raul grijalva
- Rep. Anthony G. Brown on Monday became the first Maryland congressman to say he will not attend the inauguration of Donald J. Trump Friday, pointing to the president-elect's Twitter war with a civil rights hero.
- House Republicans started the new Congress with an assault on federal lands, says David Horsey.
- Democrats only oppose changing the Constitution as long as they benefit from the status quo.
- Congressional negotiators announced a $1.01 trillion budget agreement on Tuesday that would avoid another government shutdown but deliver an additional round of cuts to thousands of federal employees in Maryland.
- Milad Pooran was honeymooning in the South Pacific last summer as politicians in Washington were turning a deadline to raise the U.S. debt limit into another opportunity for partisan brinkmanship. He asked his wife for permission to run for Congress from Maryland's 6th District.
- Three high-profile Democrats, including 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean, have endorsed Milad Pooran in the race for the Democratic nomination in Maryland's 6th Congressional District, the campaign announced Tuesday.