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PublishedNovember 5, 2021
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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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
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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PublishedOctober 26, 2021
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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PublishedOctober 26, 2021
Half its original size, Biden’s big plan in race to finish
The president met Tuesday evening with two holdout Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, pushing for an agreement before he leaves for global summits later this week.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2021
Sens. Collins, King sharply divided as Republicans block Democratic voting rights bill
While Collins slams the bill as ‘a vast federal takeover of state elections,’ King says American democracy is in danger as Republicans refuse to even debate it.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2021
Maine’s delegation backs repeal of measures that authorized war in Iraq
Congress eyes possible passage this fall of a resolution to repeal approval of war in Iraq, a rare step toward restricting presidential power.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2021
Whistleblower tells Congress that Facebook knows its platforms harm children, fuel division
Frances Haugen testifies that company executives refuse to make changes because they elevate profits over safety, and she says CEO Mark Zuckerberg is ultimately responsible.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2021
Biden tells Republicans to ‘get out of the way’ of raising U.S. debt ceiling
The White House says Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is needlessly posing a threat to the international credit of the federal government, potentially hurting financial markets and the broader economy.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2021
Biden vows to ‘get it done,’ but talks drag on $3.5 trillion government overhaul
The president huddled with House Democrats in a private meeting at the Capitol that was part instructional, part morale booster for the tattered caucus of lawmakers.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2021
Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown
The work to keep the government running served as the backdrop during a chaotic day for Democrats as they struggled to get the president’s top domestic priorities over the finish line.
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