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We are approaching the 71st day of the 90 day legislative session. Last week was another major deadline for lawmakers to pass bills out of one house and send them to the other. We saw hundreds of bills move through both chambers and saw a push from lawmakers to introduce new legislation in time to meet that deadline.
The legislative session began with members of the house and senate being sworn in ahead of the Governor's inauguration.
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Republicans are quite happy about the circumstances we're in, and they're trying to use extortion-like practices to get an agenda moving forward that should be done in legislative process. >> do you worry you're going to face back lash from your constituents given how many federal government employees there are in the state of maryland? >> you know, congress doesn't look good on this, it is a sad day for all of us. but i tell you, the federal workers don't want to go through another crisis in two weeks when they're told there is no more -- or they can't pay our bills. they don't want to go thr...
Constituents given how many federal government employees there are in the state of maryland? >> you know, congress doesn't look good on this, it is a sad day for all of us. but i tell you, the federal workers don't want to go through another crisis in two weeks when they're told there is no more -- or they can't pay our bills. they don't want to go through another round of sequestration, they know we have to get it resolved. they want us to stand firm and not negotiate the way the republicans want us to. >> senator ben carter, and former senator who was in office during the last shutdown, and ...