Under the deal, progressives end their roadblock of the package of road, water and other projects while moderates will back the president’s $1.85 trillion Build Back Better plan later this month if official estimates of its cost are in line with expectations.
Rep. Jared Golden
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Pingree and King tentatively support $1.8 trillion Build Back Better bill; Golden awaits final details
The measure, which cuts the president’s signature social and climate investment package nearly in half, is expected to be opposed by all Senate Republicans, including Susan Collins.
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With Biden agenda at stake, Maine’s U.S. House members take starkly different stances
The views of Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden on the Build Back Better social spending and climate change bill mirror differences in their districts.
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Maine’s top elected officials urge feds to throw out new lobstering rules
Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine’s congressional delegation signed the letter to a top regulator urging the policy change.
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Jared Golden: Build Back Better bill needs more work to get my vote
Maine’s 2nd District congressman writes that he supports many of the president’s goals but he has questions about how they would be implemented.
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The View From Here: Golden’s ‘Mr. Smith’ stand is not helping
If Democrats can’t find a way to trust each other, this movie is not going to have a happy ending.
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Rep. Golden unapologetic about shaking up Democrats’ strategy to pass Biden’s agenda
Maine’s 2nd District congressman says progressives have held the infrastructure bill hostage to the president’s budget.
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Moderates bring House to standstill in Biden budget clash
Rep. Jared Golden of Maine is among 9 moderate House Democrats trying to upend leaders’ plans for enacting President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar domestic agenda.
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The View From Here: Jared Golden playing a dangerous game
Renegade Democrats say they are promoting an infrastructure deal, but they are actually endangering it and much more.
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Maine Voices: There’s no room for bad-faith negotiating on budget, infrastructure bills
Efforts by Maine Rep. Jared Golden and his fellow centrists to stymie a social policy spending plan bring up memories of my deadbeat dad.