Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he wants to pass a bipartisan package and an accompanying $3.5 trillion budget plan before the Senate leaves for its August recess.
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Jan. 6 select committee to open investigation amid political chaos and controversy
Democrats are still finalizing their plans for the probe, while GOP leaders are boycotting it altogether – and threatening to retaliate with countermeasures.
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Pelosi appoints second Republican critic of Trump to Jan. 6 committee
Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Rep. Liz Cheney were the only Republicans who voted for the committee’s creation.
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Officials in Michigan will return $65,000 bonuses they gave themselves with COVID aid
Shiawassee County commissioners voted to award themselves ‘hazard pay.’
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Pelosi says ‘deadly serious’ Jan. 6 probe will go on without Republicans
The Republicans’ House leader, Kevin McCarthy, called the committee a ‘sham process’ and suggested that Republican lawmakers who take part could face consequences.
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Pelosi blocks 2 Trump allies from Jan. 6 probe, and Republicans vow to boycott it
The House speaker says the presence of Indiana Rep. Jim Banks and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan would threaten the integrity of the panel, but Republicans say all their choices must be included.
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Bipartisan infrastructure bill fails first vote; Senate to try again
The next steps are uncertain, but the group of 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats insist they are close to a deal and expect to finish soon.
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State government savings reach historic level under Mills administration
Facing criticism from Republicans that she would drain the state’s ‘rainy day fund’ and bankrupt state government, Gov. Janet Mills has grown the state’s budget stabilization fund to nearly $500 million.
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Maine’s supreme court extends deadline for Legislature to redraw voting districts
Lawmakers had asked for more time because they still don’t have the U.S. Census data needed to redraw congressional and legislative district lines.