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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week Among other legislation, the Senate passed the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act, to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally. Targeted News Service Share Along with the week’s roll call votes, the Senate also passed the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act (H.R. 221), to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally; and the Combating Pandemic Scams Act (H.R. 6435), to direct the Federal Trade Commission to develop and disseminate information to the public about scams related to COVID-19. HOUSE VOTES VETE...

US attorney resigns to join appeals court To take vacancy left when Barrett moved up to Supreme Court JIM CHAPMAN | The Journal Gazette A federal prosecutor who served northern Indiana, including Fort Wayne, formally resigned Friday to replace Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on a federal appeals court in Chicago. President Donald Trump appointed Thomas L. Kirsch II as United States attorney for Indiana's Northern District in 2017. Trump also named Kirsch as Barrett's replacement before she was confirmed to the high court in October. Kirsch will become a circuit Judge for the 7th Cir...

GOP senator joins 'The Story' to discuss calls for special counsel to investigate president-elect's son Democrats on Wednesday and early Thursday expressed concern over the fact President-elect Joe Biden's list for possible nominees for attorney general includes Merrick Garland, a judge on the highly consequential U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  Garland is a widely respected judge who was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by former President Barack Obama in 2016 before the presidential election, though the Senate refused to take up his nomination. His qualifications for atto...

December 16, 2020 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee The top four congressional leaders will continue negotiating a Covid-19 relief package today that they could attach to crucial spending legislation ahead of Friday’s deadline to keep the government open. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) met for several hours last night, reporting progress in the talks but with no agreement in hand. The leaders held two rounds of extended...

Senate Confirms Another Trump Judicial Nominee, 36, to Lifetime Judgeship During Lame Duck Session Matt Naham The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Wednesday, during a lame duck session, confirmed former federal prosecutor  Katherine A. Crytzer, 36, to a lifetime judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. The vote was 48-47. Confirmed, 48-47: Executive Calendar #932 Katherine A. Crytzer to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. A vacancy opened up on the court in early September, when Judge Pamela Reeves died after...