Altshuler says this isn t a fight worth having for liberals. I think showing a driver s license or some kind of ID, as long as there s a variety of ways you can show it, it s a small thing to do to make sure that there s no question that you re voting in the right town, he said.
Richardson says for anyone looking to improve election security and integrity, having some way of verifying who you are when you vote is a good idea.
Earmarks are back in Washington. Congress banned these funding initiatives requested by members a decade ago after some egregious abuses, but is now restoring the procedure with new rules.
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Harriman says Democrats are going to regret having done this because it will harm chances of getting bipartisan support for other measures. He believes Republicans would have come to a two-thirds budget because they would not want to be responsible for a government shutdown.
Betsy Sweet believes Republicans in Augusta forced the issue by dragging their feet on the recent supplemental budget.
She says Democrats have pass what amounts to a continuing resolution, which allows towns to work on local budgets and lets everyone know what they can expect.
Sweet says, Now they can get to the work of making changes, things that they need to add or subtract to the budget. I think it was a good move.
Political Brew: Budget compromise, a special election, fillibusters and grading the governor
An attorney and radio talk host, Democrat Ken Altshuler, and former Republican state Senator Phil Harriman talk Maine politics in this week s Political Brew segment. Author: Pat Callaghan Updated: 12:54 PM EDT March 16, 2021
MAINE, USA As the Maine Legislature convened for the first time this year, they faced an urgent matter – passing a supplemental budget for the remainder of this fiscal year. Because it required a two-thirds majority for enactment, minority Republicans were able to exercise some influence, and the compromise wasn t finalized until the wee hours of Friday morning, right before they had to vacate the Augusta Civic Center to make way for a vaccination clinic.
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