Category: Congress

AP
Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski has a message for the women of America. “Put your lipstick on, square your shoulders, suit up” and get ready to fight.

That call to “revolution” came minutes after the GOP killed legislation that would have …

Capital News Service
All but one of Maryland’s members of Congress rank in the top half of congressional earmark spenders, with Rep. Steny Hoyer coming in fifth in the House, a consumer watchdog group reported Wednesday.

Citizens Against Government Waste’s new …

Rep. Albert Wynn, who was defeated in the Democratic primary by Donna Edwards, is resigning from Congress to take a job in a D.C. law firm. Wynn’s move will probably force a special election, with all the cost …

Siobhan Gorman continues her excellent coverage of the National Security Agency with a story in yesterday’s Baltimore Sun discussing continuing problems with the power supply at NSA headquarters at Fort Meade. The problems with electricity …

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett of the 6th District has announced that he’s running for a 9th term next year. Bartlett was first elected in 1992. He holds a PhD. in physiology from the University of Maryland. Bartlett, who is …

Former Congressman Parren Mitchell has died of pneumonia at the age of 85. Mitchell was the first Black congressman elected from Maryland. He was a World War II veteran and received a Purple Heart. Mitchell graduated with an A.B. …

State Senator Andrew Harris (District 8, Baltimore County) has said he’s considering challenging incumbent Congressman Wayne Gilchrest in the 2008 Republican Primary. Harris serves in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve and is a professor …