WASHINGTON — Here’s how Maine’s members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes in the week ending Jan. 31. HOUSE First responders Voting 201 for and 222 against, the House on Jan. 28 rejected a Democratic bid to add $3.5 billion for first responders and $90 million for epidemiological studies associated with the […]

With pomp and circumstance, a court official yells out, announcing the justices’ arrival. All rose as the tall chairs fill. There they were: Clarence Thomas himself, Sandra Day O’Connor, Antonin Scalia, Ruth Ginsburg, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist.At 10 a.m. the first case began. I had little idea what they were talking about, but it […]