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It’s been nearly a year of hybrid hearings. Even Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., posing questions to Acting Assistant Defense Secretary Christopher Maier during a House Armed Services Committee hearing – while driving.
It’s been 11 months of remote or proxy voting in the House. Members phoning in their votes, literally, to a designee on the floor, and bequeathing them their yea, nay or present.
No congressional tours in more than a year.
Few if any outsiders or lobbyists surfacing on Capitol Hill for meetings.
Virtually no handshakes.
The Maryland congressional delegation is pushing legislation to protect and enhance the natural resources throughout Southern Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay area with new federal park and heritage designations.
Democratic Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, both of Maryland, and Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Towson, have mounted a bicameral effort to form a working group that would explore designating the Chesapeake Bay region as a national recreation area. This group would be made up of lawmakers and more than 30 regional organizations.
Efforts to protect the nation’s largest estuary have been floating around for decades.
In his 1984 State of the Union Address, then-President Ronald Reagan said he regarded the Chesapeake Bay as a “productive recreational area and a special national resource.”
Democrats infrastructure push appears to exclude enhancing the nation s southern border, despite the crisis caused by an alarming surge of illegal immigrants.
As President Biden and Democrats try to ram a $2 trillion spending plan through Congress, the migrant crisis affecting America continues to grow.
However, the president s spending plan does not address border infrastructure, even as the nation faces what is predicted to be the largest surge of migrants at the southern border in 20 years.
The president’s spending plan has been styled as a bill to expand American infrastructure but spends less than $750 million of the $2 trillion price tag on what has been traditionally defined as such.
Restoring property tax break can save you lots of cash. Why it could actually happen this time.
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer announces the formation of a new congressional caucus to fight for restoring the full federal deduction for state and local taxes. Surrounding him are other founding members of the caucus.
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A Bergen County homeowner making $150,000 a year and owning a $600,000 house can expect to pay as much as $12,000 in property taxes and $5,000 in state income taxes.
Until 2018, taxpayers could deduct that full amount on their federal income tax returns. But Republicans capped that tax break at $10,000.
NH Primary Source: Citing DCCC âclerical error,â Pappas campaign returns AOC contribution
NRCC claimed 1st District Democratic congressman was being âbankrolled by a socialistâ Share Updated: 6:32 PM EDT Apr 16, 2021
NRCC claimed 1st District Democratic congressman was being âbankrolled by a socialistâ Share Updated: 6:32 PM EDT Apr 16, 2021 (New Hampshire Primary Source is a regular feature of WMUR s political coverage.)AOC CONTRIBUTION RETURNED. Congressman Chris Pappasâ campaign committee has returned an unsolicited $5,000 contribution from a political action committee overseen by liberal firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New Hampshire Primary Source has learned.A Pappas campaign spokesperson cited a âclerical errorâ as the reason for the refund, saying that âwire transfer information was given out in errorâ by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.The Courage to Change PAC made