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PublishedDecember 27, 2023
U.S. announces final $250 million weapons package for Ukraine
The weapons, worth up to $250 million, include an array of air munitions and other missiles, artillery, anti-armor systems, ammunition, demolition and medical equipment and parts.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2023
Congress passes military spending bill that would bring $3.6 billion to Maine
The bill would support the state's defense industry, which builds ships, fighter jet engine components and other equipment for the military.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2023
Senate Republicans block Ukraine and Israel aid as they demand border policy changes
'Republicans in Congress are willing to give (Russian President Vladimir) Putin the greatest gift he could hope for,' President Biden said.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2023
House votes to prevent a government shutdown as Republican Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help
The Senate, where Democrats have a slim majority, has signaled its willingness to accept Speaker Johnson's package ahead of Friday's deadline to fund the government.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Speaker Johnson on Republican plan to avert government shutdown: ‘Trust us’
House Republicans have not decided on a strategy to keep the government funded with a week and a half until federal funds lapse.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2023
House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors
Mike Johnson does not typically mention one aspect of his work before being elected to Congress.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2023
Mike Johnson is the latest nominee for House speaker as Republican infighting shows no end
When the House convenes on Wednesday ahead of a floor vote, Rep. Mike Johnson will need almost all Republicans in the public roll call to win the gavel.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2023
Republican Jim Jordan will try again to become House speaker, but his detractors are considering options
The vote for House speaker, once a formality in Congress, has devolved into another bitter showdown for the gavel.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite and elect him
The House is gaveled into a brief session, then broke indefinitely, with next steps uncertain and Congress brought to a standstill by Republican infighting.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2023
Maine’s members of Congress frustrated but not without hope after recent chaos
In interviews with the Press Herald, Angus King, Susan Collins, Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden reflected on the near-shutdown of the federal government followed by the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – and what happens next.
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