Does this mean legislators must resign to run for office because they're employees of the General Assembly?

Yey U Currie is under Federal investigation and he STILL sits as chair of a powerful committee.

Miller calls a judge in the midst of redistricting and interferes with the process as the Senate President and HE is still there.

What hypocrisy!

Bullseye VI!
I 100 percent agree.
We need to vote out ALL INCUMBENTS in 2010!

And this should come a surprise to anyone? Miller and Busch have been at the heart of what's wrong with the political scene in MD for far too long. It's time both of those big bags of wind are tossed out on their butts! Good for Andy Harris for his attempt to bring the pension system under some kind of control for MD politicians. It's about damn time!

I agree with James. Are not Senators and House Delegates employees of the legislature? They are allowed to run for political office. I do not see the legality of such a firing.

Mike Miller continues to bring Washington DC politics to Maryland.

"Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren’t present."
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/63941-democrats-lock-republicans-out-of-committee-room

What's next, taking the minority staffers parking spots? Moving them into closets?

(In the spirit of sharing, how about sharing those IWIF tickets at Comcast?)

This is the only bill that frootloop, wingnut harris has ever sponsored that made a lick of sense. Most of the time he is idiot. Lets let him do one thing right in his miserable career.

I wonder how much the Club for Greed is going to pay to prop him up this time....

Why wasn't Andy Harris among the 41 members who voluntarily gave back a portion of their pay to show solidarity with State workers who were furloughed. Can you say HYPOCRITE?

(From Julie: Harris says he donated money to charity instead, not trusting the state to use his give-back wisely.)

Constitutional Convention! Impose term limits for the House of Delegates. This would create competition for Senate seats, local races, and even Congressional contests.

I think Andy Harris should be captured with a net, but this stuff is out of hand.

Julie: I suspect all other members donated to charity throughout the year as well. Sounds like a lame excuse to me.

Vote all of out, Harris too. The encumbents are the ones that have ruined this country. We need term limits and we need to get rid of the perks that are associated with holding office. Make it like jury duty. They are public servants and they forget that.

So Mike Miller is asking she be fired because the Baltimore and Harford Democratic Central Committees requested it? Geeze, that follows in the line of politically crass moves by the Senate Prez in recent weeks.

When will one of the newspapers have the gumption to ask about the generosity of IWIF with their Comcast Arena Terp tickets?

I heard he donated to my favorite charity, The Human Fund!!

Good for MIKE MILLER---Andy Harris is a very arrogant person who things he is above most people----I am glad Mike Miller called him on the carpet for trying to skate----and he wants to run for congress--PLEASE and he is only pushing the pension so he can use it as a platform

...and I asked O'Malley to fire Mikey's son/judge but MO refused. One way street in Annapolis.

Lets keep Kratovil...consider this fact: Your boy was a twit back in the day at Western Maryland and he's a twit now. Never had an original thought. One termer, guaranteed!

If Miller wants her gone now, that's all the convicing I need. Szeliga has my vote.

Mike Miller is a crook. He is a self serving pocket stuffing old fashioned crime boss posing as a politician. He is a father of a malpractice attorney who rapes the system for millions while dad makes sure tort-reform never happens in MD. Their will be no doctors in Maryland in ten years. Hopefully Millers cirrhosis specialist will leave the state, too.

come election day we can impose term limits VOTE! Rid ourselves of these long time career politicians( like miller & busch) who have been misusing our money for years

OK, now I'm really bugged. This is exactly why the Democrats must go! It's all about slimeball politics to them and not about the people. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if Kratovil wasn't behind it. He's good at hit-&-run tactics, like when he voted for cap&trade without reading it first, then ran for the "Hill" in hiding when we wanted answers.

Every time we, the grassroots people, try to set up many meetings with him and other Democrats in office, we get the royal run-around, then they cancel out at the last minute every time after we schedule our time to go to them....if that isn't called tactics, I don't know what is.

Harris makes himself accessible to the people...I've met him on several occasions (easily) and I, for one, like what he stands for. He's not going to vote for anything that will put my grandchildren further into debt or a health care bill that will put their grandparents in an early grave to name two.

Miller knows that firing Kathy right now will not only detour Harris's efforts against unreasonable pensions that cost taxpayers money but throw a monkey wrench into his efforts for election...what diabolical timing indeed.

I attend AFP and other grassroots organizations meetings and was at the Baltimore County Council Meeting when Gardina, a Democrat, threw a hissy fit over us bieng there to voice our opions about their $54,000-$60,000 lifetime pensions + benefits for their part-time work and stormed out on us after saying he didn't give a "damn" what we thought....typical Democrat.

I know Harris is right and this spending mentality needs to change along with the health care bill loaded with loopholes & higher costs and the jobs bill (what a joke...just another name for reckless stimulus spending) and getting Kratovil and the likes of him out of office and putting Harris and other Reagan Republicans in is the way to go economically, securely & morally now.

Liberals (Democrats) are known for their spending other people's money for greedy purposes in paying back their supporters and sinking the people into so much debt that we become totally dependent on Big Government and turn socialist. The health care bill is a good example of it.

Spending has never solved a depression but made it worse...read history, not just US history, but world history...not the stuff in today's school books that have sytematically dumbed down the population, but true history and you'll see the Republicans have it right.

As far as our nations's security goes, it looks like DC is inviting more terrorism to our shores by giving them the upper hand.

Why don't the Democrats concentrate their efforts on some firing that makes economical sense in DC instead of sending out their heat-seeking missals aimed soley at Republicans...and in this particular case, one who is known to be a favorite and likely to win the election against Kratovil. I could name quite a few more Dems. that need to hit the road for the people's sake.

I guess firing Kathy is part of the Democrat's "job" program. Guess I'll have to make another protest sign.

This smacks of partisanship...the policy clearly states once filed, and she hasn't done that yet. Harris's statement that he donated to charity is laudable, I wouldn't trust the state to spend it wisely either, but like others I suspect that any legislator can produce charity reciepts on demand. Vote them all out an all levels, we don't need term limits, we have the power of the vote.

How about that,only the wonderful concerned proper leaders like BUSH and MILLER. What a joke! Kratovil,another joke...However this is what was voted in,Andy stick to your guns....Our State is off track, as it is with the leadership that engineers our problems....Good luck Kathy... Capt Seaweed

Why don't the Democrats concentrate their efforts on some firing that makes economical sense in DC instead of sending out their heat-seeking missals aimed soley at Republicans...and in this particular case, one who is known to be a favorite and likely to win the election against Kratovil. I could name quite a few more Dems. that need to hit the road for the people's sake.

"Does this mean legislators must resign to run for office because they're employees of the General Assembly?"

No, but they are not allowed to fundraise during session like Kathy has been all session long.

If Senator Harris is feeling bullied by MD's laid back ethical rules, he is not ready for federal office.

C'mon people, think about this. The policy forbidding legislative staffers to run for office is in place so that staffers can't shake down their bosses' constituents for campaign donations while those constituents have issues before the General Assembly. Is that so hard to understand? According to the article, the policy was applied to the Dem staffer last year, so why not the GOP one? Also, it's disingenuous for Szeliga to claim she's "not a candidate" when she's already raised $43,000. As Tony C points out, legislators are forbidden to raise money during session. That same reasoning applies to their staffers as well.