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PublishedFebruary 7, 2023
U.S. legislators invite prominent Mainers to State of the Union address
Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation and Dr. Nirav D. Shah, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control will be guests of Rep. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2023
Maine lawmakers renew push for faster work permits for asylum seekers
Efforts dating to 2015 have failed to gain traction in Congress, stalling in the polarized debates over immigration reform and border security.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2022
Federal budget deal includes millions for Maine projects
Maine's congressional delegation added millions of dollars worth of local and regional projects to the massive budget bill.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
Electoral protections advance but tribal sovereignty provision left out of massive federal bill
The omnibus spending bill must pass the Senate and House to become law before the new Congress convenes on Jan. 4.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2022
As Maine’s influence in Congress wanes, Sen. Collins holds on to clout
Rep. Chellie Pingree will lose ground next year in a Republican-controlled House, but the Republican senator's seniority makes her the vice chair of Appropriations, where Democrats will rely on her endorsements.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2022
Pingree and Thelander meet in final 1st District TV candidate forum
The candidates for Maine's 1st Congressional District make their case for being given the right to represent coastal and southern Maine.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2022
Pingree and Thelander clash over support for the lobster industry in 1st Congressional District debate
Republican Ed Thelander apologized for referring to federal fisheries regulators as rapists and Rep. Chellie Pingree chastised him for dismissing her efforts to help.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2022
Quick passage of electoral count reforms in doubt after House diverges from Senate plan
Maine's Susan Collins led negotiations on the bipartisan Senate version of the bill, which aims prevent a potential repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection attempt.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Thelander blames uptick in violent crime on Pingree, progressives in D.C.
Following a string of shootings in Portland, Republican congressional candidate Ed Thelander holds a news conference to express his support for law enforcement and accuse U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of being anti-police.
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