The new governor vows to make Maine a good place to do business, to the benefit of all.

The lame-duck session produced a long list of accomplishments, but it’s nothing compared to what didn’t get done by the last Congress, mostly as a result of a logjam in the Senate.

The Senate did not adopt a budget, and government spending keeps getting extended in short-term chunks. More than 125 executive department nominees have not been considered, nearly two years into the start of the Obama administration. Nearly 50 U.S. District Court seats are vacant around the country as a result of the Senate’s failure to take action on their nominations.

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