On an 84-15 vote, the former chair of the Federal Reserve becomes the third member of President Biden’s Cabinet to win confirmation.
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Pingree to chair powerful appropriations panel overseeing Interior and EPA
She becomes one of the House’s 12 ‘cardinals’ who shape the federal funding priorities over their respective congressional fiefdoms.
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Mills’ budget proposal would tax Paycheck Protection Program funds as income
The Legislature’s tax and budget committees met Monday to hear testimony on a set of proposals by Gov. Janet Mills that could leave some businesses paying state taxes on loans exempt from federal taxes.
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House delivers article of impeachment to Senate, testing Trump’s sway over Republicans
More Republicans’ passions appear to have cooled since the insurrection of Jan. 6.
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Susan Collins questions size of Biden’s proposed COVID relief package
Both she and Sen. Angus King agree that the distribution of vaccines needs to be accelerated.
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Democratic, Republican lawmakers lobby White House for a more targeted relief bill
The private Zoom call Sunday that included key centrist lawmakers, including Maine’s 2 senators, was an early test of whether President Biden’s relief plan has a chance of passing Congress with bipartisan backing.
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Former Westbrook legislator elected to lead Maine Democratic Party
Drew Gattine will serve as chairman of the Democratic State Committee and Bev Uhlenhake, Brewer’s former mayor, will co-chair the party’s governing body.
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Trump jumps into a divisive battle over the Republican Party – with a threat to start a ‘MAGA Party’
The former president, in his first political activity since leaving office, endorses an ally for Arizona party chair who backed his false claims of election fraud.
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At 78 and the oldest president, Biden sees a world changed
No previous White House occupant had lived through 14 administrations before taking office.
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Trump considered installing attorney general who would help him pursue election fraud claims
The plan would have replaced Jeffrey Rosen as the acting attorney general with Jeffrey Clark, whom Trump had appointed.