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Biden: Codifying abortion rights to be top priority if Dems keep Congress

President Biden vowed to send Congress a bill next year to codify abortion protections if Democrats win the House and Senate next month.

Roll Call · Oct 18, 2022

Paul LePage: is Maine ready to welcome back the ‘Trump before Trump’?

The Republican ex-governor was known for his offensive, belligerent attitude – but this time, he says he’s reformed

The Guardian - US · Oct 16, 2022

Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel

WASHINGTON — In the next Congress, Susan Collins of Maine is expected to be the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s powerful Defense panel, sources say.

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

Boston Fed's Collins says 'higher unemployment' needed

Susan Collins, the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said says that a higher unemployment rate will be needed to bring down inflation from unusually high levels, but suggested any economic downturn would likely be modest

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

Jan. 6 committee-led elections bill passes House, but has an uncertain Senate future

WASHINGTON — The House quickly took up and passed its response to a Senate proposal on how to overhaul a 135-year-old law governing the counting of presidential electoral votes, sending the hot-button issue back to the other side of the Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022

The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election

The bill would amend the Electoral Count Act, which legal experts have called vague and confusing. The legislation is similar to a somewhat narrower bill from a bipartisan group of senators.

WEKU · Sep 21, 2022

Jan. 6 committee-led elections bill passes House, but has an uncertain Senate future - Roll Call

Lawmakers in both chambers are hoping to update the Electoral Count Act of 1887, but can’t agree on how — and time is slipping away.

Roll Call · Sep 21, 2022

Congress eyes strongest response yet to Jan. 6 attack

House Democrats are voting this week on changes to a 19th century law for certifying presidential elections

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Democrats punt same-sex marriage vote until after election

Democrats are punting a vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages until after the November midterm elections, a blow for the legislation that comes days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to put the Senate on the record on the issue “in the coming weeks.”

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Same-sex marriage bill stalls in Senate amid GOP opposition - Roll Call

Senate Democrats punted a vote on a bill to bolster same-sex marriage rights until after the midterm elections Thursday.

Roll Call · Sep 15, 2022