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PublishedSeptember 4, 2020
Senate GOP struggles to unify behind coronavirus relief bill amid dispute over DeVos education policy
The dispute is creating headaches at the beginning of a four-week sprint, when lawmakers are hoping to unify behind a coronavirus relief package.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2020
Trump, on huge White House stage, decries Biden, defies pandemic
The president declares that 'at no time before have voters faced a clearer choice between two parties, two visions, two philosophies or two agendas.'
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PublishedJuly 23, 2020
White House, GOP kill payroll tax cut, flounder over broader coronavirus bill
Progress on the bill probably will slip to Monday, giving lawmakers just a few days to reach an of agreement before enhanced unemployment benefits will expire for more than 20 million Americans.
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PublishedJune 16, 2020
Trump signs order for police reform, doesn’t mention racism
The president and Republicans in Congress have been rushing to respond to the mass demonstrations against police brutality and racial prejudice that have raged for weeks in response to the deaths of black Americans.
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PublishedApril 20, 2020
Republicans urge governor to share coronavirus information, ease some business restrictions
The letter to Gov. Janet Mills was signed by all but three of the Legislature's 70 Republicans.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2020
Priorities differ as lawmakers begin debate on governor’s $126 million budget plan
Republicans want more focus on repairing roads and bridges; Democrats want to add staff and improve programs for disadvantaged residents.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2020
House upholds veto of bill to let candidates put their nicknames on ballot
Rep. 'Billy Bob' Faulkingham, the bill's sponsor, says many voters in his district wouldn't recognize his given name.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2020
Top Democratic lawmakers threaten to roll back BIW’s $45 million tax break
House Speaker Sara Gideon and Senate President Troy Jackson suggest BIW it is not meeting job creation and wage requirements in a 2018 law, allegations that the shipyard disputes.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2019
Maine legislative leaders prepare to trim list of 400 bills proposed for 2020
They will meet this month to decide which measures will be taken up in the second half of the legislative session.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2019
LePage, Moody and Poliquin gather at Republican forum to boost Trump, bash Mills
A media event in Gorham highlights the president's tax cuts and criticizes Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
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