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federal budget

Published
August 15, 2023

Our View: Federal funding reminds us of Maine public libraries’ potential

A shot in the arm for libraries across the state rightly focuses on the expanded role that they’re playing in our communities.
Published
August 8, 2023

Commentary: Republican voters are pushing their party toward a shutdown

The party’s electorate tends to prefer confrontation to pragmatism, which does not bode well for budget negotiations this fall.
Published
August 6, 2023

Commentary: Celebrating 3 years of the Great American Outdoors Act

The two major projects enabled by the historic investment in national parks are just a fraction of Acadia’s $120 million backlog in deferred maintenance and repairs.
Published
July 26, 2023

Clarence Page: It is high time to put political differences aside for the good of the country

Sen. Tommy Tuberville's effort to hold military promotions hostage to politics over providing military personnel access to abortion violates his pledge to support our troops and their families.
Published
July 19, 2023

Clarence Page: Defense bill no longer a no-brainer, as Speaker McCarthy gives in to far-right faction

Congress used to pass Pentagon funding with an easy bipartisan coalition. In the era of culture wars, that’s over.

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Published
June 4, 2023

Commentary: Congress should freeze Pentagon spending

We’re dramatically overspending on defense relative to our genuine needs. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Published
May 30, 2023

Commentary: Social Security needs our help if we want it to deliver for us

It’s time for Congress to stop starving the Social Security Administration of the resources it needs to serve the public efficiently and effectively.
Published
May 10, 2023

Maine Voices: Mainers have a strong voice – tell Sen. Collins why Maine needs science funding

With a federal budget battle underway, an oceanographer seeks help advocating for NOAA, the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Published
March 9, 2023

Biden lays out his budget plan, challenges Republicans to follow suit

If Biden and Congress fail to increase the statutory debt cap of $31.4 trillion by this summer, the government could default on payments and shove the U.S. economy into a recession.
Published
February 25, 2023

Jim Fossel: We need more than one type of federal budget cut

It’s a fantasy to presume that we can slash federal spending without touching Social Security or Medicare. But we can – and should – make defense spending more efficient.