U.S. House of Representatives
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PublishedMarch 12, 2022
Funding package passed by Congress includes money for long list of Maine initiatives
The omnibus package includes hundreds of millions of dedicated funds for projects in Maine requested by members of the state’s congressional delegation.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
The measure now goes to President Biden to be signed into law.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2021
House passes sweeping bill that expands social programs, combats climate change
The House approved the legislation by a near party-line 220-213 vote, with Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine voting against it.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2021
Jared Golden takes flak from Democratic allies for opposing Build Back Better bill
The Lewiston Democrat was the only member of his party in the U.S. House to oppose measure pushed by President Biden.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2021
Democrats end deadlock, House sends $1 trillion infrastructure bill to Biden
Under the deal, progressives end their roadblock of the package of road, water and other projects while moderates will back the president's $1.85 trillion Build Back Better plan later this month if official estimates of its cost are in line with expectations.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2021
House races to vote on government funding, debt as Republicans dig in to oppose
Once a routine matter, now Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is refusing to provide Republican votes, even though he also relied on Democratic votes help raise the debt ceiling when his party had the majority.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2021
House passes $3.5 trillion budget after deal with moderates
House Democratic leaders have compromised with moderates and muscled President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2021
Mask mandate reinstituted in U.S. House over concerns about delta variant
The House's resident physician reinstituted the mandate in all House office buildings, meeting areas and the chamber.
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PublishedJune 30, 2021
U.S. House votes along party lines to launch new probe of Jan. 6 insurrection
Republicans object that majority Democrats would be in charge, but Senate Republicans blocked creation of an independent commission that would have been evenly split between the 2 parties.
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PublishedMay 14, 2021
House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol in wake of Jan. 6 attack
The leaders of the Homeland Security Committee have reached an agreement on a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly insurrection.
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