dave collins has been crunching the numbers for us. he joins us live from annapolis on how this may impact >> there is universal agreement that the worst is over, however, a full recovery is said to be to years awwo years away. >> experts warn maryland's economy remains sluggish. >> as pleased as i am with today's report, i still continue to be concerned about the lingering effects of the recession. it is a long-road to full recovery. >> increase revenues from his income and corporate revenues are set to be a stabilizing factor. >> the revenue trends are favorable. employment is increasing. i think we can expect to seek a general fund revenue growth for the first time in three years. >> authorities say it is spending at 2.7%. >> in terms of the state budget in state revenue, there are still at least two years. >> governor o'malley warns that the budget proposed next year will be so painful to except to those to step in. the governor would not say he would sign those bills if they landed on his desk. >> these are certainly going to be t

nicole collins is standing by in washington right now with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. that resolution you are talking about is on top of the list of the main priorities the senate needs to get to. this flood of action on capitol hill started when the combat tax was signed by the president. over the weekend, the senate passed a repeal of don't ask don't tell which will allow gays and lesbians to serve openingly in the military. president obama scheduled to sign that sometime today. this senate did not pass the dream act which would have created a pass to citizenship for some illegal immigrants but then the senate hit another snag. this time on the orals reduction. his party needs more time to with russia. democrats anded m say -- administration they say they have given it time. >> rushing it before christmas strikes me as trying to jam us. i think if they have taken more time. i know members of the foreign relations committee spent a lot of time on this but we haven't. all of a sudden we are once again trying to rush things right before christmas eve. i think that was

nicole collins joins us live from washington, d.c. with the latest. >> reporter: dave, those attacks on hotels and restaurants were reportedly supposed to happen in a simultaneous nature over the course of one weekend. cbs news reports that this plot involved slips ricin or sign identify in -- cry an identify into a -- sighenned a identify. the department of homeland security tell us it does not comment on reports of specific planning and sources say there is no specific intelligence to report this -- to support this claim. meanwhile, eric holder told abc news this morning, he's confident the u.s. will continue to thwart attacks but warn the american people have to be prepared for bad news saying the threat is real and constant. holder said the evolving threat of home-grown terrorism particularly keeps him up at night. he said 50 american citizens have been instated -- indicted on terror-related charges over the past two years. he says they all have something else in common. it's a connection to this man. this man, an american citizen, believed to be hiding in yemen, h