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Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch, Anne Arundel Democrat, said his chamber was "open" to dealing with the Senate bill nixing the rain-tax mandate. (Associated Press)

Michael Busch holds fate of Maryland ‘rain tax’ bill

The fate of Maryland's notorious "rain tax" now largely rests with one man — House Speaker Michael E. Busch — after the state Senate last week unanimously approved a bill that would end the state-mandated fee.

March 22, 2015
FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans hammering the Obama administration about nuclear talks with Iran are accusing President Barack Obama of being so keen to strike a deal that he’s ignored Iranian moves to expand its influence across the Middle East. "The Iranians are now in Sanaa. They’re in Baghdad and Beirut and Damascus and meanwhile this president and secretary of state pursue the mirage of a nuclear agreement," McCain said in a recent speech. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John McCain slams Dick Durbin for playing race card in Loretta Lynch vote

Sen. John McCain on Thursday scolded Senate Democratic Whip Richard J. Durbin for accusing Republicans of making Loretta Lynch "sit on the back of the bus" by delaying a confirmation vote on her nomination for attorney general, which could make her the first black female to serve as American's top cop.

March 19, 2015
Rep. Bob Gibbs, Ohio Republican, questioned how the EPA can go forward with a rule expanding the reach of the Clean Water Act to ponds and ditches without knowing the breakdown of positive and negative public comments on the regulation. (ASsociated Press)

EPA to expand the Clean Water Act to ponds, ditches

The Environmental Protection Agency took public opposition to plans to extend its regulatory reach to ditches and ponds "extremely seriously" but will forge ahead anyway, a top agency official told Congress on Wednesday.

March 18, 2015
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks at the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Legislative Conference and Presidential Forum in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Elizabeth Warren hijacks Senate hearing, blasts corporate settlements

Sen. Elizabeth Warren hijacked a Senate committee hearing on recreational hunting, fishing and shooting Thursday to advance her crusade against big business, calling for new laws to expose the details of legal settlements between the government and corporations accused of wrongdoing.

March 12, 2015
Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb holds up his union card as he speaks at the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Legislative Conference and Presidential Forum in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jim Webb tests populist pitch to firefighter union

Former Sen. Jim Webb tested out his tough-talking populist stump speech Tuesday on the International Association of Firefighters, promising to fight for "true economic fairness" as he took another step toward a presidential run.

March 10, 2015
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, in his State of the State address in February, outlined plans for reforms to the state's legislative redistricting process. (AP Photo)

Larry Hogan’s rain tax repeal sunk by Democrats

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's push to repeal the state's "rain tax" was blocked Friday by a House committee, dealing the Republican governor his first legislative defeat at the hands of Democrat-run General Assembly.

March 7, 2015
House Speaker John A. Boehner ultimately relied on Democrats to pass the legislation, sending a bill to Mr. Obama's desk that provided $40 billion to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year without restricting the president's immigration actions. (Associated Press)

Congress sends ‘clean’ Homeland bill to Obama

Four months after vowing to use Congress' power of the purse to block President Obama's deportation amnesty, House Republican leaders completed their retreat from a shutdown showdown Tuesday and surrendered to Democrats' demands for a "clean" homeland security funding bill.

March 3, 2015
In this Feb. 25, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to reporters following a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has a possible escape from the homeland security funding impasse if he’s willing to use it: cooperative Democrats. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Boehner sets vote on ‘clean’ homeland security bill

House Speaker John Boehner has announced that the House will vote Tuesday on a homeland security funding bill without restrictions on President Obama's deportation amnesty, ending the shutdown showdown by conceding to Democrats' demands for a clean bill.

March 3, 2015