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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
Snowe, Collins approve payroll tax cut
Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine voted in favor of a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut today, but split their votes on a $1 trillion spending bill.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2011
Snowe: Balanced budget amendment needed to restrain free spenders
The Maine senator delivers the Republican response to President Obama’s weekly address.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2011
Panel’s debt-deal failure could hurt Maine in later years
WASHINGTON — The failure of the congressional “supercommittee” to reach a deal on the federal deficit could hit Maine hard.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2011
Hinck joins bids against Snowe
WASHINGTON — Democrat Jon Hinck is heading north Nov. 12 to make official his bid to win the U.S. Senate seat held by GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2011
Hinck to announce U.S. Senate candidacy in Orono
Rep. Jon Hinck’s official entrance into the race will set up a Democratic primary pitting him against former Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2011
Dunlap officially enters race against Snowe
The former Democratic Secretary of State files papers with the Federal Election Commission.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2011
Collins embarks on 3-day trip to Jordan, Turkey
WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins left today for a three-day trip to Jordan and Turkey. The Maine Republican is attending the World Economic Forum in Jordan, where she was invited to address the forum on the role of women’s political and economic equality in the democracy movement happening in a number of Arab countries, according […]
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PublishedOctober 21, 2011
Maine lawmakers support Obama on troop withdrawal
WASHINGTON — Maine lawmakers are expressing bipartisan support of President Obama’s announcement today that all U.S. combat troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year, though Sen. Susan Collins expressed a note of caution. Collins, R-Maine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that, “Given the failure of […]
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PublishedOctober 21, 2011
Senate may OK trucks using all Maine interstates
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday night was on the verge of passing legislation that would allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds to exit Maine’s side roads and drive back onto all of the state’s interstate highways.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2011
Senate nearing OK of heavier trucks on all interstates
The Senate could vote on the measure as early as this evening.
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