The stand-alone bill would make changes to the small-business loan program sought by hotels, restaurants and other industries.
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Senate panel approves subpoena in Hunter Biden probe
It’s part of a Republican-led investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, although there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by the Bidens.
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Trump allies lining up doctors to prescribe rapid reopening
Republican operatives are recruiting ‘extremely pro-Trump’ doctors to go on television to promote reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by public health experts.
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Maine senators split votes on Trump’s pick to lead national intelligence
Susan Collins votes in committee to endorse U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, the nominee for director of national intelligence, while Angus King opposes the pick.
Posted inBusiness, Politics
Mnuchin and Powell push differing priorities to aid economy
The Fed chairmans says a lending program the agency is creating for small businesses should be operating by the end of the month.
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Barr says he doesn’t envision criminal investigations of Biden, Obama
The attorney general says the Justice Department will not be affected by political pressure.
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Democrats: Fired watchdog was looking into Saudi arms sale
They say Inspector General Steve Linick was looking into how the State Department approved a $7 billion weapons sale over congressional objections.
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Collins says Trump didn’t follow the law when firing inspector general
In an exchange on Twitter, Maine’s senior U.S. senator said the president did not follow a federal law, which she helped pass in 2008, when he fired a federal watchdog in the office of the U.S. Inspector General late last Friday.
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Amid pandemic, GOP gathers signatures to kill ranked-choice voting
The Maine Republican Party says it is close to obtaining the signatures it needs on petitions to prevent the use of ranked-choice voting in the November presidential election.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the Senate passed the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, to designate 9-8-8 as the universal telephone number for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and through the Veterans Crisis Line.