Offices are having to divert staff from processing claims to answering the SSA call line. That means the actual *work* isn’t being done. Which will only lead to more calls.
It's a vicious cycle.
This is what happens when you let an rogue agency like DOGE decide how our government should be run.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Maine District 1
Chellie Pingree
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Voting Record — 550
Yes40%
No55%
Present1%
Not Voting5%
Party align98%
Cross-party1%
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Chellie Pingree
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratMaine District 1
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Three-hour wait times.
Severe delays in processing.
People literally in tears.
Staff cuts at the SSA are creating chaos across the country—including in Maine.
Demand for SS benefits is surging, and the Administration thinks it’s a good idea to slash SSA staff to the lowest level in 50 years?
Between the Big Ugly Bill and the Epstein circus, some awful stuff is getting lost in the shuffle.
Case in point: DoD will no longer share vital weather data with forecasters.
Just as hurricane season is about to kick off.
This might be the most anti-science Administration in U.S. history.
Last week, I sent out a survey to ~300K Mainers, asking if they support releasing the Epstein files.
96% said "Yes."
You don’t see this kind of consensus on *anything* these days. It’s clearly struck a nerve.
The American people are demanding transparency and accountability.
Release the files.
I cannot stop thinking about Gaza and the unconscionable humanitarian crisis unfolding there.
Children are starving to death.
People are being shot while waiting for aid.
The US is complicit in these atrocities. Not a penny more to Netanyahu.
What we heard from workers and leadership was clear: they need stable funding, a reliable workforce pipeline, and a Congress that has their backs.
Grateful to join my colleagues there today in making sure their voices are heard—and their priorities reflected—in the federal budget.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard represents the best of public service—skilled, dedicated workers whose work strengthens our national security every day.
Today, @wassermanschultz.house.gov, @repgoodlander.bsky.social and I saw firsthand the dedication + expertise that keep this critical facility running.
More extreme heat, supercharged hurricanes, crop failures, and thousand-year floods already impact millions of Americans every year.
Climate change is an existential threat. Mitigating it will require real, meaningful, and sustained action—and a government that actually believe in science.
Trump and the EPA are trying to make climate denial official U.S. policy—by claiming that climate change poses no threat to public health or the environment.
Greenhouse gases released from human activities are *the* biggest driver of climate change. That’s not opinion. That’s scientific fact.
I commend the citizens of Wells who are exercising their right to peaceful assembly on behalf of their friends and neighbors.
I hope we all can work together to create policies that respect the dignity of every person who calls our state home—while upholding public safety.
People are rightfully alarmed. For months, a group of citizens has been gathering every Saturday to peacefully protest the partnership.
It’s surreal reading about this in the NYT. But it does go to show how, when ordinary citizens make their voices heard, even a small town can make a lot of noise.
For a beach community that relies on foreign workers, the Town of Wells partnering with ICE is proving to have a chilling effect.
If you’re hearing stories about legal workers being swept up in other cities and towns across the country, at what point do you decide that job isn’t worth the risk?
Republicans want to privatize the USPS. This would have disastrous implications, especially for people in rural communities.
I’m proud to have cosponsored several bills that would ensure the USPS *never* goes private, and I remain committed to protecting and strengthening this vital institution.
Did you know the USPS was created a year *before* the Declaration of Independence was written? That’s how important it was.
It does more than deliver mail. It keeps us connected + informed.
It ensures everyone is heard, served, and counted, no matter where they live.
It strengthens our democracy.
Today, as we mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Postal Service, let’s take a moment to recognize and celebrate this critical agency that so many Mainers and Americans rely on.
The scale of the suffering in Gaza is horrifying.
Nearly 100,000 are suffering from severe malnutrition.
Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 aid-seekers since May, according to the UN.
People are starving.
Children are dying.
It’s unconscionable.
Lifesaving aid must be delivered immediately.
In 2009, the federal minimum wage was raised to $7.25.
It hasn’t gone up a penny since.
Democrats have fought for years to make the minimum wage a living wage. But Republicans have blocked every attempt—keeping people in poverty while the rich get richer and corporate profits soar.
Enough!
The American people deserve to know the truth: about who’s in these files, what they did, and how some of the world’s most powerful people could escape accountability for so long.
More importantly, the victims deserve real justice—a justice they’ve been denied for years.
Release the files.
Republicans have stonewalled every attempt to make the Epstein files public, culminating in Speaker Johnson’s desperate decision to send everyone home.
Their fealty to Trump is so total that they’d rather abdicate their duties—literally run away and hide—than risk incriminating the President.
Today, it’s renaming the Opera House "The First Lady Melania Trump Opera House."
What’s next? “Trump Center for the Performing Arts?”
The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to JFK, a President who deeply appreciated the arts and their power to unite people.
The contrast couldn't be starker.
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Voting History
550 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-09-10 | H.R. 3838 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-09-09 | H. Res. 682 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-09 | H. Res. 682 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-08 | H.R. 3425 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-09-08 | H.R. 3424 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.R. 4553 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.J. Res. 105 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.J. Res. 106 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-04 | H.J. Res. 104 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-03 | H. Res. 539 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-03 | H. Res. 672 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-03 | H. Res. 672 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-02 | H.R. 747 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-02 | H.R. 4216 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-23 | H.R. 4275 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-23 | H.R. 3357 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-22 | H.R. 1917 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-22 | H.R. 3937 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-21 | H.R. 3351 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-21 | H.R. 3095 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Passed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H.R. 4016 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-18 | H. Res. 590 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-18 | H. Res. 590 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 1919 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.