Inaction on bill shows limits of O?Malley?s power

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The governor of Maryland is considered one of the most constitutionally powerful in the country, but even for a new Democratic governor with a heavily Democratic legislature, there are limits to that power.

One example is a relatively obscure bill that would grant state employee unions the authority to negotiate fees they would charge nonunion employees for representing them.

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