Jared Golden

The bipartisan 231-195 came after Golden, D-District 2, used a parliamentary maneuver known as a "discharge petition" to force a vote on the measure despite opposition from House Republican leaders who typically control the floor agenda.

The two members of Maine's delegations serve on the House and Senate committees that oversee the Defense Department and whose bipartisan leaders have already pledged to look into the incident in the Caribbean.

In a rare feat, more than half of the 435-member House signed onto Golden's "discharge petition" to force a vote — likely sometime in early-December — to rescind what the Maine Democrat describes as blatant "union busting."

Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of treason and sedition punishable by death after the group — all veterans and former intelligence officers — posted a video pointing out that the law requires military and intelligence personnel to refuse to follow illegal or unconstitutional orders.

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, of Maine's 1st District, voted against the bill because it failed to extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. But 2nd District U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has argued since September against his party's strategy of linking the government funding bill to the ACA tax credits.

Collins, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, has largely blamed Democrats for the shutdown. Democrats, meanwhile, accuse Republicans of refusing to negotiate on extending health care premium subsidies for millions of Americans.

Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat representing Maine's Trump-friendly 2nd Congressional District, reiterated his support for releasing files related to the government's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein scandal that has been amplified and nurtured by the president and other Republican politicians.

A moratorium on new regulations intended to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales is set to expire at the end of 2028. Lobster fishing groups and Rep. Jared Golden are asking Congress to extend it for another decade.

The bill by Golden and a Pennsylvania Republican would reverse a March executive order by President Trump that sought to eliminate collective bargaining rights for roughly 1 million federal workers.

The so-called "Back the Blue" Act would impose a mandatory minimum 30-year sentence for killing a U.S. judge, police officer, firefighter, chaplain, or ambulance crew member. Offenders would also be subject to the death penalty.