Wednesday, November 23, 2011
With the supercommittee failing to come up with a plan to cut the deficit, Maryland could face as much as $150 million in cuts to its 2014 budget.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
By Jeffrey Benzing, Capital News Service The congressional supercommittee has failed, and now Maryland could face as much as $150 million in cuts to its 2014 budget, including millions in lost funding through federal education and health care programs, state experts say. And that's not all. Maryland's defense and federal work force could be in jeopardy through mandated cuts to defense and other federal programs. "Defense spending—that means jobs in Maryland," said Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Cockeysville, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee. "It would clearly be very hurtful to our economy." The supercommittee, officially known as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, was charged with cutting more than $1.2 trillion …
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Kensington Democrat says Congress missed a great opportunity.
The bi-partisan committee tasked with slashing the federal deficit will not be able reach an agreement before the Wednesday deadline, its leadership announced this evening. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Kensington Democrat, is a member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction and said Congress has missed a great opportunity. "I am very disappointed that the Joint Committee was unable to develop a plan to boost job growth and reduce the long-term deficit in a predictable, balanced way," he said in a statement. Van Hollen said members of the public will likely blame both parties for the supercommittee's breakdown, but that wouldn't be a fair analysis. "That approach would be as easy as it would be wrong," he said. "... In the days ahead…
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Maryland representative is pushing for $4 trillion in cuts.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
By Jeffery Benzing Capital News Service WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Van Hollen still wants to "go big" with the congressional "supercommittee," favoring $4 trillion in total deficit reduction over 10 years, even as he's unsure that the group can craft a plan to curtail the deficit by its Nov. 23 deadline. "This is a critical week. Everyone's going to be doubling down," said Van Hollen, who sits on the 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction and is the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee. "I think the jury's still out as to whether we'll reach an agreement." And time is ticking away. The committee must decide how it might slash the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion with cuts to expensive programs like Medicare and …
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Van Hollen continues to attend all fundraising events scheduled before his appointment to the House supercommittee on deficit reduction.
Will Rep. Christopher Van Hollen’s position on the influential "supercommittee" bring a fundraising bonanza for the high-powered Democratic Congressman? That’s what some political insiders were wondering this week as the 12-member bipartisan supercommittee prepared for its second meeting in its attempt to reach an agreement aimed at reigning in the country’s runaway deficit. On Friday, Rep. Van Hollen (D-District 8) plans to host a major fundraiser at Charlie Palmer’s steakhouse, with suggested contribution levels pegged as high as $5,000, according to a report in Politico. Van Hollen apparently had the fundraiser on his schedule before he was named to the supercommittee. Nonetheless, it brings home the contentious issue of the influence …
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8:51 am on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Van Hollen is part of the problem. He will not even slow down the growth in federal spending. The huge deficits that he will burden our children with is outrageous. more ›