Alcohol tax, horse track money still pending on Md. General Assembly's final day Monday - The Washington Post

Delegate Jolene Ivey, D-Prince George's, said she believes the tax increase will make it harder for underage people to buy alcohol.

"It's way overdue," Ivey said Saturday.

But Republicans opposing the measure in the Democratic-controlled House became enraged as they tried fruitlessly to block the new tax in a debate that stretched into late Saturday night. They also repeatedly criticized the distribution of the proceeds mostly to urban and suburban areas, with little for rural parts of the state.

"When does it end?" yelled House Minority Leader Anthony O'Donnell, R-Calvert, before slamming down his microphone. A handful of Baltimore delegates said "never."