Along with roll call votes last week, the House also passed: the Fight Illicit Networks and Detect Trafficking Act (H.R. 6069), to require the Comptroller General of the U.S. to carry out a study on how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to buy, sell, or facilitate the financing of goods or services associated […]
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Our View: Congress should start over with a better Farm Bill
Growing and eating healthy foods should be the prime focus of federal agriculture policy.
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Maine Voices: Lawmakers shouldn’t protect illegal immigrants and ignore U.S. workers
Both Sens. Collins and King backed bills expanding a tech visa plan while mass layoffs were happening.
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Maine Voices: Let them eat cake: One of many reasons to care about the Farm Bill
Please tell Reps. Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin to vote ‘no’ on H.R. 2 and say ‘no’ to SNAP cuts.
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Rep. Pingree will use a new appointment to continue to advocate for arts funding
Maine’s 1st District representative will co-chair the Congressional Arts Caucus, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday.
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Maine and U.S. leaders remember former first lady Barbara Bush
She was admired for her strength, dignity and unwavering passion for children.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted
The House passes the Combat Online Predators Act, which enforces stiffer penalties on cyberstalkers.
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Bruce Poliquin leads in 2nd District campaign contributions
The Republican congressman raised more than $430,000 during the first quarter of this year.
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Commentary: How the Hyde Amendment preventing abortion coverage hurt my family
It should not be a politician’s place to decide when, how or why a woman gets an abortion, says a Mainer who lost a much-wanted pregnancy.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other business, the House designates as a national historic site the park where Robert F. Kennedy gave a speech marking the assassination of Martin Luther King.