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2010 Legislative Agenda

January 13, 2010: The first of ninety days for the Maryland legislature.  Each year, it is critical for us to act quickly to help pass legislation to protect the public interest.  Maryland PIRG's top priorities this year include implementing new financial protections for consumers, protecting our children from everyday toxic chemicals, increasing civic participation in our democracy, and more.  Please take a look at the progress we are working to make this winter. 

2009 Legislative Scorecard

Through the 2009 Legislative session there were multiple bills that Maryland PIRG worked to pass. Read more about the public interest issues that were considered by your elected officials this past year, and download the scorecard to see how they voted.

2009 Legislative Round-Up

Through the 2009 legislative session there were multiple bills that Maryland PIRG worked to pass. Read more about what results we were able to get, and what we will need to do in the upcoming session to pick up what was left.

Congressional Scorecard

Now in its twelfth year, the annual Congressional Scorecard looks at the most important public interest votes in the U.S. Congress. These votes determined the direction of federal policy on critical issues ranging from health care to consumer protections. Read more.

 

 

Overview

Maryland PIRG helped found a Washington, D.C.-based federal advocacy office in 1983 to act as watchdog for the public interest in our nation's capital, much as the state PIRGs have worked to safeguard the public interest in state capitals since 1971. Our organization's roots are at the state level, and U.S. PIRG members across the country give us a unique "outside the beltway" perspective and provide the grassroots power necessary to influence the national policy debate.