U.S. Congress
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PublishedJuly 9, 2021
Committee on Jan. 6 Capitol attack by pro-Trump mob will hold first hearing this month
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved to form the committee after Senate Republicans blocked an effort to create an independent, bipartisan commission.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2021
Commentary: To prevent crisis, infrastructure bill must include America’s care economy
Unlike the fundamental framework of roads and bridges, Sen. Susan Collins says, home-based care is ‘not infrastructure.’ The evidence suggests otherwise.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2021
Commentary: Maine needs to better prepare for changing climate – and we can’t do it alone
Our congressional delegation should press for approval of federal funding that will protect Mainers who live and make their livelihood by the rising seas.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2021
Commentary: The rickety politics of the federal infrastructure bill
If the bipartisan deal fails, it won’t be because the Senate is dysfunctional. It will be because the Democratic Party is.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2021
Another View: Members of Congress shouldn’t trade stocks
A 2012 law was meant to stop financial impropriety. It hasn’t worked.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2021
Commentary: Don’t increase the federal gas tax, replace it
The U.S. needs a vehicle-miles-traveled tax – and the technological infrastructure it requires.
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PublishedJune 29, 2021
Commentary: Fund public transit, not more roads
We should stop subsidizing sprawl and spend those savings on our resource-starved mass transit systems.
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PublishedJune 27, 2021
Insight: Time to end U.S. presidents’ ‘private wars’
The system was broken 20 years ago when Congress gave away its war powers.
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PublishedJune 18, 2021
Commentary: ABC exemptions help workers, protect small businesses
If Congress passes a proposal to reclassify many independent contractors as employees, Maine’s delegation should make sure it includes plenty of waivers.
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PublishedJune 14, 2021
Ex-Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, now a Mainer, marched on the Capitol on Jan. 6
The former Californian, who's been called 'Putin's favorite congressman,' confirmed he was at the march to protest the 'stolen election' but said he urged fellow protesters not to storm the Capitol.
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