Maine's congressional delegation was divided Friday over a short-term funding bill designed to keep the federal government open until late November.

The measure cleared the House but stalled in the Senate amid Democrats' demands that it include extending health insurance subsidies — used by more than 54,000 Mainers via the Affordable Care Act — that are set to expire later this year. The stalemate increases chances the government will shut down at the end of the month.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden was the lone Democrat to join House Republicans in voting for the bill, which mostly extended current spending through November but added $88 million to beef up security for Congress and the executive branch.

Golden argued that the stopgap bill would buy Congress more time to negotiate

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