{"id":2212375,"date":"2024-04-03T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-democrats-worry-their-tax-plan-will-secure-a-gop-victory-in-us-senate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:54:35","slug":"maryland-democrats-worry-their-tax-plan-will-secure-a-gop-victory-in-us-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-democrats-worry-their-tax-plan-will-secure-a-gop-victory-in-us-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Democrats fear their tax proposal may help Republicans win the U.S. Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaryland-democrats-worry-their-tax-plan-will-secure-a-gop-victory-in-us-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212375&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Maryland, a $1.2 billion taxes and\u200b fees bill is causing concern among Democratic lawmakers, who fear it could \u2062shift their narrow U.S. Senate majority to the GOP. Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan is running for an open seat in \u2062the upcoming election, facing off against Democratic \u2063opponents. State budget negotiators\u200d are at odds over revenue increases, creating further uncertainty. In Maryland, \u200bDemocratic lawmakers are \u2063worried \u200bthat a $1.2 billion taxes and\u200b fees bill might cost them their slim U.S. Senate \u2064majority, potentially favoring the GOP. Meanwhile, Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan is\u200d contesting an open seat, competing against Democratic rivals. Discord among state budget negotiators on revenue raises adds \u200cto the prevailing uncertainty.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A $1.2 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"taxes\">taxes<\/a> and fees bill is stuck in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Maryland\">Maryland<\/a>\u2018s Democratic-controlled legislature, worrying some Democratic lawmakers that approving it will hand over their narrow U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> majority to the GOP. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/larry-hogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Larry Hogan\">Larry Hogan<\/a>, a Republican, is running for a seat that will be vacated by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) in November. Hogan, who governed the state for two terms, was widely favored for lowering taxes in the traditionally blue state and has been doing well in the polls compared to his Democratic opponents, Rep. David Trone and Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.<\/p>\n<p>State House and Senate budget negotiators have been unable to come to an agreement on how much revenue should be raised. The Senate wants to wait while the House is eager to get the bill approved, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2024\/04\/01\/maryland-wes-moore-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not concerned about the politics,\u201d Hogan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovLarryHogan\/status\/1775496294695371125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cI\u2019m concerned that a $1.3 billion tax hike would cost us jobs and hurt Maryland families already squeezed by historic inflation. Enough is enough. Let\u2019s reject these tax hikes and send a message that it\u2019s time to end politics-as-usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hogan is an especially formidable candidate as a Trump critic who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2908877\/hogan-backtracks-support-gop-nominee-likely-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> he does not plan on endorsing the former president in early March, a move that could allow him to garner further support from centrists and centrist Democrats in the state. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats are skeptical about whether now is the best time to implement a tax and fee bill that would go toward paying for transportation and K-12 education when it could result in frustration from Marylanders during a critical election year, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/larry-hogan-maryland-senate-tax-debate-57d90dbd04b18c02382f0d1f1e99e5db\" title=\"per\">per<\/a> the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. Democrats have the majority in the U.S. Senate, 51-49.     <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something that is a factor in the decision-making process for the next year,\u201d said state Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Democrat. \u201cThe makeup of the U.S. Senate will matter for the long-term investment future for Maryland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?utm_source=google&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=WE_Search_Brand-Keyword_2024&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=Cj0KCQjw2a6wBhCVARIsABPeH1v2wivuDbtsrChcLdeq-dqjYvl_alwr1z6OyBCkEbmDhrgwSasUHuUaAkqFEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s budget concerns were exacerbated by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week, as the wreckage has prevented cargo ships from traveling through the area, possibly resulting in an economic impact. <\/p>\n<p>Following the state House and Senate\u2019s inability to reach a compromise on the budget, Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) gave lawmakers a 10-day extension to come up with an agreement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A $1.2 billion taxes and fees bill is in limbo in Maryland&#8217;s Democratic-led legislature. Concerned Democratic lawmakers fear passing it could tip the U.S. Senate majority to the GOP. Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan vies for the seat of departing Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) in the upcoming election, raising tensions within the party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2669,"featured_media":2212376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24040597067119-1024x546.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2212375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24040597067119-1024x546.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2212375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2212375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2212375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2212375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}