ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley lost two of his biggest legislative battles this year -- his push for a gas tax and a bill to require more investment in wind energy -- and the General Assembly watered down other bills.
O'Malley's proposal to add a 6 percent sales tax to the cost of gas never made it out of committee to either the House or Senate for debate. The tax would have added roughly 18-cents-per-gallon to the cost of gas once fully implemented.
The legislature also rejected, for the second year in a row, O'Malley's proposal that would require utility companies to buy more wind energy. The bill passed 88-47 in the House of Delegates but stalled in the Senate Finance Committee.
2 comments:
good. this is another clueless government liberal. can't we secede?
Looks like we have some delegates that want to keep their jobs.Well done.
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