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Government
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Published
10/30/07
Against a divisive background of protest and partisan dissent, Gov. Martin O'Malley opened the General Assembly's special session yesterday preaching the need to find consensus. 
Paul W. Gillespie -- For The Capital
Michael Ertel, from Ellicott City, holds a sign where people gathered at Lawyers Mall yesterday to protest Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed tax increases that lawmakers will consider during the special session of the General Assembly.Find Us On Facebook
"Our challenge is not capacity. Our challenge is consensus," Mr. O'Malley said in an address to a joint session of the House and Senate. "I have faith in the abilities of the men and women of this assembly to forge that consensus."
From increasing the sales tax from five to six cents on the dollar to reforming the income tax and hiking the corporate tax from 7 to 8 percent, Mr. O'Malley's sweeping plan will affect the pocketbooks of every...
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