Video: Session 2017 reaches halfway point

THIS YEAR, A BIG DISTRACTION HAS
IMPACTED THAT PACE.
THAT DISTRACTION IS PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
DEMOCRATS SPENDING TIME BUILDING
A LEGISLATIVE WALL PROTECTING
MARYLAND THEY SAY FROM HIS
POLICIES.
REPUBLICANS STAGING A WALK OUT
IN PROTEST OF RAMMING THROUGH
LEGISLATION GIVING THE STATE
A.G. THE POWER TO SUE THE FEDS
WITHOUT THE GOVERNOR'S
PERMISSION.
>> WE'VE GOT OUTSIDE FORCES THAT
ARE REALLY AFFECTING ANNAPOLIS.
D.C. POLITICS IS COMING IN HERE
WITH THE WHOLE TRUMP EQUATION.
DAVID: JUST LAST WEEK, GOVERNOR
HOGAN EXPRESSING HIS FRUSTRATION
ON WBAL RADIO OVER THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY'S PACE.
>> WE'VE GOT 31 DIFFERENT MAJOR
POLICY PROPOSALS TO TRY TO
CHANGE MARYLAND FOR THE BETTER
AND THEY'VE DONE NOTHING WITH
ANY OF THEM.
DAVID: SO FAR, WORK ON THE STATE
BUDGET IS IMMUNE TO
DISTRACTIONS.
HOUSE COMMITTEES ARE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE.
>> WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF
COMMITTED TO FIGURING OUT HOW WE
CAN RESTORE SOME OF THE CUTS
THAT WERE MADE IN THE BUDGET.
DAVID: COMMITTEE CALENDARS ARE
ONLY JUST NOW FILLING UP ON
OTHER ISSUES, THE GOVERNOR'S
AGENDA INCLUDED.
>> THIS WEEK ALONE WE'LL HAVE AT
LEAST 60 BILLS MAY BE EVEN MORE
THAN THAT.
THINGS ARE ON PACE.
WAYS AND MEANS HAVE THE MOST
BILLS OF ANY COMMITTEE ON THE
HOUSE SIDE.
DAVID: THE MOST POPULAR TOPICS
SEARCHED BY THE PUBLIC INCLUDE
PROHIBITING POLICE FROM
INQUIRING ABOUT IMMIGRATION
STATUS, RETIREMENT, THE
ENVIRONMENT, GUNS AND MARIJUANA
, BUT MUCH OF THAT LEGISLATION
IS BOTTLED UP IN COMMITTEE.
>> IT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT THAT'S
HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
DAVID: THERE ARE 2,769 PIECES OF
LEGISLATION STILL IN THE PIPE

Video: Session 2017 reaches halfway point

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