January 4th, 2019 by WCBC Radio
A new era of divided government arrived in Washington on Thursday, as Democrats took control of the House amid a partial government shutdown now in its second week. Upon convening at noon, the House — which includes 63 new members — elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as speaker for a second time. First on the agenda, Pelosi pushing through legislation to reopen the government even though had already been declared dead on arrival in the Republican-led Senate because it won’t meet President Trump’s demand for billions in border wall funding. President Trump has been seeking the approval of more than $5 billion toward the construction of a border wall. Senator Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, has consistently opposed wall funding- calling it an irresponsible allocation of dollars that could be better spent for other security measures…
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January 06, 2019 at 8:18 am, Terri L Martin said:
Ben Cardin is a major Swamp Monster that needs purged from DC. He’s self serving and does more for his party and himself than for people of this state! If he had his way the entire state of MD would be a Sanctuary State! Him and our GOP Governor should be best buddies in their Trump hating obstructionist agendas!