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Sarbanes says his bill would give people the feeling their voice matters and help to restore faith in government. "People can see themselves in it," he told the editorial board.
That's an important goal for any political reform. Congressional Republicans should allow a full discussion of this proposal.
Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) suggested that Congress give small-dollar donors "some real power" in elections through matching donations.
Maryland Rep. John Sarbanes is hosting a workshop to provide senior citizens with information about Social Security and Medicare.
The workshop is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the Pikesville Public Library in Pikesville.
It will offer seniors a chance to meet one on one with the congressman's caseworkers to discuss individual benefit issues.
By making citizen-owned elections a viable alternative to our current big-money system, we can help congressional candidates spend more time with their constituents and less time with the insider crowd.
"It is not just slow and steady sea level rise associated with climate change, it is the severe and increasingly violent weather events becoming more and more present in our daily lives," said U.S. Rep.
Democrats in both chambers are pressing Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to reform the campaign finance system in the name of transparency.
The Democrats, who had no luck moving their Disclose Act under previous Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), are hoping his newly tapped replacement will be more receptive to their argument that anonymous donors are undermining democracy.
Meanwhile, the calls for campaign finance reform at the federal level are growing louder. Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) has introduced a reform billthat would provide a 6-to-1 match for campaign contributions up to $150.
Jones is bonding with another son of a former congressman, Rep. John Sarbanes, a Maryland Democrat, in a crusade for legislation that seeks to blunt the power of big money in politics. Sarbanes visited San Francisco last month to discuss his idea, the Government by the People Act, H.R.
The 2009 law that reauthorized the AmeriCorps service program included an initiative drafted by Rep. John Sarbanes of Baltimore County called Veterans Corps. The program, which President Barack Obama touted during his 2008 campaign, is aimed at recruiting veterans into volunteering, especially for programs that serve other veterans and military families.
From small beginnings, Parks Sausages in Northwest Baltimore became the first African American owned company in the country to go public–the largest in Baltimore, and with a most memorable slogan.
And more Parks Sausages-like companies for Baltimore, too, please–the aim of a federal grant to open a center for entrepreneurs, named for Parks co-founder, the late Ray Haysbert.