Opposed by Susan Collins and two other Republican senators, Federal Reserve nominee Judy Shelton wants to eliminate deposit insurance and return to the gold standard.
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Commentary: How to get a possible Biden presidency off to a good start
House Democrats should work with Senate Republicans to pass a new COVID relief bill this year.
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Our Endorsement: Time for change in U.S. Senate
The Editorial Board endorses Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon to be Maine’s next senator.
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Sen. King: Supreme Court battle isn’t about fairness – it’s about health care
We must pause the nomination process, or risk tens of millions of Americans having their coverage ripped away.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
A vote to end debate falls short on an amendment that would allocate $500 billion to COVID-19-related unemployment benefits, support for businesses, and testing, prevention, and treatment programs at schools and elsewhere.
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Commentary: Here’s the case Mitch McConnell needs to make on COVID spending
The only way to reduce debt levels later is to increase relief funding now.
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Insight: How to handle a demagogue
Joe McCarthy was infamous. But Republicans stuck with him – just as they have with Donald Trump.
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The View From Here: There’s more than one kind of deficit
There is a cost to doing nothing in a crisis, and we will all end up paying it.
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McConnell defends Trump’s firing of State Department inspector general
The president initially said he fired Steve Linick because he had lost confidence in him, but then told reporters that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had asked him to do it.
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Jim Fossel: Liberals afflicted by Collins Derangement Syndrome
It’s a fever that strikes whenever an independent-minded senator doesn’t vote their way.