Nearly Every Precinct in Montgomery County Approved Term Limits; House Members Express Opposition to Proposed NIH Cuts

Almost every Montgomery County precinct voted for term limits

Only four of the county’s 257 election precincts voted against term limits for County Council members and the county executive in the 2016 election—three were in Takoma Park and one was in Silver Spring. Meanwhile, 90 percent of the precincts approved term limits by at least 20 points. [Seventh State]

Members of Congress express opposition to NIH cuts

House Republicans and Democrats this week called President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash $5.8 billion from Bethesda-based National Institutes of Health’s $31.7 billion budget misguided and leaders on the House Appropriations Committee that oversees the research center’s budget are skeptical. [New York Times]

Cardin to support Gorsuch filibuster

Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin said Monday he will support the Democratic effort to filibuster Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Cardin said on his Twitter account that Republicans made the nomination process “untenable” after refusing to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland. [Baltimore Sun]

Catherine Hoggle showing some progress

The Clarksburg mother whose two children disappeared two years ago remains mentally unfit for trial after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, but is showing progress due to treatment at the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup. [Washington Post]

Rosenstein breezes through Senate Judiciary Committee review

Rod Rosenstein, the Bethesda resident and Maryland U.S. Attorney who has been tapped by the Trump administration to serve as deputy attorney general, was approved for the position by a 19-1 vote Monday by senators on the Judiciary Committee. His nomination now moves to the full Senate. [Baltimore Sun]

Sunny day expected

A sunny high near 78 degrees with a nighttime low dropping to around 50 is expected Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

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