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58 Maine House Republicans voted to uphold Gov. LePage\u2019s veto of a bill to fund the first year of voter-approved Medicaid expansion in the state. Help #VoteThemOut by volunteering for their opponents\u2019 campaigns. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text admin_label=”Issue, Action” _builder_version=”3.0.89″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n SUM Working Group C2A<\/strong><\/p>\n Last November, Maine became the first state in the country to <\/span>expand Medicaid by voter referendum,<\/span><\/a> and July 2, Medicaid expansion became the law of the land. Under the voter-approved expansion, 70,000 Mainers\u2014including 3,000 veterans\u2014will gain access to critical health care and the state will receive a windfall of <\/span>$500 million new federal health care dollars<\/span><\/a> and an estimated 6,000 new jobs. Despite this, Gov. LePage has stalled on funding the state\u2019s share of expansion. In the spring, the Legislature passed LD 837, a <\/span>$60 million bipartisan bill<\/span><\/a> that fully funds Medicaid expansion for the first year, using funds from a budget surplus and a portion of Maine\u2019s share of the tobacco settlement. As expected, the governor <\/span>vetoed the bill<\/span><\/a>\u2014the seventh time he\u2019s vetoed Medicaid expansion legislation since taking office. On July 9, <\/span>58 House Republicans<\/span><\/a>\u2014most of whom are up for re-election\u2014voted to sustain LePage\u2019s veto. The fate of Medicaid expansion is now <\/span>in the hands of the courts<\/span><\/a>. Meanwhile, most of the 58 Republicans who ignored Maine voters are on the campaign trail. Find your legislators on the <\/span>Legislature website<\/span><\/a> and read the <\/span>roll call<\/span><\/a> to see how they voted on LD 837.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n These 58 House Republicans are the latest in a long line of legislators who ignore Maine voters. Help #VoteThemOut by volunteering for their opponents’ campaigns<\/span><\/strong><\/span>. Find candidates\u2019 contact info in\u00a0<\/span>this Google sheet<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”MoC\/Legislators contact section” _builder_version=”3.0.89″ custom_padding=”41px|0px|0px|0px” global_module=”3386″][et_pb_row global_parent=”3386″ custom_width_px=”1778px” custom_padding=”||0px|30px” custom_margin=”|||” background_color=”#00417f” _builder_version=”3.0.89″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#efb217″ module_alignment=”center”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Collins, King” global_parent=”3386″ _builder_version=”3.0.89″]<\/p>\n Email<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Twitter Sen. 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THE ACTION<\/span><\/h4>\n
Sen. Susan Collins (R)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n
\n<\/a><\/span>Washington, DC (202) 224-2523<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Washington, DC: (202) 224-5344<\/span><\/p>\nRep. Chellie Pingree
\n(D-CD1)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n
\n<\/span>Washington, DC: (202) 225-6116\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRep. Bruce Poliquin
\n(R-CD2)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n
\n<\/span>Washington<\/span>,<\/span> DC: (202) 225-6306<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMaine House:
\n<\/strong>1-800-423-2900\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\nMaine Senate:
\n<\/strong>1-800-423-6900<\/span><\/h4>\n