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December 17, 2009
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JASON LEVESQUE COMMENTS ON CONGRESSMAN MICHAUD’S VOTES TO SPEND MAINE’S FUTURE GENERATIONS INTO GREATER DEBT
Mike Michaud Vote to Allow Congress to Spend More Money…Then Votes to Spend it.
Auburn, Maine – [...]
One of the more interesting things to examine about Maine’s recent fight over same sex marriage is the cohesion of the people of a particular district (in this case, we will be examining the 35 Senate districts) to the vote of the elected representatives of those districts.
In other words, identifying [...]
Advocates of gay marriage suffered yet another blow yesterday, as the New York State Senate voted 24-38 to reject a proposal that would have legalized same-sex marriages in the state of New York. Governor Patterson had pledged to sign the legislation.
This comes right on the heels of the Maine [...]
Once again the speculation begins – Politico is reporting that Senator Susan Collins has made a number of amendment requests, something that may signal her willingness to sign on to healthcare reform, were it to include certain changes. They believe that she is “up for grabs”.
The crux of their [...]
Last night, the United States Senate held a key procedural vote to begin consideration of Harry Reid’s healthcare reform bill, and both of Maine’s Senators voted against consideration of the bill.
The final tally was directly along the party line, with 60 Democrats voting to consider and 39 Republicans voting against [...]
Sen. Collins votes against even debating the Senate health care reform bill, which looks an awful lot like the Obama plan that she termed, "pretty good" during the 2008 campaign.In a statement, Collins calls the bill "divisive" and "partisan."
Divisive and partisan, indeed.
When you boil it down, Sen. Collins seems to be saying that she voted against Part D before she voted for it.[...]
