revived with the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the House.

Brown, Biden, Senate Women Join Effort to Reauthorize Violence Against Women Act

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and other panelists joined administration officials for an event hosted by Vice President Joe Biden, where the participants urged Congress to extend the Violence Against Women Act.