Tag: Ben Cardin

Rep. David Trone Launches Senate Bid to Succeed Ben Cardin

May 4, 2023
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Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) launched a bid for the Senate on May 4 to succeed retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.). In a video announcing his campaign, Trone, 67, talked about numerous issues and warned that “the clock is ticking.” One issue was deaths due to drug overdoses. “Every hour in America, 10 people die from overdoses….

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Longtime Senator Ben Cardin Not Running for Reelection

May 1, 2023
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Longtime Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) announced he will not run for a fourth Senate term in 2024. “It’s time,” Cardin, 79, told The Baltimore Sun. “I always knew this election cycle would be the one I would be thinking about not running again, so it’s not something that hit me by surprise. I enjoy life….

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Senators Ponder $1.4 Billion Wildlife Recovery Bill

December 11, 2021
Ben CardincongressConservAmericaDemocratsEndangered Species ActEnvironmentESAjohn boozmanPERCPoliticsPresident ObamaRAWARecovering America's Wildlife ActRepublicansScienceSheldon WhitehouseTrumpU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceUSUS News
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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard expert testimony Dec. 8 on the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA), a bipartisan wildlife protection bill that would be funded by fines and other money collected from environmental or natural resource-related violations. RAWA revises the 1937 Pittman-Robertson Act, which gave the tax money collected on firearms and…

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