WASHINGTON — Rebellious Democrats disrupted the House’s legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures. Exasperated Republicans were forced to recess while cutting off the C-SPAN cameras that showed the protest. A group of nearly 100 Democrats led by […]
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Poliquin push for New Balance takes step forward in Congress
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin was walking on air Thursday and not only because he had just ordered a pair of New Balance sneakers. Late Wednesday, Poliquin, a R-Maine, was successful in his bid to see the Pentagon issue American-made athletic footwear to its new recruits in America’s armed services. Members of the House Armed […]
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Governors ask Congress to expand opiate treatment options
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The six New England governors are urging leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives to expand the types of medical practitioners who can prescribe drugs to treat opiate addiction. In a Tuesday letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and minority leader Nancy Pelosi, the governors ask the House leaders to support the […]
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U.S. House elects Paul Ryan as new speaker
WASHINGTON — Republicans rallied behind Rep. Paul Ryan to elect him the House’s 54th speaker on Thursday as a splintered GOP turned to the youthful but battle-tested lawmaker to mend its self-inflicted wounds and craft a conservative message to woo voters in next year’s elections. In a slow-moving roll call that mixed politics with pageantry, […]
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GOP nominates Rep. Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House
WASHINGTON — House Republicans nominated Rep. Paul Ryan on Wednesday to become the chamber’s next speaker, rallying behind a youthful overachiever they hope will guide them out of weeks of internal feuding and disarray and point the party toward accomplishments they can highlight in next year’s elections. Ryan, R-Wis., was his party’s 2012 vice presidential […]
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Hillary Clinton testifies before Benghazi committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest from the House Benghazi committee’s hearing featuring testimony from former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: UPDATED 1:40 p.m.: The White House says it hopes the House Benghazi committee’s hearing will bring finality to the issue. White House spokesman Eric Schultz says President Barack Obama didn’t have specific plans to […]
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Emily Cain leads Joe Baldacci in 2nd district fundraising
BANGOR — Maine congressional hopeful Emily Cain says she raised $205,853 between July 1 and Sept. 30 in her drive to recapture the state’s second district for the Democrats. Cain says she has raised more than $500,000 on the campaign trail so far. That is more than twice what she raised in the 2014 cycle. […]
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Joe Baldacci hires polling firm while weighing run for U.S. House
BANGOR — City Councilor Joe Baldacci isn’t saying whether he’ll challenge former state Sen. Emily Cain for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 race for the Second Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. But he already is spending money to size up his chances of beating incumbent Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, hiring […]
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U.S. House Speaker Boehner to appear at Poliquin fundraiser
PORTLAND — House Speaker John Boehner is visiting Maine next week to raise money for 2nd Congressional District Republican candidate Bruce Poliquin. Poliquin Finance Director Jessica Corbett said that Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, will host a closed-door fundraiser on Sept. 25. She declined to provide further details. The former state treasurer and businessman is […]
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Pingree backs bill meant to counter Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision
AUGUSTA — Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree announced Wednesday that she is backing a bill in Congress that would reverse last month’s Hobby Lobby decision by the U.S. Supreme Court and bar employers from denying female employees reproductive health coverage. Isaac Misiuk, Pingree’s Republican opponent in the November election, said the issue is a distraction […]