The 2nd District Democrat bucks his party again, opposing the lifting of a cap on state and local tax deductions that primarily benefits the wealthy.
Rep. Jared Golden
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Golden helps delay Friday vote on $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan
The vote was scuttled after Golden and several colleagues insisted on several weeks’ delay until analysis of the plan’s budgetary impact can be completed.
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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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Pingree and King tentatively support $1.8 trillion Build Back Better bill; Golden awaits final details
The measure, which cuts the president’s signature social and climate investment package nearly in half, is expected to be opposed by all Senate Republicans, including Susan Collins.
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With Biden agenda at stake, Maine’s U.S. House members take starkly different stances
The views of Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden on the Build Back Better social spending and climate change bill mirror differences in their districts.
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Maine’s top elected officials urge feds to throw out new lobstering rules
Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine’s congressional delegation signed the letter to a top regulator urging the policy change.
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Jared Golden: Build Back Better bill needs more work to get my vote
Maine’s 2nd District congressman writes that he supports many of the president’s goals but he has questions about how they would be implemented.
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The View From Here: Golden’s ‘Mr. Smith’ stand is not helping
If Democrats can’t find a way to trust each other, this movie is not going to have a happy ending.
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Rep. Golden unapologetic about shaking up Democrats’ strategy to pass Biden’s agenda
Maine’s 2nd District congressman says progressives have held the infrastructure bill hostage to the president’s budget.
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Moderates bring House to standstill in Biden budget clash
Rep. Jared Golden of Maine is among 9 moderate House Democrats trying to upend leaders’ plans for enacting President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar domestic agenda.