Topic: Maine
GOP moderates may be a vanishing breed, but not Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are thriving.In a narrowly divided Senate, the two women who are willing to buck their conservative GOP colleagues enjoy outsized influence. She was front and center ...
Attorney general says nation must keep 'core values' to keep citizens safe in terrorism fightKeeping the country safe from terrorism is a real concern, and the United States must not abandon the rule of law as it did in the early days ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Maine Senator Olympia Snowe became the most-watched lawmaker in the U.S. healthcare debate by following one of the oldest and most pragmatic of maxims -- that all politics is local.Snowe, 62, broke party ranks Tuesday, the sole Republican in ...
The female maverick of the Republican Party is Sen. Olympia Snowe.The 62-year-old, moderate Maine lawmaker voted on Tuesday for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party and giving a major boost to President Barack Obama's drive to expand coverage to ...
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who is elected by the majority party to lead the House. The table provides a complete list of speakers of the House of Representatives.
The way most media outlets have treated the American Bar Association's unanimous " For instance, the FEC Web site indicates the ABA committee's chairman, Kim Askew, gave $2,000 to Democratic Party campaigns like that of Sen. Barbara Boxer of California; Obama administration ...
May 29, 1995, Skowhegan), American popular and influential public official who became the first woman to serve in both U.S. houses of Congress.. Margaret Chase attended high school in her native Skowhegan, Maine, graduating in 1916. In 1930 she married Clyde H. ...
Officials say no charges planned in Obama 'shotgun pool' sign at Maine storeAuthorities in Maine say no charges are planned against the owner of a store where a sign invited customers to bet on a date when President-elect Barack Obama would be ...
Battle for control of state legislatures carries high stakes nationwidePolitical control of several key state legislatures could change hands on Election Day, raising the chance for one-party domination of swing states Michigan and Pennsylvania, booming Nevada and Northeast giant New York.Democrats are ...
One of the most common misperceptions about the presidential election is that on November 4, we will have a national election to select our next President. George Bush lost New Mexico and Iowa to Al Gore but won them in 2004 against ...