The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Susan, 6 children
Birth date: 04/14/1952
Birthplace: Olney, MD
Home City: Manchester MD
Religion:

Profession

Policy and Legislative Director, Office of the Governor, 2004-2007 Director of Policy, Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2002-2003 Law clerk, Westminster, 1994 Executive Director, Historical Society of Carroll County, 1987-1994 Political Director, Ehrlich for Governor, 2002 Architectural Historian & Historic Preservation Researcher/Writer, 1982-1987 Acting Director, Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1981-1982

Education

JD, University of Maryland, 1996 MA, American Civil-Historic Preservation,George Washington University,1980 BA, American Studies, Washington College, 1974

Committees

Judicial Proceedings
Legislative Ethics

SB 236 Septic System Installation Requirements
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 443 Establishes State Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 892 Expands Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 523 Increases Income Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 559 Prohibits Smoking in a Vehicle with Children
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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SB 236 Septic System Installation Requirements
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 443 Establishes State Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 892 Expands Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 523 Increases Income Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 559 Prohibits Smoking in a Vehicle with Children
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 438
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 1
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 235 Prohibiting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 167 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 690 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 167 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 235 Prohibiting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 302 Parole Approval
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 994 Increasing Sales and Use Tax on Alcoholic Beverages
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 116 Civil Marriage Protection Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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