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The Portland Press Herald and the Associated Press reported seven legislators tried to enter the State House without COVID face coverings, defying house rules.
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Lawmakers lose committee assignments after breaking State House mask rule
Seven conservative legislators, arguing that Gov. Mills has lifted the mask mandate, entered the building without wearing the face coverings required by the Legislative Council in a ruling last week.
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Seven lawmakers – six Republicans and one Libertarian – were stripped of their committee assignments after they entered the State House in Augusta on Monday without the face coverings required by the Legislative Council last week.
A video of the incident provided by one of the Republican lawmakers shows an officer with the Capitol Police confronting the seven legislators at the security checkpoint just inside the building, explaining that under the Legislature’s rules face masks must be worn by those in the building.