November 7, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – As covered tonight in Punchbowl News, Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the Federal Worker Mortgage Forbearance Act. This bill would require 90 days of mortgage forbearance for federal workers and contractors with federally-backed mortgage loans.  “In this Republican shutdown, the longest shutdown in American history, our federal workers and contractors have been callously left behind. These patriots shouldn’t be used as political pawns by Republicans. I’m introducing the Federal Worker Mortgage Forbearance Act so that federal workers and contractors will not face foreclosure because Republicans can’t do

October 30, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) released the following statement on Governor Moore’s decision to declare a state of emergency in order to support Maryland families impacted by Republicans’ shutdown and refusal to use contingency funds for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits: “With prices on the rise and the uncertainty created by the Republican government shutdown, many Marylanders are struggling to make ends meet. Meanwhile the Trump Administration has failed to ensure those in need

WASHINGTON, DC –  As reported in The Baltimore Sun, Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.-03) released legislation, The Shutdown Student Loans for Feds Act, that would require the Department of Education to pause student loan payments for federal workers – including federal contractors and military personnel – in the event of a federal government shutdown lasting longer than two weeks. If passed, this legislation would take immediate effect for the current Republican shutdown, which has lasted 29 days.  This bill is cosponsored by Senators Warner (D-Va.), Kaine (D-Va.), Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Booker (D-N.J.), Hirono (D-Hawaii), Kim (D-N.J.),