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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Pingree and King tentatively support $1.8 trillion Build Back Better bill; Golden awaits final details
The measure, which cuts the president's signature social and climate investment package nearly in half, is expected to be opposed by all Senate Republicans, including Susan Collins.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Sen. Collins extends her streak to 8,000 straight votes
Maine's Republican senator has never missed a roll call vote, dating back to 1997.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Biden announces ‘historic’ deal, but still needs Democrats’ votes
The president pushes a still-robust domestic package – $1.75 trillion for social services and climate change programs – that the White House believes can pass the 50-50 Senate.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2021
Big drop in absentee ballots this year, but in-person voting hard to predict
Voters shattered absentee voting records in 2020 during the height of the pandemic and a close presidential race, but absentee returns are down sharply this year.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2021
With Biden agenda at stake, Maine’s U.S. House members take starkly different stances
The views of Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden on the Build Back Better social spending and climate change bill mirror differences in their districts.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2021
Election ‘distracted’ Trump team from pandemic response, former official Birx tells Congress
More than 130,000 American lives could have been saved with swifter action and better coordinated public health messages after the virus' first wave, Deborah Birx told lawmakers.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2021
Half its original size, Biden’s big plan in race to finish
The president met Tuesday evening with two holdout Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, pushing for an agreement before he leaves for global summits later this week.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2021
Trump loyalist takes aim at Rep. Jared Golden in Maine’s 2nd District
Sean Joyce of Newburgh hopes to snatch the Republican nomination from Bruce Poliquin in what has become a three-way congressional primary.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2021
Gov. DeSantis offers unvaccinated police officers $5,000 to relocate to Florida
Nationwide, some police unions have pushed back against mandated COVID-19 vaccinations, even though COVID was their officers' top killer in 2020 and 2021.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2021
Billionaire tax takes shape, faces critics, as Biden pushes for budget deal
Resolving the revenue side is key as the Democrats scale back what had been a $3.5 trillion plan, insisting all the new spending will be fully funded.
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