AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER Maine) — In a radio interview Thursday with WVOM-FM, Gov. Paul LePage issued a warning to legislators that they should be ready to spend more time in Augusta.
Gov. LePage said he still wants the state legislature to deal with two of his top issues: Protecting poor seniors from losing their homes to foreclosure and slowing the increase in Maine's minimum wage.
So far, lawmakers have not been willing to do either of those things.
The governor said the next voting day, July 23, will be crucial.
"I will tell you, the legislature will be here until Election Day," LePage told WVOM-FM. "Because I will call them back every day until they deal with my elderly bill and they deal with minimum wage. And George, starting the 23rd of July, I will be calling them every day."
Legislators are still arguing over how to fix a problem with the clean elections law and whether to make Maine's income tax laws match the changes in federal tax rules made by Congress.
Lawmakers may take up those issues on July 23 along with any new vetoes.