Despite picking up some Republican votes, Democrats were still two votes short of passing the supplemental budget.

The Maine Senate once again failed to pass emergency legislation with enough support to fund a $118 million shortfall in MaineCare spending.

The bill aims to fill a nearly $120 million funding shortfall in MaineCare — the state's Medicaid program — and to provide $2 million to help address a looming spruce budworm infestation in the commercial forests of northern Maine.