Front row and center is where Sen. Ulysses Currie sits in the Maryland Senate chamber, the place of honor reserved for the head of what is arguably the legislature’s most powerful committee.

The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee handles the state’s entire $31 billion budget, and also must pass on all its taxes, unlike the House of Delegates where those duties are divided.

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