U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Abortion clinics lose licenses again

2013-05-24 17:23:00

State health regulators suspended the licenses of several abortion clinics owned by Associates in OB/GYN Care for the second time after an employee with no health care license or certification gave a patient a drug to induce an abortion at the Baltimore...

Maryland becomes a liberal paradise

2013-04-02 11:51:10

If you're a liberal living in Maryland, there's been plenty of reason to smile lately. The Old Line State continues to beat a steady path toward leading a new vanguard of progressive policy and politics in the United States. Let's start with last...

Who says the Republicans are doomed?

2013-04-30 03:00:00

Since Mitt Romney lost to President Obama on Nov. 6, the conventional wisdom has been that the Republican Party is in trouble. The less conventional truth is that it is the Democrats whose chances may be more bleak. Yes, Republicans are currently...

'Black liquor' bill resurrected

2013-03-25 06:55:00

Some Annapolis lawmakers have gotten in the Easter spirit a little early.� A bill that would curtail millions in renewable-energy subsidies for mostly out-of-state paper mills comes to the Senate floor Monday, after being killed last week and then revived...

Easter a time to renew — and for renewable wind energy

2013-03-25 09:45:00

Easter's message of hope and new life is a universal and much-needed one throughout the world, but particularly for Marylanders this year as we celebrate the passage of the offshore wind bill by the Maryland General Assembly. I'm filled with thanks to...

Closing deadly loopholes

2013-03-25 03:00:00

In July, authorities discovered that a radiology technician who had worked in Maryland and several other states had been injecting himself with narcotics-filled syringes, refilling them with saline and leaving them behind for use on patients. More than 1,...

Committee passes legislation to license staffing agencies

2013-03-21 16:47:27

The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday for a proposed law that would require state licensing of medical staffing companies after a radiographer was accused of exposing hundreds of Marylanders to hepatitis C. In a telephone call after the...

Minimum wage bill fails in committee

2013-03-20 16:14:00

A bill to raise Maryland's minimum wage to $10 an hour failed in a Senate committee vote Wednesday, its sponsor said. � The Raise Maryland campaign, part of a national effort, sought to increase the state's minimum per-hour wage from $7.25 to one of...

Pipeline regulation bill dies in House

2013-03-14 15:40:00

A House committee has killed a bill that would have imposed state safety regulations on interstate natural gas pipelines that run through Maryland after concerns were raised whether they would conflict with federal law. The Economic Matters Committee...

Sequestration was Obama's idea; now he doesn't like it?

2013-03-07 07:30:00

I was dismayed by your recent, misleading article on the Republican's responsibility for the budget sequester (The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Jack Lew, the White House chief of staff and budget director, set up the sequester in 2011, and Rob Nabors,...

Costco CEO joins effort to raise Maryland's minimum wage

2013-03-06 17:37:00

Costco and the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce are among more than 70 businesses and groups that support raising the minimum wage in Maryland, according Raise Maryland, a group advocating for a higher wage. "We pay a starting hourly wage of $11.50 in...

Offshore wind bill emerges from key committee

2013-02-26 16:48:00

On its third try in three years, Gov. Martin O'Malley's bill to spur development of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Ocean City won the approval of a�key committee Tuesday night, setting the stage for what is expected to be easy passage on the...

J. Russell George, left, Treasury inspector general for tax administration; acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, who has resigned; and former Commissioner Douglas Shulman testify before the Senate Finance Committee.

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Left to right, J. Russell George, Treasury inspector general for tax administration; acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller; and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman are sworn in prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee.

2013-05-21 00:00:00