Chris Van Hollen

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  No movement: Lawmakers dig in heels on debt crisis

  By Anne Flaherty  |  January 7, 2013

  Democrats insist on higher taxes for the wealthy while Republicans demand more cuts in government spending.

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  Romney's Medicare plan raises cost questions

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associates Press  |  October 5, 2012

  Should he include the "bitter medicine" of a premium support cap?

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  House Kills Medicare Rationing Board

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  March 22, 2012

  GOP lawmakers are hoping their symbolic 223-181 vote on Thursday to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board will help persuade seniors that Republicans, not Democrats, are the best stewards of Medicare.

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  House Panel Approves Ryan Budget Proposal

  By Allison Bell  |  March 22, 2012

  The resolution would repeal PPACA and shift Medicare toward a define contribution model.

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  House GOP Pushes Tight Budget Plan

  By Andrew Taylor  |  March 21, 2012

  Republicans and Democrats on a key House panel squared off Wednesday over a controversial GOP budget plan to sharply cut federal health care spending and safety-net programs like food stamps as the chief means to wrestle trillion-dollar-plus deficits under control.

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  Capitol Hill Weighs GOP Payroll Tax Gambit

  By Andrew Taylor  |  February 14, 2012

  House lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to weigh a proposal by GOP leaders to extend the 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year.

• House Democrats Reject Tax Agreement, Blast Estate Tax Deal

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  December 9, 2010

  House Democrats today passed a non-binding resolution rejecting a tax-cut package negotiated by Obama administration officials and congressional Republicans.