Congress

In spite of overwhelming public opposition to the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout, Chris Van Hollen voted yesterday in favor of the bill that was ultimately rejected by the House of Representatives.

Representative Chris Van Hollen and Congress must assume responsibility for their roles in the collapse of the housing and finance industries.  

Lost in all the chaotic development surrounding the current crisis in U.S. financial markets was the following: The leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes their chief fundraiser Chris Van Hollen (D-MD8), has just collapsed on the issue of offshore oil drilling. Bowing to White House demands, they have agreed to let the ban on offshore oil drilling, in place since the early 1980’s, expire.

Chris Van Hollen is involved in the network of influence-peddling that brought on the crisis.

Statement by Steve Hudson, M.D. on Today's Financial Events

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives has announced that their hastily assembled energy bill, to be voted on by the end of this week, will drop the long-standing ban on offshore oil drilling. This "compromise" will theoretically allow renewable energy development to be funded, in part, by royalties from the increased drilling. If that sounds crazy, it’s because it is. This policy reversal for the Democrats is a major setback in the fight against catastrophic climate change.

Today, 8th District Congressional Candidate Dr. Steve Hudson, who is both a medical doctor and an attorney, released a statement on the need for prison and correctional reform in the United States. 

Did Congress Deserve A Pay Increase?
Ask Chris Van Hollen What He Thinks...

Gordon Clark, candidate for U.S. Congress from Maryland’s 8th district, today added Ben Marcus, a veteran of numerous previous political campaigns, to his campaign staff in the position of Campus/New Media Coordinator.

Adjusting for candidates’ contributions to themselves, these totals put Clark’s fundraising at the top of 3rd party-nominated congressional campaigns nationwide and even ahead of some senate campaigns. Significantly, the cash on hand amount is just slightly under that reported by one of Clark’s major party opponents, Republican Steve Hudson, while the debt reported by the Clark campaign is less than half that reported by the Hudson campaign.