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May 25, 2017

"I'm not yet seeing any significant willingness, readiness, to push on the administration to be more accountable," says House Democrat John Sarbanes, of Maryland, of his GOP colleagues. "But I think there's a kind of cumulative effect of things here.

May 24, 2017

President Donald Trump isn't draining the swamp in Washington. He's shrouding it in a veil of secrecy and pumping in more slime…. Congress needs to step in. The level of potential conflicts posed by Mr. Trump's business holdings and his utter lack of concern for the ethical standards presidents of both parties have honored are mind boggling. Eighteen House Democrats, led by Rep.

May 23, 2017

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the so-called soft money ban on state and local parties, prompting opponents of the restriction to turn their pleas for repeal to Congress. … "By rejecting the challenge to political party soft money bans, the Supreme Court has once again affirmed contribution limits as constitutional," said Rep.

May 16, 2017

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Issues:Health Care
May 15, 2017

Trump presents a uniquely target-rich environment, Democrats say.... "By the time we get to January of 2019, I expect there'd be just treasure troves of things to investigate," said Rep.

May 10, 2017

Members of Maryland's congressional delegation are expressing concerns over the timing and the process that led President Donald Trump to fire now-former FBI director James Comey….

April 27, 2017

On the St. Ambrose Aigburth Vale Senior Community's rooftop in Towson last week, yet another great partnership was at work. It was there that Maryland Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes, Constellation solar volunteers and GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic solar trainees gathered to outfit the building with a sustainable supply of energy…. Some for about 70 seniors living on limited incomes, the St.

Issues:Environment
April 24, 2017

Every year, hundreds of water lines fail in Baltimore's delivery system.... And it's happening throughout the nation's oldest cities with the older underground infrastructure.... "These are things you don't necessarily see but they obviously affect our quality of life," says U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Maryland)....

April 22, 2017

"We are seeing a developing reflex on the part of this administration to be unresponsive and kind of lock people out," says Congressman John Sarbanes, a Democrat from Maryland, who heads up the Democracy Reform Task Force, which has been tracking unanswered congressional requests to agencies and the White House since the inauguration.