Rep. Pingree is in the midst of a weeklong congressional fact-finding trip to Eastern Europe, while Maine’s 2 senators returned Sunday from a weekend trip of their own.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Pence puts distance between himself and Trump ahead of 2024 campaign
Mike Pence spent more than four years standing in President Donald Trump’s shadow, refusing to criticize or allow sunlight between them.
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Jackson pledges to decide Supreme Court cases ‘without fear or favor’
Republicans promise pointed questions over the next 2 days, with a special focus on her record on criminal matters.
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Maine senators return to U.S. following weekend visit to Germany, Poland
Susan Collins and Angus King were part of a Senate delegation that met with German officials, representatives from humanitarian aid agencies, and Ukrainians forced to flee their homeland following Russia’s invasion of their country.
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Residents approve plan to create Belgrade Water District
Voters at annual Town Meeting approve most of proposed $3.6 million budget, and creation of water district to address area where wells have been contaminated by road salt.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act to direct federal agencies to develop compatibility standards for digitizing and distributing geographic information system data on government lands that are accessible for recreational purposes.
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Sandra Day O’Connor, 1st woman on high court, faced little opposition
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court if she wins Senate confirmation.
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Thurgood Marshall, 1st Black justice, faced down Senate critics
With Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination over half a century later, race remains front and center in American politics.
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Republicans will raise issue of Guantanamo clients at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate hearings
Her nomination fulfills a campaign promise by President Biden to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.
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British prime minister accused of crass comparison
Boris Johnson likens Ukrainians’ defense of their country to Brexit – as people’s instinct ‘to choose freedom.’