Tag: Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Hogan on future plans: ‘I really don’t know what I am going to do’
Hogan, 65, is Maryland’s first two-term Republican governor since the 1950s. He has served as chairman of the National Governors Association and has not ruled out running for president in 2024.
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Van Hollen says he backs Biden’s openness to filibuster reform
“We need to reform the filibuster in order to make the Senate work,” Van Hollen told MarylandReporter.com. “I think it is vital that we pass the Freedom to Vote Act, which is the bill that would provide uniform national standards to protect people’s access to the ballot box.”
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Van Hollen urges support for legislation to make health care enrollment easier
U.S. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Tuesday emphasized his support for legislation that aims to address disparities in health care coverage by making it easier for the uninsured to enroll in a qualified plan.
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Van Hollen: Failure to raise the debt ceiling would be the ‘economic equivalent’ of detonating a ‘nuclear weapon’
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Tuesday that he hopes Republicans will ease their opposition to raising the debt ceiling if Democrats agree to decouple that proposal from a bill to fund the government and thus prevent an unprecedented pandemic-era shutdown.
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Md’s congressional delegation seeks answers from Robinson on unemployment
The entire Maryland congressional delegation is seeking answers from the state Department Labor as to why the state’s distribution of unemployment insurance benefits was so badly mismanaged, especially when compared with that of other states throughout the nation.
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Van Hollen blasts ‘absolutely disgraceful’ COVID-19 disinformation campaign
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Wednesday slammed lawmakers and pundits who have disseminated disinformation about the novel coronavirus and the vaccines that are aimed at preventing people from becoming seriously ill or possibly even dying from that contagion.
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Van Hollen: Republicans unlikely to support extending expanded child tax credit
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Thursday that Democrats may not get any Republican support to pass legislation that would extend or possibly even make permanent the monthly expanded child tax credit payments that are set to expire at the end of the year.
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Van Hollen: Background checks bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate
Democrats have a 51-50 majority in the Senate due to Vice President Kamala Harris who is able to cast a vote in the event of a tie. But it generally takes 60 votes to begin debate on most as issues-the magic number needed to break a legislative filibuster.
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Sens. Van Hollen and Cardin call for a more equitable federal tax system
Maryland’s U.S. senators said changes should be made to the federal tax code so that wealthy Americans are not able to avoid paying their fair share of income taxes.
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Van Hollen: Infrastructure is more than just ‘roads and bridges’
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Friday lauded the Biden administration’s $1.7 trillion infrastructure plan proposal for its inclusion of non-traditional items and its focus on improving both racial and economic equity throughout the nation.
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Van Hollen: Universal access to high-speed internet is ‘absolutely essential’ for America’s ‘success’
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) emphasized Monday that is it critical that everyone in America eventually has access to high-speed internet.
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Van Hollen: Hogan must do more to increase vaccine access in underserved communities
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Friday criticized Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration’s rollout of coronavirus vaccines, saying the state needs to do more to make vaccines more accessible in underserved communities.
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