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Since winning her seat in the 2024 election, Alsobrooks has introduced a slew of bills that would reshape healthcare delivery and social security programs nationwide. By Stella Garner May 21, 2026 WASHINGTON–If you wanted to summarize Sen. Angela Alsobrooks’ work in her first 16 months in Congress, you could do so in three letters: RFK. […]
By Hannah Long May 14, 2026 May 14 (Reuters) – The Republican-led Senate Banking Committee on Thursday advanced long-awaited legislation that would create regulations for cryptocurrencies – a landmark step for the bill which has been bogged down by a dispute between crypto companies and banks. The bill, which was advanced with support from two Democrats, […]
Democratic Senator Angela Alsobrooks said the government and private industry need to work together to address longstanding hurdles to creating generational wealth, including the increasingly high barriers to home ownership. Talking live from the Milken Global Conference, Alsobrooks said that she is open to hearing ideas from ‘all sides,’ including leaders in business and finance. […]
By Jason Brett May 01, 2026, 11:06pm EDT Punchbowl News reported today that Senate negotiators had agreed to new stablecoin yield language in the CLARITY Act, with the text barring rewards that are economically or functionally equivalent to interest on a bank deposit. The compromise, finalized by Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), addresses a […]
By WI Web Editor and Richard D. Elliott April 15, 2026 Sen. Angela Alsobrooks speaks on the Senate floor against the SAVE Act. (Courtesy of Office of Sen. Angela Alsobrooks) Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, Maryland’s first African American senator, has been busy working to further health and economic equity. During March, Women’s History Month, Alsobrooks sponsored legislation to expand […]
By Jade Lozada April 16, 2026 The proposed reduction in force is the Trump administration’s latest attempt to shrink the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Lillian Bautista/NOTUS Senate Democrats are still looking for answers on what the Trump administration is doing to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee sent a letter Thursday to Russell […]
By Angela Alsobrooks April 1, 2026 President Donald Trump during an event to announce new tariffs at the White House on Aprl 2. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/AP FILE) One year after President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day,” it is clear: Trump’s tariff policies failed. Families in Maryland are paying on average $1,744 more because of these tariffs. The […]
By Carmen Paun March 31, 2026 Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland has expressed disdain for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his skepticism of vaccines whenever she’s had the opportunity to question him at congressional hearings. In an interview with POLITICO, she said her goal is to expose the danger as she sees it and […]
By Jasper Goodman March 20, 2026 The tentative agreement could unlock a path forward for a landmark crypto regulator bill. Key senators say they have clinched a tentative agreement with the White House on language they hope to include in cryptocurrency legislation that is aimed at resolving a clash between banks and digital asset firms […]
By Ashlee Banks March 25, 2026 U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., and the Black Women’s Roundtable have launched a coordinated challenge against the SAVE America Act, characterizing the proposed citizenship verification mandates as a targeted effort to suppress the electorate before the 2026 midterms. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) recently joined […]