This is in response to letters from Alison Jacobs and Janice Trapp in the Oct. 9 Sun Journal. Beginning in 2014, members of Congress will be required to get their medical insurance through insurance exchanges. They are not exempt from the mandate. Also, my daughter is thrilled that she no longer has a $15 per […]
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J. Hersey: No pay for Congress
I am appalled at the mess into which members of Congress have led this nation. Every senator and representative should be forced to give up their paycheck and benefits for as long at the mess exists. Some innocent people will suffer but, right now, more innocent people are in deep trouble. I applaud Sens. Susan […]
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R. Turcotte: Power rests with the people
The gullibility of American society has reached its apex. Kowtowed by unprecedented apathy and beguiling liberalism, the nation forfeited its vigilance as congressional scoundrels forged deceitful policies under the very noses of a dozing populace. With paralyzing debasement, Americans embraced dubious commentaries from media dullards and hypocritical bureaucrats, effectively justifying covert conspiracies. The prospect that […]
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Congress likely to give shutdown workers back pay
WASHINGTON (AP) — A partial government shutdown enters its fifth day, with Congress convening for a session that promises no progress in breaking the impasse but will at least offer back pay to furloughed federal workers. The GOP House is scheduled Saturday to vote on legislation backed by the White House and congressional Democrats that […]
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Shutdown Update: Obama calls for meeting with Congress
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday as a partial government shutdown entered a second day with little sign of a breakthrough to get hundreds of thousands of people back to work. Some on Capitol Hill ominously suggested the impasse might last for weeks, but a few Republicans […]
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Lawmakers still get a check, even in shutdown mode
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s at least one constant in a government shutdown: The 532 members of Congress continue to be paid — at a cost of $10,583.85 per hour to taxpayers. Lawmakers get their pay even as hundreds of congressional staffers are sent home, packs of tourists are turned away at the Capitol, and constituent […]
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No word on how long government shutdown will last
WASHINGTON — Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama’s health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services. With the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate at a stalemate, it […]
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Cain picks up support from key Androscoggin County Democrats
LEWISTON — State Sen. Emily Cain, D-Orono, picked up the support of several prominent Androscoggin County Democrats on Monday in her bid for the U.S. House. Cain is one of several Democratic candidates for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. The seat is being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, who is running for the governor’s […]
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House passes bill to fund government but not ACA
WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled House voted Friday to cripple President Barack Obama’s health care law as part of a risky ploy that threatens a government shutdown in a week and a half. U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud, both Maine Democrats, voted against the bill. The fight is coming on a stopgap funding measure […]
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Advocates turn to Obama for action on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — With immigration legislation stalled in Congress, advocates are intensifying pressure on the Obama administration to act unilaterally to stop deportations or grant legal status to some of the 11 million people now living in the U.S. illegally. Activists are stepping up acts of civil disobedience like one last month in Phoenix, where […]