Despite the U.S.’s Paris Accord exit and plenty of negatives for the environment there are reasons to hope.
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Sen. Collins’ vote on Republican tax plan risks her moderate reputation
The honeymoon’s over for those elated when she saved Obamacare – they fear the Senate has lost a voice for process and deliberation.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Congress just broke the health care system, now Mainers will feel the pain
Thousands will lose their coverage, premiums will jump for many others and ACA fixes won’t help much.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Congress approves stopgap spending bill, avoids government shutdown
But the House and Senate put off dealing with immigration, health care and disaster aid until next year.
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Negotiators in Congress struggle to avert government shutdown
The House and Senate have until midnight Friday to pass a spending bill.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Pressure remains on Sen. Collins as vote on Republican tax bill looms next week
Maine’s senior senator applauds the inclusion of three amendments she authored as the final version of the bill is released Friday.
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Tax protest at Sen. Collins’ Biddeford office ends as police arrive
About a dozen people who went to the office to protest the senator’s vote in favor of the Republican tax overhaul leave after being told that they could be arrested.
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Five protesters arrested at Collins’ office in Bangor
They oppose her support of the Republican tax cut plan in the Senate and refused to leave her office in the federal building.
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Collins, King defend radically different positions on tax bill
On Sunday morning talk shows, Maine’s senators also weigh in on the probes into Russian contacts with the Trump team.
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It’s not too late for Sen. Collins to do right by Mainers
Her ‘yea’ vote on the tax reform bill was a step backward, but listening to her constituents, like she did when she helped save the Affordable Care Act, is what will help her now.