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Published
July 31, 2022

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The House has passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize, through fiscal 2026, a set of programs addressing human trafficking, and change some aspects of the programs.
Published
July 17, 2022

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The House passed the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, to encourage the migration of federal government information technology systems to quantum-resistant cryptography.
Published
July 3, 2022

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938), to establish a variety of measures intended to reduce mass shootings, including spending on behavioral health clinics, funding for school safety efforts, and restrictions on gun ownership by ex-convicts and those found by a court to be mentally ill.
Published
June 26, 2022

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The Senate passed the Fixing Our Regulatory Mayhem Upsetting Little Americans Act, to suspend duties and other restrictions on the importation of infant formula to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States.
Published
June 12, 2022

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The House has passed the Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, which would allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to provide treatment for federal government employees under workers' compensation protocols.

Published
June 9, 2022

Proposed federal grants would help remove PFAS from rural water supplies

The Healthy H2O Act would help rural areas that rely on well water tests and treat for so-called forever chemicals.
Published
May 22, 2022

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The House has passed the Presidents Cup Cybersecurity Competition Act, to authorize annual cybersecurity competitions, with prizes awarded, for groups of government employees.
Published
May 15, 2022

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The House has passed the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act. to provide $40 billion of aid to Ukraine in response to the invasion by Russia.
Published
May 8, 2022

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The Senate passed the Safe Sleep for Babies Act, to provide that inclined sleepers for infants and crib bumpers shall be considered banned hazardous products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act.
Published
May 1, 2022

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The House passed the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act, to create an American Fisheries Advisory Committee that would advise the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on grants for fisheries research.