AUGUSTA — Shortly after a legislative hearing focused on the failings of mental health care for Maine veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ inspector general issued a report hailing improvements by the VA’s Maine Healthcare System. All four members of the state’s congressional delegation said in a joint statement they were “pleased to see improvement” […]
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Poliquin, Pingree agree to cite North Korea for terror sponsorship
Both of Maine’s congressional representatives voted recently to call North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism. North Korea was taken off the list of terrorism sponsors in the final year of President George W. Bush’s administration as part of a deal to try to improve relations, a move that lifted some sanctions against the country. […]
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Chellie Pingree says Trump needs congressional OK for Syria strikes
Maine politicians are beginning to respond to President Donald Trump’s cruise missile strike against a Syrian air base in the wake a nerve gas attack by the Syrian government that violated international law and killed scores of innocents. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said Friday the American military action “is a proportional response to the despicable […]
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Chellie Pingree relieved at Trump’s decision to take Bannon off NSC
The removal of presidential aide Steve Bannon from the National Security Council is a relief to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, Maine’s Democratic member of Congress. The 1st District representative said that President Donald Trump, who took Bannon off the council Wednesday, “showed poor judgment in allowing” Bannon to sit on the panel that weighs difficult […]
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Trump's budget raises concerns among Maine's lawmakers
President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget doesn’t impress Maine’s Democratic member of Congress or its independent senator. And Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin has concerns. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a 1st District Democrat, said she won’t stand for Trump’s “foolish and shortsighted budget proposal which will make America less healthy, safe, and economically secure.” U.S. […]
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New health care analysis draws varied reaction from Maine lawmakers
Following the release Monday of a Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health care measure pushed by President Donald Trump, Maine’s elected representatives offered an array of opinions about what it means. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican who’s a key player on the issue, called the report a “cause for alarm” because of its […]
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Chellie Pingree calls Donald Trump's Coast Guard, FEMA cuts 'reckless'
PORTLAND (AP) — Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine says a Trump administration plan to trim the Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency budgets are “illogical” and “reckless.” Pingree made the statements on Thursday in response to reports that Trump’s budget proposal calls for a 14 percent cut to the Coast Guard and an […]
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GOP health care plan panned by LePage while lawmakers offer mixed reaction
A health care measure proposed by House Republicans on Monday was panned by some Maine officials, praised by the state’s sole GOP congressman and given a positive review by the state’s senior senator. Gov. Paul LePage told a Bangor radio station Tuesday that he is “very, very discouraged and disappointed” with the plan offered by […]
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Trump's new travel ban draws mixed reaction from Maine lawmakers
President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban signed Monday drew praise from one of Maine’s members of the U.S. House of Representatives, scorn from the other and sharp words from U.S. Sen. Angus King. King, an independent, said the president’s temporary travel ban, set to take effect in 10 days, will weaken the country’s security rather […]
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AG Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from any Russia probe
Updated 4:10 p.m.: Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will recuse himself from a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election. Following allegations that the U.S. attorney general provided misleading information to a Senate hearing in January about his contacts with Russian officials, Maine lawmakers are calling on him to resign […]