Donna Edwards

Voters should "dump" Congressional Democrats who don't show up to debates, according to the Maryland Republican Party.

The GOP has taken U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Fort Washington) and U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Kensington) to task for failing to debate their Republican opponents.

Ron Paul (R-Texas) will publicly endorse Maryland's Republican candidates for U.S. House at a fundraiser on Thursday.

Each candidate has been invited to speak at the rally. Richard Matthews (MD-2), Peter James (MD-4), Collins Bailey (MD-5) and Mike Hargadon (MD-7) have all confirmed.

The Maryland Congressional delegation voted 7 to 1 on Friday in favor of a revised economic recovery bill.

The U.S. Senate added provisions and voted on an updated rescue bill Wednesday, after the U.S. House failed to pass a $700 billion bailout package for the financial sector on Monday.

Congress passed the revised bill on Friday 263 to 171.

Continue reading to see how each member of the Maryland delegation voted on the revised version of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

U.S. Reps. Elijah Cummings and Donna Edwards have signed on to a new proposal for how to address the financial crisis.

No specifics yet, but the progressive blog Open Left says details will be announced at a press conference this afternoon:

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04), an outspoken critic of the Bush/Paulson bailout, along with Rep. Kaptur (OH-09), Rep. Scott (VA-03), Rep. Cummings (MD-07), Rep. Doggett (TX-25), Rep. Holt (NJ-12), Rep. Edwards (MD-04) and Rep. Hirono (HI-02), will introduce legislation today to address the failures in the financial markets. DeFazio believes that the Paulson/Bush proposal is based on a flawed premise: if the American taxpayers spend $700 billion to buy Wall Street's toxic assets - a plan pundits are calling "trash for cash" - it will create liquidity in our financial markets and will somehow trickle-down to Main Street.
DeFazio's plan is not in any way based on the Paulson/Bush plan. Instead of throwing taxpayer dollars at the program and crossing our fingers that the plan work, the measure will direct the Administration to take five simple steps, suggested by noted economist and former head of the FDIC, William Isaac, to re-regulate the markets and move America towards a healthy financial future.

The legislation will be available at the press conference.

Who: Rep. DeFazio, Rep. Kaptur (OH-09), Rep. Scott (VA-03), Rep. Cummings (MD-07), Rep. Doggett (TX-25), Rep. Holt (NJ-12), Rep. Edwards (MD-04) and Rep. Hirono (HI-02)
What: Press Conference to introduce legislation to fix financial markets
Where: House Radio and TV Gallery
When: 3 pm TODAY

U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards received a thumbs up from her Republican opponent, Peter James, for her vote against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The U.S. House failed on Monday to pass the $700 billion bailout package for the financial sector, prompting markets to post record losses.

Edwards (D-Fort Washington) voted against the bill yesterday, splitting with the majority of Democrats in Maryland's Congressional delegation. Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore) also voted against the measure.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Succeeding in this election cycle will be an uphill battle for Republicans in Prince George's County, according to Mykel Harris, chair of the Prince George's County Republican Central Committee.

"It's a tough year for Republicans - even tougher in Prince George's County," Harris told PolitickerMD.com. "In the past I would have to say it hasn't been competitive. We're outnumbered 6 to 1. That is the biggest challenge and as a result we don't really have a farm team."

State Del. Joseph Vallario, Jr. (D) has held seat 27A since 1975 and U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Fort Washington) is expected to easily win reelection in November against Republican Peter James.  

Harris says recruits are "typically unknown" because Prince George's Republicans start out at a disadvantage. "This is where you're last in the league," he said.

U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Fort Washington): Campaign PhotoDENVER - U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Fort Washington) called the first day of the Democratic National Convention a “home run opening day.”

They “hit all the right notes,” the 4th District Democrat told PolitickerMD.com during the Tuesday breakfast for the Maryland delegation at the Renaissance Denver hotel.

Edwards said it's going to be important for the Democrats “to point to the actual record of John McCain.”

Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Fort Washington) discussed her vote against the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and how she broke the news to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville).

In the video, Edwards talks about the importance of having members who will stand up against their own leadership. She recounted the story of approaching Hoyer on the House floor and how she sternly told him, "Steny, I will not vote for that FISA bill."

The 4th District Democrat was in Cape Elizabeth, Maine to endorse Chellie Pingree for Maine's open 1st District House seat, PolitickerME.com reports. The incumbent, Tom Allen (D), is currently challenging U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R).

Not to dwell on the afforementioned Matt Bai article on Obama's effect on black politics, but the author mentions something of note on his website.