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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Every GOP Budget Cut Clobbered By Dems

Republican legislators applied their usual persistence in trying to trim the Maryland budget Wednesday and were rewarded with their usual result: Every one of the dozen amendments they offered to reduce spending were defeated by overwhelming Democratic majorities.
  • Cut about 2% of spending across the board, allowing spending to grow by just 1% — rejected 42-90;
  • Cut $73 million to fix the Health Benefit Exchange and its faulty website — rejected 41-92;
  • Cut already limited funding for Medicaid-funded third trimester abortions — rejected 54-79 (the most votes for any of the cuts);
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

To all Maryland Citizens,

Please, wake THE EFF up.

We have another election soon. USE IT to your advantage and vote OUT some of these bozos.

Anonymous said...

They want to spend more - they'll need more revenues.

Wake up or be bent over!

Anonymous said...

There is no waking up.
Western shore runs the show.
We're the red headed step child on the eastern shore.
Western shore will never ever be conservative.

Anonymous said...

How did the local members vote -- please publish that.