A quick look at the week that was in the world of political dark money ... -- Total raised by super-PACs (so far): $218 million -- Ratio of spending by conservative super-PACs to liberal super-...
Bush. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), the top Democrat on the Budget Committee, noted that hundreds of thousands of Americans were losing their jobs in the months before former President Bush left office in 2009, and said Bush's policies tipped the scales ...
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Folks, the Democrats are losing it. They're starting to lose it. There's a story here from TheHill.com, Chris Van Hollen, he's from Maryland, and he's ranking member of the House Democrat leadership, slammed Jeb Bush today. Jeb Bush is out there criticizing Obama's economic policies and Van Hollen says, (paraphrasing) "Why don't you criticize your brother? Your brother is the reason we're in this mess, your brother. Go...
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Maryland Congressman and ranking member of the House Budget Committee Chris Van Hollen confessed Tuesday morning during a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor that Democrats leading the charge on healthcare reform are partly to ...
House Budget ranking member Chris Van Hollen released a report this week skewering Republicans over their plans to replace mandatory spending cuts with reductions to entitlements, health care and other Democratic priorities. The Maryland Democrat’s ...
House Budget ranking member Chris Van Hollen released a report this week skewering Republicans over their plans to replace mandatory spending cuts with reductions to entitlements, health care and other Democratic priorities.
Globe and MailChris Van Hollen: Will the GOP Put Tax Cuts for the Rich Above National Security?U.S. News & World ReportIn the bipartisan Budget Control Aact, Republicans deliberately chose to expose defense spending to deep additional cuts rather than ask the wealthy to share greater responsibility for paying for our national security. Now Republicans say that the ...House passes bill to shield Pentagon from automatic spending cutsWashington...
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Addressing a group of low-income and minority high school seniors here, Rep. Chris Van Hollen's brief remarks about the ongoing student loan debate in Congress may have largely passed unnoticed by the students in the audience, who were celebrating their college picks.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen gained another victory in his quest to force the Federal Election Commission to write stricter disclosure rules for some political ads. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has won another victory in his legal battle to force the Federal ...
Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) appears on Starting Point to talk about the possible upcoming battle on the debt ceiling. Van Hollen says, "I don't know why the speaker of the House wants to replay this movie.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Budget Committee, on Thursday charged House Speaker John Boehner with "threatening" the credit of the United States and trying to drag Congress into another fight over raising the debt ceiling.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Budget Committee, slammed House Republicans’ plan to shave $243 billion from the national deficit. His comments come days after the GOP-controlled House blocked a Democratic debt-relief plan ...
Democrats who won GOP-held congressional seats in Ohio last year have a good shot at retaining them despite the state’s continued economic slump, says Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen. At a Thursday morning briefing ...
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is proving successful at challenging the Federal Election Commission 's disclosure policies for big donors. The public may soon get a little more information about those nasty political ads you see leading up to Election Day.
Alex Bolton, senior staff writer with The Hill newspaper. A week after Republicans in the U.S. House released a budget plan, Democrats are unveiling their own vision for federal spending. Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen is sponsoring a $3 ...
Van Hollen instead chose to run for the top Democratic spot on the House Budget Committee, which was being vacated by outgoing chairman John Spratt who had been defeated for re-election. Van Hollen was elected as the ranking member on the Budget ...
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, speaks about fiscal policy and his opposition to "across- the-board" spending cuts. Van Hollen also responds to questions from Judy Woodruff at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's 2012 Fiscal Summit in Washington. (Source: Bloomberg)
Chris Van Hollen. Gentlemen, thank you both for joining us. And Congressman Ryan, let me begin with you. I want to get to the budget, but first just a little bit of politics. Mitt Romney is predicting victory in your state on Tuesday. Is he right ...
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI., and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-MD., square off on health care, the budget, and the 2012 presidential race, Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." More Republicans line up behind presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, and ...
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Wednesday that Democrats “had the momentum” going into the 2012 elections in November. “People absolutely do have buyer’s remorse,” he said on MSNBC. “They did not know what they were getting ...
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) criticizes Republicans for looking out for big oil companies rather than looking for ways to protect Defense spending from deep cuts. “Republicans in Congress refuse to ask millionaires to pay one additional dime for our common defense, and the sad truth is that congressional Republicans...
Mitt Romney would have a tough time securing a grand bargain on the federal deficit if elected president, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) warned Tuesday. Romney, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has repeatedly vowed that he would not increase taxes ...
Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) against the Federal Election Commission. "The American people have a right to know who is bankrolling the ads that are designed to influence their votes," Van Hollen said in a statement. Receive our exclusive e ...
Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the budget panel, echoed Ryan's skepticism. While lawmakers should begin discussing their differences now, Van Hollen said the contracted post-election window is likely too narrow for an ...
With Tax Day closing in, Maryland Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen is teaming up with consumer groups to try to close corporate tax shelters overseas. A new report shows large multinational corporations are hiding around $60 billion in overseas tax ...
Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen is announcing that he's introducing legislation to unwind steep budget cuts that are slated for the federal budget through raising taxes on millionaires. On Thursday, House Republicans will lead a heated fight to unwind ...
Congressman Chris Van Hollen will host an Arts Celebration and Awards Reception to showcase artwork submitted for the 31st Annual Congressional Art Competition. Each year, 90 of the hundreds of submited artworks are selected by jurors for inclusion in the exhibition.
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) on a conference call with reporters hosted by the Democratic-leaning advocacy group National Security Network, billed as an effort to pre-but Forbes’s public appearances. Van Hollen explained the differences between the two approaches.
Bush. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, noted that hundreds of thousands of Americans were losing their jobs in the months before former President Bush left office in 2009, and said Bush's policies tipped the ...
The tax man is coming soon, and Maryland Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen says corporations are once again getting a leg up on regular taxpayers this year. A new report shows large multinational corporations are hiding around $60 billion in overseas ...
In a conference call with reporters Monday, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said chances are “very remote” that the budget plan unveiled last month by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will be approved by the Senate or signed ...
Five-term incumbent Chris Van Hollen won the Democratic nomination for ... The Republican nomination went to Ken Timmerman, who won out over Gus Alzona, Shelly Skolnick and David Wallace. According to the Maryland Board of Elections, there ...
Republican Ken Timmerman will challenge Democrat Chris Van Hollen to represent parts of Carroll County and the rest of the 8th Congressional District, while the race for a Democratic candidate to take on Andy Harris in the 1st Congressional District in ...
Do you believe we can defeat Rep. Chris Van Hollen in November? Then I urge all GOP primary voters to support Ken Timmerman. Do your homework and go to timmermanforcongress.com. Ken, a Christian, pro-life father of five with a lifetime of ...
This story was updated at 1:25 a.m. on April 4, 2012. Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen will defend his Congressional seat this November against Republican Kenneth Timmerman of Rockville, according to complete but unofficial state ...
Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, in an interview with The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp. Rather, the House Democratic plan instructs the committees to achieve certain levels of savings, he said.
May 16 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Representative Christopher Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, talks about the outlook for political compromise on the federal debt limit, deficit and taxes. U.S. House Speaker John Boehner yesterday revived Republicans’ insistence that any increase in the nation’s debt limit be matched by at least as much in spending cuts. Van Hollen speaks with Peter Cook on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness." (Source: Bloomberg)
U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (D-Dist. 8) of Kensington, will hold a Service Academy Forum for classes entering in July 2013 from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 at the Montgomery County Council Office Building Cafeteria, 100 Maryland Ave.