There are 10 Republican sponsors for reforming the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump attempted to exploit to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
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Prospects fade for federal bill to expand rights of Maine tribes
The House passed Rep. Jared Golden’s bill to automatically include Maine’s tribes in any new federal Indian laws, but it appears to have stalled in the Senate.
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Maine’s congressional delegation divided on Biden’s student loan debt relief
Pingree praises the move, Golden and Collins oppose it as benefiting college-educated Americans, and King suggests he’d prefer a different approach.
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Golden, Pingree join House Democrats in passing Inflation Reduction Act
Golden joined the rest of his party’s members in passing the legislation after being the only House Democrat to vote against the larger Build Back Better package that passed in the House but failed in the Senate last year.
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Insulin price cap championed by Collins stripped from spending bill by fellow Republicans
Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King both have sought to cap the drug’s price, which has shot up tenfold in the U.S. – but not other countries – in 20 years.
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Collins-Manchin bill to protect electoral count endorsed at key hearing
The bill would reform the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump attempted to exploit in trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
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Jim Fossel: Congress needs to start pulling its lawmaking weight
The legislative – yes, legislative – branch has been sleeping on the job.
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Holdout Sen. Manchin finally makes a deal on health, energy, taxes
He and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer say they have reached agreement on health care costs, energy and climate issues, taxing higher earners and large corporations and reducing federal debt.
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Collins, Manchin unveil bipartisan bill to protect electoral count from exploitation
The reforms to the 1887 Electoral Count Act, spurred by former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the election, are co-sponsored by 14 senators, including nine Republicans, just shy of the 10 needed to overcome a filibuster.
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Rep. Golden’s bill to expand rights of Maine tribes passes U.S. House
Gov. Janet Mills opposes the measure by her fellow Democrat to automatically include Maine’s tribes in any new federal Indian laws.