The push for an overhaul comes as Texas and other states are putting in place new voting laws that critics argue are a return to Jim Crow-style restrictions making it difficult to cast ballots, especially in Black and minority communities.
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Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Trump’s ex-aide Steve Bannon
His defiance is a crucial moment for the House committee, whose members are vowing to restore the binding force of congressional subpoenas after they were routinely flouted during Donald Trump’s time in office.
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Maine senators join new push to protect U.S. wildlife
In Maine, that would include the New England cottontail rabbit.
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Former Justice Department lawyer who aided Trump is subpoenaed in Jan. 6 probe
The subpoena reflects the committee’s efforts to probe the tumult that roiled the Justice Department in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot as Trump and his allies leaned on government lawyers to advance his baseless claims that the election results were fraudulent.
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Pingree signs on to bill that would expand U.S. Supreme Court
Maine’s 1st District congresswoman said the bill is meant to restore balance to the nation’s highest court.
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Democrats face ‘difficult decisions’ as they work to whittle Biden’s plan to $2 trillion
Time is growing short for the president on what has been his signature domestic policy initiative, first unveiled in March and now having consumed much of his fitful first year in office.
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Maine Republicans propose monthly checks for taxpayers
Maine Senate Republicans have pitched a plan to give taxpayers a slice of the state’s monthly revenue that goes unused.
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Biden undercuts White House executive privilege shield
The president agrees to a request from Congress seeking sensitive information on the actions of Republican Donald Trump and his aides during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Bruce Poliquin says he plans to move to the Bangor area for his congressional race
Republican primary foe Mike Perkins says Poliquin ought to stay at his seaside mansion instead to ‘twiddle his thumbs’ or take on Chellie Pingree.
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No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who is serving on a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, slams Steve Scalise for spreading Donald Trump’s ‘Big Lie.’