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Thursday, February 28, 2013

MD Dems Host Twitter Town Hall on Sequestration

Mandated federal budget cuts, if not averted, could impact the large federal presence in Maryland.

Maryland's congressional Democrats are taking to Twitter Thursday afternoon to talk about the coming sequestration cuts to federal budgets. The cuts, equally split between defense and non-defense spending, could have a large impact on Maryland if not averted. Civil employees could be furloughed a day per pay period, and the cuts would also impact work at military bases in Maryland, including at Fort Meade and Aberdeen Proving Ground. In Elkridge on Wednesday, Gov. Martin O'Malley said sequestration could cost 12,000 jobs in Maryland. The town hall from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday will be held on the hashtag #AskMDDems and questions and answers will be posted on the delegation's own Twitter feed. We will be following the responses and updating …

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12,000 Maryland Jobs Could Be Lost Due to Sequestration, O’Malley Says (in Columbia Patch)

Roland

10:55 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Of course the democraps had nothing to do with the coming sequestration cuts. It's all the rethuglicans fault. congress is the worst enemy America has....   more ›

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Maryland County Execs Fear Sequester Effects

Prince George's, Montgomery, Howard County officials say federal spending cuts would wreak havoc on local economy.

Ranking officials in Prince George's, Montgomery and Howard County are urging Congress to come to a compromise that could avert steep cuts in federal spending—known as the sequester—set to go into effect on March 1.  “Sequestration would feel like a cold to most of the nation, but to [Prince George's County] and the rest of the Washington metropolitan area, it would feel like a bad case of pneumonia," read a statement attributed to Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker in a release issued by the county executives of Montgomery, Howard and Prince George's counties. "One-quarter of the federal workforce in this region are residents of Prince George's County, so many of them are eagerly awaiting a positive conclusion to this …

Joe Galvagna

10:11 am on Friday, March 1, 2013

Not so not so all lies from the left. Just hype to try to scare the working class. All Dems. lie to keep their jobs. Cut some of the free crap in County not raise taxes on working stuffs. I hate you leftwingers you are killing this country. Have you no consensus or self respect?   more ›

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