Speaker: Senate must take initiative

When lawmakers return to Annapolis for a special session in 10 days, House Speaker Michael Busch said the onus would be on the Senate to take the initiative in passing Gov. Martin O?Malley?s deficit-busting tax plan.

In past years, the House has passed bills very much like what the governor is proposing, but “we?ve never gotten any out of the Senate,” Busch said. “We expect the Senate to initiate many of these items.”