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  • Published
    April 25, 2021

    How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

    Among other legislation, the House passed the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require the Labor Department to make a new occupational safety and health standard for preventing workplace violence in the health care and social services sectors.

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    April 14, 2021

    Committee votes to give DEP more power to clean up ‘forever chemicals’

    Maine's 2 U.S. senators, meanwhile, are asking the Biden administration to allow states to use federal stimulus money to address PFAS contamination.

  • Published
    March 14, 2021

    How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

    The House agreed to the Senate amendment to the American Rescue Plan Act, which will spend $1.9 trillion on various measures, many of them related to COVID-19.

  • Published
    March 7, 2021

    How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

    The House has passed the American Rescue Plan Act. The bill would spend $1.9 trillion on various measures, many of them related to COVID-19, including aid for states, an extension of unemployment benefits, education programs, an increased child tax credit, a higher federal minimum wage, and $1,400 payments for most taxpayers.

  • Published
    February 28, 2021

    How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

    The House has passed the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act to bar the Justice Department from monitoring privileged electronic communications between an incarcerated person and that person's lawyer.

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  • Published
    February 21, 2021

    How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

    The Senate acquitted former President Trump of the incitement of insurrection impeachment article brought against him by the House in connection with the disturbance on Capitol Hill on January 6.

  • Published
    February 14, 2021
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    How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

    Both Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting a mob of his supporters that attacked the Capitol last month.

  • Published
    February 8, 2021
    Susan Collins

    Trump censure promoted by Sen. Collins is still on the table as trial is set to begin

    However, the reception has been lukewarm so far from Democrats, who would prefer to see the former president convicted in the impeachment trial, and from Republicans, who fear political consequences in barring Trump from office.

  • Published
    February 7, 2021

    How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

    Among other legislation, the House has passed a resolution to establish the federal government's fiscal 2021 budget and propose budgetary levels for 2022 through 2030.

  • Published
    January 31, 2021
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    How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

    Among votes on other nominations, the Senate has confirmed the nomination of Lloyd Austin to serve as Secretary of Defense.