Maine House votes down supplemental budget

Democrats fail to advance the budget - now what?

On Wednesday, February 18, the Maine House voted down LD 210, the supplemental budget, with six Democrats joining Republicans in opposition. Although it’s technically a supplemental budget, since Democrats passed their partisan baseline budget earlier this year, it’s essentially most of the budget for the forthcoming biennium.

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The Maine Senate later approved the plan, so the vote referenced above was not the final word. Still, while the budget will likely eventually be passed after some arm-wrangling, this represents an embarrassing defeat for Maine governor Janet Mills, with her party in full control of both chambers.

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