AUGUSTA — Republican Sen. Susan Collins won’t be unopposed on the primary ballot. The head of a group that opposed same-sex marriage in Maine says he will offer a conservative voice in the GOP primary. Erick Bennett, director of the Maine Equal Rights Center, said he was filing his paperwork Monday. Bennett accused Collins of […]
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Florida congressman taking leave after cocaine conviction
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Florida Republican Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel said Wednesday he was taking a leave of absence from Congress and donating his salary to charity after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and receiving a sentence of a year’s probation. Radel made the announcement at a crowded news conference where […]
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Macdonald offers support to 2nd District candidate Poliquin
LEWISTON — Lewiston Mayor Bob Macdonald said on Monday that he is supporting Bruce Poliquin in the race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District in 2014. Poliquin, a Republican and former state treasurer, is running for the open seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, a Democrat who is running for governor. “I encourage you to also […]
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Coming out has been positive for Michaud
PORTLAND — When the intensely private Rep. Mike Michaud laid bare his private life and announced he’s gay, one openly gay congressman joked that the Maine Democrat had never registered on his “gaydar.” As he prepares to return to Capitol Hill this week as the seventh openly gay member of the U.S. House, Michaud said […]
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J. Harwood Jr.: Vote them out
The present U.S. Congress is the worst one this nation has had in a long time. But if voters in the U.S.A. continue to re-elect some or most of them, there is no one to blame but voters themselves. We need to get the do-nothings out of office. James Harwood Jr., Lewiston
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S. Richardson: Bring back the pride in America
During elections, voters make decisions on who they think will best represent their beliefs. Congresspeople try to do what they are sent to do. Later, the free-thinkers align with the good old boys to gain public attention, power, full health insurance and regular cost of living pay increases that they feel they deserve. Working people […]
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Cal Thomas: Just say ‘no’ to underwriting more debt
The fiasco in Washington over the partial government shutdown, raising the debt ceiling and deepening animosity between Republicans and Democrats (and Republicans and Republicans), has left many asking if there is any way out of this bitter, endless cycle. There may be. The Financial Times recently suggested that America’s largest foreign creditor — China — […]
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J. Baird: Washington in a mess
On Channel 13 recently there was a gentlemen, John Joyal from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, who stated he was upset that he had been “sequestered” after working there for 37 years. I have news for Mr. Joyal — the public is supposed to do as President Obama says. Does anyone doubt me? A headline on […]
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J. Libby: They should do their job
When it comes time to vote again, I am going to do a lot more thinking than I have ever done before about anything I can think of about a candidate. When I heard about the problems with the death benefit program for veterans’ survivors, it was like a nightmare — that U.S. officials could […]
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L. Gilbert: Senate bill would help middle class
There is good news out of Washington for a change: legislation has been introduced in Congress that would end some of the worst forms of corporate tax dodging. The “Stop Tax Haven Abuse” Act would raise $220 billion over the next decade to eliminate incentives to ship jobs overseas, reverse destructive budget cuts like the […]