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ROCK Lineup of guests for today’s TV news shows: ABC’s This Week - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. ; Robert Gibbs, adviser to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. 9 a.m. , KATV, Channel 7, Little Rock. NBC’s Meet the Press - Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Wis....
Meet the Press: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Roundtable: Republican Strategist Ed Gillespie, Al Hunt (Bloomberg News), Helene Cooper (New York Times) and Andrea Mitchell (NBC News). Evening lineup: 60 Minutes will feature: a...
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. , left, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , the ranking Democrat on House Budget Committee, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, to discuss President... View Photo »
This is an attempt to single out and scapegoat federal employees who had nothing to do with the economic problems the country’s facing while refusing to ask the very well-off in this country to share the responsibility
And it came barely half a day after a feverish late-night negotiating session in which Cardin, and fellow conferee Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), worked to exempt current federal employees from having to contribute more to their pension plans as part...
On NBC’s “ Meet the Press ,” House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, debate the president’s spending plan and discuss the just-passed deal to extend the payroll tax cut...
“Nobody is targeted in this bill other than federal employees,” House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said during debate. “Enough is enough,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who negotiated the plan to wall off current federal employees from...
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. John B. Larson, D-Conn. , center right, elicits smiles from his fellow party members as he mocks Republicans during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, to discuss jobs. From left... View Photo »
Building upon spending cuts already enacted this year and a ban on earmarks, this bipartisan proposal represents a common-sense effort to reduce low-priority government spending. I thank my friend and colleague Chris Van Hollen for his partnership as policymakers work to earn back the trust of hardworki...
All Senate Republicans sitting on the committee that negotiated the deal voted against the package. The only House conferee that voted against the package was Rep. Chris Van Hollen. Like Hoyer and many other members from Maryland and Virginia, the...
(02-17) 10:44 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. ; Robert Gibbs, adviser to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. , and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. ...
Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr. (born January 10, 1959) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2003. The district includes most of Montgomery County, a suburban county adjacent to Washington, D.C. , as well as parts of Prince George's County, another... Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) answers reporters' questions during a news conference about extending the payroll tax break at the U.S. Capitol December 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. On Tuesday the House voted 229-193 to reject the Senate's version of a...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (R) reacts to news that Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the House should pass the short-term extension of the payroll tax break during a news conferece with House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (C) and...
View Photo »House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. , center, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. , left, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , left, walks away after participating in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) talks with members of the news media before heading into a House Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Captiol December 19, 2011 in Washington, DC. The House is expected to reject legislation passed by the Senate last week...
View Photo »Rep. Chris Van Hollen D-Md. , speaks with reporters before a closed Democratic Caucus meeting at Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: Congressional supercommittee member Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (2nd L) is surrounded by reporters after leaving at House Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol November 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. With a deadline looming, the congressional...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: Congressional supercommittee member Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (C) is surrounded by reporters after leaving a House Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol November 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. As the deadline for a deal approaches, supercommittee...
View Photo »Supercommittee member Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , arrives with other Democratic members of the Supercommittee for a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011.
View Photo »U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (2nd L), Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (3rd R) and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Alton Stocks (R), Commander of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, with members of the military, cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony at the medical...
View Photo »Supercommittee members, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , left, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. , arrive for a closed-door meeting of the committee, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the Nov. 23 deadline less than a month away, the bi-partisan supercommittee is...
View Photo »Supercommittee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, speaks with committee members, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , left, and Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, during a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction where...
View Photo »US Congressman Chris Van Hollen (L) speaks with Congressman Dave Camp, as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction begins a full committee hearing on considering the rules and organizing the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 8, 2011.
View Photo »At the opening meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich. , right, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , left, react to a disruption by protesters in the adjacent corridor chanting for jobs,on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. ...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 01: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) into a meeting with House Democrats and Vice President Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol August 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate is expected to vote today on an agreement to extend the...
View Photo »From left, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , ranking Democrat of the House Budget Committee, and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , listen as Rep. John Larson, D-Conn. , speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, following a Democratic Caucus meeting.
View Photo »House Budget Committee members, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, left, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , right, testify before the House Rules Committee on the so-called "cut, cap and balance" plan proposed by tea party-backed House Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 18,...
View Photo »Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee testifies before the House Rules Committee on the so-called "cut, cap and balance" plan proposed by tea party-backed House Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 18, 2011.
View Photo »Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , right, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, spars with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, left, as they testify before the House Rules Committee on the so-called "cut, cap and balance" plan proposed by tea party-backed House Republicans, at the Capitol...
View Photo »From left; Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , D-S.C, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md. , and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. , attend a news conference after a Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin, D-Mich. , left, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md. , and Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , speak to the media about the payroll tax cut at the Capitol in Washington, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: (L-R) Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI), House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) hold a news conference about the House's inability to pass a payroll tax cut extension at the U.S. Capitol December 22, 2011...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (C) answers reporters' questions during a news conference about the House's inability to pass a payroll tax cut extension with House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI) (L) and Rep. Chris...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 21: U.S. House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (R) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (L) speak to the media December 21, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House Democratic leaders responded to the accusations from the House Republicans of not...
View Photo »Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, discusses the bipartisan debt reduction talks shepherded by Vice President Biden, Thursday, June 23, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 02: U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) briefs the media after a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House June 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama met with the members to discuss the national debt ceiling.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) answers reporters' questions during a news conference about extending the payroll tax break at the U.S. Capitol December 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. On Tuesday the House voted 229-193 to reject the Senate's version of a...
View Photo »This is an attempt to single out and scapegoat federal employees who had nothing to do with the economic problems the country’s facing while refusing to ask the very well-off in this country to share the responsibility
Building upon spending cuts already enacted this year and a ban on earmarks, this bipartisan proposal represents a common-sense effort to reduce low-priority government spending. I thank my friend and colleague Chris Van Hollen for his partnership as policymakers work to earn back the trust of hardworki...
In the days ahead, I urge the public and the media to carefully review the facts and record about what prevented the [supercommittee] from developing a sound and balanced plan
House Democrats are grateful to our appointees – Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn, Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Xavier Becerra and Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen – for their leadership and willingness to make the tough choices to achieve a big, bold, and balanced plan.
Many will portray this failure as the inevitable consequence of two partisan sides refusing to give ground ... Blaming both sides equally will be the simple storyline and the path of least resistance. And it will be easy for people to deride any attempt to explain what happened as more partisan finger-p...
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