Many Senate Republicans say they want such a panel to look at other violent acts.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.
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Giuliani lawyers: Feds treat him like drug boss or terrorist
By secretly seizing Rudy Giuliani’s cloud data files in 2019, investigators improperly intruded on his private communications with President Trump, the lawyers say.
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Gov. Cuomo set to earn $5 million from book on COVID-19 crisis
The New York governor was criticized last year for penning a book touting his performance on the virus while the crisis was ongoing.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the House has passed the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act, which would enact various measures that regulate debt collection and restrict collection practices.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s combative behavior could spark ethics review
The incidents add to a portrait of the activist-turned-lawmaker who has shown little interest in governing.
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House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol in wake of Jan. 6 attack
The leaders of the Homeland Security Committee have reached an agreement on a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly insurrection.
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Rep. Liz Cheney’s ouster from House leadership amplifies the voice of anti-Trump Republicans
Former President Donald Trump remains popular with the GOP rank and file, but his favorability ratings are beginning to erode.
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In devotion to Trump, House Republicans elevate Elise Stefanik to No. 3 post
The New York state congresswoman replaces Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, who was ousted this week for repeatedly rebuking Trump for encouraging supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Committee unanimously endorses bill requiring disclosure of ‘forever chemicals’ in products
Lawmakers in both parties embraced the bill on the same day Gov. Janet Mills proposed spending an additional $40 million to address PFAS contamination in Maine.