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Maine House Upholds LePage's Veto of Medicaid Expansion Funding Bill

Robert F. Bukaty
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Associated Press
Legislators push the yay or nay buttons while casting their votes the House Chamber, Wednesday, May 5, 2018, at the State House in Augusta, Maine.

AUGUSTA, Maine - The Maine House of Representatives Monday upheld Gov. Paul LePage's veto of a bill that would have funded voter-approved Medicaid expansion in Maine.

The vote was 85 to 60, not enough to reach the two-thirds threshold necessary to override the governor's veto.

Lawmakers are back in Augusta to consider about three-dozen bills LePage has vetoed, along with bonds and legislation held up by politics. 

The Republican governor has chastised lawmakers for trying to spend all of Maine's $141 million surplus funds. Meanwhile, the ongoing special session is costing Maine taxpayers roughly $40,000 per day.
 
LePage also wants lawmakers to slow down future voter-approved increases to the state's minimum wage. Such conservative efforts have failed this year, but LePage's proposal has become a bargaining chip.
 
Lawmakers are holding up widely supported tax code reform legislation and a bond package.

This story will be updated.