The House embraces a one-week extension of government funding that’s expected to easily pass in the Senate.
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Momentum builds for $908 billion aid package as more Republicans express support
Senators including Chuck Grassley, chair of the Senate finance committee, signal their openness to the package proposed by a group including Maine’s Susan Collins and Angus King.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden, top Democrats swing behind bipartisan coronavirus aid bill
Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are part of the group of 9 senators advocating the plan.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
The only absolute must-do business is preventing a government shutdown when a temporary spending bill expires on Dec. 11.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Fifty states, 50 pandemic economies
Places that are tied to travel and tourism are less insulated, and that has important implications for government spending plans.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Washington’s stimulus triumph remains underrated
Hindsight shows that the CARES Act saved the U.S. economy, and how badly the country needs another round of bipartisan statesmanship.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: There’s nothing nefarious about executive orders
George Washington used them. So did Lincoln, Obama and Trump. Biden will, too. They’re just an ordinary part of governing.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: With COVID cases surging, Congress and Trump are failing the American people
Congress must act now on a relief package to avoid the worst the coming winter has to offer.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Don’t expect much from divided government
Great achievements of the past have come when one party controls both houses of Congress and the presidency.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Michael Jay Newman to serve as a judge on the U.S. district court for the southern district of Ohio.