Along with roll call votes last week, the House also passed the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (H.R. 1222), to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain states. HOUSE VOTES COLUMBIA RIVER TRIBAL FISHING RIGHTS: The House has passed a bill (H.R. 91), sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, […]
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Jim Fossel: Silly season on the long campaign trail
With 19 months until Election Day, there’s no long-shot candidacy too long to be treated seriously.
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Saco lawyer Bre Kidman seeks Democratic backing to challenge Susan Collins
Seeing no other Democrats stepping up, the 31-year-old said hard work is needed to win in 2020.
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Susan Collins hauls in cash for 2020 re-election campaign
With the race for the U.S. Senate in Maine more than a year off, the incumbent Republican senator has accumulated record campaign donations, even before any official announcement that she will seek another term.
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Maine Voices: Despite Sen. Collins’ failure to protect ACA, there’s still hope for the law’s future
Thanks to the U.S. House shake-up, the conversation is moving from saving Obamacare to strengthening it.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among the bills lawmakers voted on was a measure to reauthorize $200 million in grants to states for groundwater quality and pollution management.
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Opposition mounts to Trump plan to extend work requirement for SNAP benefits
Jared Golden said he might support the change, as long as it doesn’t hurt children or seniors, while Maine’s senators and Chellie Pingree oppose it.
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Maine woman charged with mailing threat, powder to Sen. Collins
A partial fingerprint on the envelope matched that of Suzanne E. Muscara of Burlington, which was found in a national database.
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Maine Voices: Rejection of Green New Deal overlooks urgency of ‘massive changes’
We must think big when it comes to climate change and legal and economic equality – but Congress, including Susan Collins and Angus King, doesn’t grasp that.
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Maine Voices: King, Collins should stand firm against David Bernhardt to lead Interior Department
His allegiance to the fossil fuel industry makes him the wrong person to steward America’s public lands and waters.