Here is a partial list of vetoes from Gov. Paul LePage’s office

Top $5 Million Line-Item Vetoes:
$4,154,891 – Non-citizen funding for SNAP, TANF, and SSI
These reductions bring the budget back in line with the Governor’s proposed elimination of
TANF, SNAP, and SSI welfare for legal non-citizens.
$1,000,000 – Payment to Federal Qualified Healthcare Centers (FQHC)
This is a $1 million allocation to FQHCs, which already receive an enhanced Medicaid match for
services rendered, as well as federal funding. The municipality that would benefit the most is
Portland.
$200,000 – Frances Perkins Homestead
This allocation would buy a private residence in Newcastle, Maine.
$500,000 – Maine Department of Transportation Study of Passenger Rail Service
MDOT completed a similar study in 2011. A new study will not provide any different
information. The estimated cost to expand passenger rail from Portland to Lewiston could be
between $107 million to $234 million.
$200,000 – Historic Preservation Commission
This allocation provides funds to the Wood Island Life Saving Station Association for the
planning, design and restoration of the Wood Island Life Saving Station in Kittery.
Line-item vetoes of the Appropriation Committee’s “$4 Million Christmas Tree”
*It is important to note that while the Governor line-item vetoed the funding below, the programs
and/or services may be worthy of receiving taxpayer money. However, the Governor maintains
this funding should not have been snuck into the budget late at night without a public discussion
about the merits of each initiative.
“An Act to Appropriate Funds to Help Restore the Historic Wood Island Saving Station in
Kittery”
Sponsor: Sen. Dawn Hill $200,000
“An Act to Provide Funding to the Department of Transportation to Complete the Assessment of
the Completion of the State-owned St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Line”
Sponsor: Rep. Jared Golden
$150,000

 Meals on Wheels Medicaid Reimbursement
Sponsor: Rep. Linda Sanborn
$55,000
“An Act to implement the Recommendations of the Task Force to End Student Hunger in Maine”
Sponsor: Sen. Justin Alfond
$80,755
“An Act to Create Community Schools”
Sponsor: Sen. Rebecca Millett
$150,000
Payment to Federal Qualified Healthcare Centers (FQHC)
Sponsor: Sen. Roger Katz
$1,000,000
“An Act to Support School Nutrition”
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Johnson
$15,700
“An Act to Attract Young People to Maine by Expanding the job Creation Through Educational
Opportunity Program”
Sponsor: Sen. Justin Alfond
$304,000
“An Act to Expand Access to Workforce Development at Brunswick Landing”
Sponsor: Sen. Stan Gerzofsky
$410,982
Put ME to Work
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Eves
$1,000,000
Addition to Drug Court Appropriation
Sponsor: Rep. Aaron Frey
$300,000
Increase funding for Peer Support Centers
Sponsor: Rep. Peter Stuckey
$125,000
Computer Crimes
Sponsor: Sen. Bill Diamond
$85,769
TOTAL $3,978,374

 A complete list of all line-item vetoes is forthcoming.