A little bit of everything
“All Marylanders deserve to feel safe in their homes, schools, communities – and especially in places of worship. It was critical that Team Maryland fight to secure over $8 million in federal funding to strengthen security at religious centers in our state. And I won’t stop fighting until all Marylanders feel and are safe,” said Senator Alsobrooks (D-MD).
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I urge the committee to make in order amendments that will facilitate the actions of the Congress of the United States to act nearly unanimously, which will send a strong, powerful message. But if we do not pass this bill, there will be great joy in the Kremlin and great devastation in Kyiv,” Hoyer told the House Committee on Rules on Tuesday.
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Former Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said he believes intense partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may lead to a brief shutdown of that agency, as funding is set to expire after midnight on Friday.
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The 43-day government shutdown that ended just a few weeks ago was the longest in U.S. history. And it caused a world of hurt to federal employees who temporarily went without paychecks and airline passengers who experienced frequently flight delays and cancellations.
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“The impasse is likely to last another three weeks or more,” said former Rep. Rick Lazio, a New York Republican, who served from 1993-01. “The final outcome may well include a one year extension of the of ACA credits or a broader but still limited tax bill that includes ACA credits and some Republican priorities to bring conservative members onboard. I do not see a scenario where Republicans unravel any of the OBBB (One Big Beautiful Bill), with the possible exception of adding money to a new fund to bridge some of the hospital reductions.”
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“My general disposition would be to make them longer rather than shorter. Because if you don’t, you are liable to faced with the same decision again in November or December,” Lott, a Mississippi Republican, who served in Congress for more than 30 years, told Baltimore Post-Examiner
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Let’s get Trump’s cheap shot toward his predecessor out of the way first. It wasn’t Joe Biden who went after Trump, it was prosecutors in three states and the District of Columbia who had enough evidence to believe he had committed crimes.
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Does President Trump care that he’s breaking the law? Of course not. The Supreme Court has ruled that a President is immune from prosecution as long as he breaks the law in the ordinary course of his Presidency. What a crock.
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Politicians are known for making promises and pledges they are unlikely to be able to fulfill and former President Donald Trump has arguably made more ambitious ones than have most.
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ince 1790, the Census Bureau has taken a head count of every person, regardless of citizenship, in the United States so Congress can determine how members of the House of Representatives and Electoral College votes are distributed.
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