AUGUSTA — The League of Conservation Voters on Wednesday released its annual scorecard for Congress, giving Maine’s U.S. Sen. Angus King, an independent, and 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, perfect scores of 100. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, received a 60, while 2nd District Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Republican, received a score of 9. […]
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Good Shepherd hopes Shaw’s reinstates donations statewide
AUBURN — News that Shaw’s Supermarkets had reversed its decision to discontinue donations to a Brunswick-area food bank earlier this week had officials at the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn hopeful the grocer would reinstate donations statewide. When Shaw’s discontinued donations of perishable foods that were near their expiration dates in 2013, the impact […]
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Maine’s Congressional delegation says ‘no’ to government shutdown
As federal lawmakers wrestle with the latest specter of a government shutdown, Maine’s Congressional delegation appears to be mostly unified in their stance against closing the government’s doors — again. A 17-day federal government shutdown in 2013 resulted in millions of dollars lost to Maine’s economy and billions being lost to the national economy. The […]
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Rep. Chellie Pingree files disclosure report without Donald Sussman info
Maine’s 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has filed her financial disclosure report for 2014, nearly four months after the original May 15 deadline. Pingree, a Democrat, filed the report Tuesday but excluded any financial information about her billionaire husband and Wall Street hedge fund manager, S. Donald Sussman, also announcing she and Sussman were […]
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Maine’s Pingree blows past second deadline for financial disclosure in Washington
Maine’s 1st District U.S. congresswoman, Democrat Chellie Pingree, has twice missed a deadline to file a disclosure of her personal finances for 2014 with the clerk of the U.S. House. Pingree sought and was granted an extension to the May 15 deadline in April, but she missed her new Aug. 15 deadline and is one […]
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Pingree, Poliquin united against bill to ban GMO labeling
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s two congressional representatives don’t always see eye to eye but they joined forces this week against a proposed law that would ban states from requiring food manufacturers to label products that contain genetically modified organisms. U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, and Bruce Poliquin, R-2nd District, both voted against the bill, […]
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King, Pingree urge federal government to buy more Maine blueberries
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Angus King and Maine’s 1st District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree are urging the federal government to purchase more of their state’s blueberry crop. The lawmakers have written to the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking the department to buy 18 million pounds of frozen Maine wild blueberries to use in school lunch and […]
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‘My person’s not the problem’: Despite distaste for Congress, Mainers keep re-electing incumbents
PORTLAND — Public approval ratings for Congress nationwide have plummeted to a point where, in some places, even seemingly entrenched incumbents, such as Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, were overthrown. But in Maine, the seemingly widespread disapproval of Congress hasn’t tarnished voters’ opinions of the people they send to represent the state […]
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Pingree: Biden to tour Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
KITTERY — Vice President Joe Biden is paying a visit to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard this week. Joining him on Wednesday will be U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Rep. Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire, along with Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud of Maine. The shipyard announced the visit on Sunday. Pingree said Sunday that […]