The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, to provide continuing appropriations for government spending through Dec. 16, and add $12.3 billion of aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia, as well as increase funding for disaster response programs.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Along with the week’s roll call votes, the Senate also passed a resolution urging the government of Brazil to ensure that the October 2022 elections are conducted in a free, fair, credible, transparent, and peaceful manner.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize, through fiscal 2026, a set of programs addressing human trafficking, and change some aspects of the programs.
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Proposed federal grants would help remove PFAS from rural water supplies
The Healthy H2O Act would help rural areas that rely on well water tests and treat for so-called forever chemicals.
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Democrats ahead in congressional and gubernatorial races, new poll finds
Janet Mills, Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree all ahead in their reelection bids, the bipartisan poll found
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act, to prohibit discrimination in the federal government based on a hair texture or hairstyle that is tied to ethnicity or race.
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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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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House passed the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed the Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal Act, to award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of women in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in Europe during World War II.
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Maine congressional delegates ask for more Bath-built ships
Maine and Mississippi lawmakers asked for funding for three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the type of ship BIW builds, in the president’s budget for next year.