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	Maine Senate 123rd
		Senator Joseph C. Brannigan of Cumberland has the distinction of being the senior member of the Senate, while Senator Philip Bartlett II of Cumberland is the junior member this session.
		Senator Peter Mills of Somerset has the longest overall Senate service, having served 5 terms beginning in the 117th (1994); he begins his sixth term in the Senate.
		Senator Martin is also the Senator who has served in the earliest Legislature, having been elected to the House in the 102nd Legislature (1965).
	www.maine.gov /legis/senate (299 words)

	Olympia Snowe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was re-elected to the House in 1974, and, in 1976, won election to the Maine Senate, representing Androscoggin County.
		Snowe was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, and represented Maine's 2nd Congressional District from 1979-1994.
		On May 23, 2005, Snowe was one of fourteen moderate senators, known as the Gang of 14, to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of the filibuster on judicial nominees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympia_Snowe (1234 words)

	Olympia Snowe for President in 2008 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Senator Olympia J. Snowe, the senior Republican Senator for the State of Maine, is known nationally for her work on budget deficit reduction, defense, health care, education technology, women's issues, and student financial aid.
		Senator Snowe had been the fourth woman ever to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where she was the first woman Senator to chair the Subcommittee on Seapower, which oversees the Navy and Marine Corps.
		A former member of the Senate Budget Committee, she was a key voice in establishing education as a priority within the context of the first balanced budget since 1969, and in 1999, 2000, and 2001 authored the amendment that for the first time created a reserve fund for a Medicare prescription drug benefit.
	www.olympiasnowe2008.com /pub/biography.asp (1318 words)

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		Senator Snowe, a Republican, is known nationally for her work on budget deficit reduction, fiscal issues, health care, women's issues and foreign affairs.
		Senator Snowe also serves on the Senate Budget Committee; the Senate Committee on Small Business; and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, where she chairs the subcommittee on International Operations and serves on the subcommittee on European Affairs, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; and African Affairs.
		Senator Snowe was also a member of the House Budget Committee; the House Foreign Affairs Committee; and was a leading member of the former House Select Committee on Aging, where she served as Ranking Republican on its Subcommittee on Human Services.
	www.mith2.umd.edu /WomensStudies/GovernmentPolitics/WomeninCongress/Biographies/Senate/snowe-olympia (484 words)

	Maine Senate OKs Resolution Opposing War in Iraq
		Hundreds of people have been calling Maine Senate offices during the past two days and nearly all of the calls have been in support of the resolution, according to Nina Wickenheiser, senior office administrator for the Senate Majority Office, which received 50 to 75 calls Monday.
		The peace movement in Maine is most active in the midcoast region, Portland, Bangor and Hancock County, said Greg Field, executive director of Peace Action Maine.
		Maine's Thomas Brackett Reed, the powerful speaker of the U.S. House, was so bitterly opposed to the "imperialistic" Spanish-American War that he resigned in protest, Adams said.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0205-04.htm (1375 words)

	University of Maine: Faculty Senate Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The purpose of the University of Maine Faculty Senate is to represent the faculty of the University of Maine in the development of University policies as described in this Constitution.
		Special meetings of the Senate may be called by the President of The University of Maine, by the President, or by the Secretary on request of any ten members of the Senate, provided all members have been notified at least 24 hours in advance of the time and date of the special meeting.
		Recommendations passed by the Senate shall be transmitted to the President of the University of Maine for the appropriate action.
	www.ume.maine.edu /~facsen/constitution.html (2374 words)

	The Maine Senate Democrats
		Senator Beth Edmonds is the second female President of the Maine Senate, and first serving two consecutive terms.
		As Senator representing Brunswick, she was involved with the establishment and selection of the Local Redevelopment Authority that is developing a comprehensive plan for the reuse of the Brunswick Naval Air Station property.
		Senator Edmonds has served as a member of the Maine Advisory Council on Deafness and the Council on Children and Families, and as a member of the State Court Library Committee.
	www.mainesenate.org /edmonds/index.htm (425 words)

	Senate Must Pass Its TANF Bill
		Social workers in Maine and nationally have raised deep concerns about President Bush’s proposed changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and the bill recently passed by the House of Representatives that parallels the administration’s proposals.
		Maine has been a national leader in adopting both an effective and compassionate approach to welfare reform.
		Maine people can be proud that Sen. Snowe’s proposed legislation was modeled after Maine’s “Parents as Scholars Program” initially introduced by then Maine Senate Majority Leader, Chellie Pingree.
	www.naswdc.org /advocacy/welfare/press/collins.asp (778 words)

	Turn Maine Blue
		Senate Democratic leaders are expected to introduce similar legislation soon, and if the support in that chamber is similar to that in the House, President Bush would have no hope of killing the legislation with a veto.
		Even though Maine is one of two states that splits its electoral votes by Congressional district, we still get ignored by the campaigns.
		Yes, Collins has a remarkable 12 year career in the Senate, where she didn't really do anything until Cheney/Bush was elected and they asked her to tote their dirty water.
	turnmaineblue.com (3234 words)

	Senator Olympia J. Snowe
		Senator Snowe is only the fourth woman in history to be elected to both houses of Congress and the first woman in American history to serve in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of Congress.
		A member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, she is the Chair of its Subcommittee on Fisheries and Coast Guard, which oversees America’s fisheries and the Coast Guard.
		She was re-elected in 1974, and was elected to the Maine Senate representing Androscoggin County in 1976.
	snowe.senate.gov /bio.htm (957 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Senator Marge Kilkelly (who represents Windsor) announced that she would not seek reelection to the Maine Senate this November.
		Kilkelly served as Senate Chair during the 118th Legislature for two committees; the Agricultural Conservation & Forestry Committee and the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee.
		Kilkelly is a member of SAM (the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine) and will remain active in many programs to promote hunting and fishing in Maine.
	www.pivot.net /~townline/HTML/20010323ff15.htm (321 words)

	Senate races
		Senate District 26 voters gave 53 percent of their votes to Karl Turner of Cumberland, a Republican who was a Falmouth town councilor for six years.
		Senate District 34 covers the York County towns of Acton, Alfred, Cornish, Hollis, Lebanon, Limerick, Limington, Lyman, Newfield, Parsonsfield, Shapleigh, Waterboro and part of Buxton.
		She is Senate co-chairman of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee, and serves on the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee.
	www.mainetoday.com /election2000/stories/001109met2.shtml (1411 words)

	Maine Senate approves minimum wage hike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		By an 18-17 party-line vote, senators adopted an amendment to increase the base pay from the current $6.25 per hour to $6.50 per hour in two phases, rather than to $7 as the original bill proposed.
		The original bill sought to increase Maine's minimum wage to $6.65 in October 2004 and then to $7 on Oct. 1, 2005.
		As amended in the Senate, it would instead increase the wage by 10 cents an hour in October and another 15 cents, to $6.50 an hour, in October 2005.
	www.bangornews.com /news/templates?a=8241 (382 words)

	Jean Hay Bright for U.S. Senate
		Maine's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Saturday questioned the extent of Sen. Olympia Snowe's involvement in the posting on the internet of directions on how to make a nuclear bomb, as revealed in a New York Times article Friday.
		Maine has the chance on Nov. 7 to elect someone who will shift the direction Congress has paved during the past four years.
		Maine's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jean Hay Bright said Wednesday that Lincoln Chaffee's win in Tuesday's Rhode Island Republican primary bodes well for her race against Republican incumbent Sen. Olympia Snowe.
	www.jeanhaybright.us (1868 words)

	Endorsements - Maine Bankers Association
		Maine BankPAC, the political action committee of the Maine Bankers Association, is pleased to announce its endorsement of the election of Jayne Crosby Giles for the Maine House in District #43.
		Senate District #20 includes all of Lincoln County except for Dresden, the Knox County municipalities of Friendship and Washington, and the Kennebec County town of Windsor.
		Senator Hall was given a weak score of 22 out of a possible 100, by the Maine Economic Research Institute (MERI), in regards to business issues and legislative votes affecting Maine’s economy.
	www.mainebankers.com /index.pl/endorsements2 (2042 words)

	Senate OKs Resolution Opposing War In Iraq
		Hundreds of people have been calling Maine Senate offices during the past two days and nearly all of the calls have been in support of the resolution, according to Nina Wickenheiser, senior office administrator for the Senate Majority Office, which received 50 to 75 calls Monday.
		The Senate Minority Office received at least 50 calls, many of which were targeted at Republican senators in the midcoast region.
		Maine's Thomas Brackett Reed, the powerful speaker of the U.S. House, was so bitterly opposed to the "imperialistic" Spanish-American War that he resigned in protest, Adams said.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article1224.htm (763 words)

	U.S. Senate
		Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) began his rise to national prominence with a speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, in which he charged that Communists had infiltrated federal government agencies.
		To encourage all Americans to learn more about the Constitution, Congress in 2005 established Constitution Day, to be celebrated each year on or near September 17th, the date in 1787 when delegates to the Convention signed the Constitution.
		The United States Senate is proud to commemorate this day with several articles on this Web site, including a feature on a painting depicting Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth composing the Connecticut Compromise, the decision which led to the creation of the Senate and House of Representatives.
	www.senate.gov (450 words)

	Senate advances bill to allow E. Maine casino - Boston.com - Maine - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Maine Senate, voting without a word of debate, gave all-but-final approval Thursday to a bill supported by the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe that would allow slot machines at a harness racing facility that would be developed in eastern Maine.
		AUGUSTA, Maine --The Maine Senate, voting without a word of debate, gave all-but-final approval Thursday to a bill supported by the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe that would allow slot machines at a harness racing facility that would be developed in eastern Maine.
		The initial Senate vote was 19-15, offering a level of support that would be insufficient to overcome a gubernatorial veto.
	www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2005/06/02/senate_advances_bill_to_allow_e_maine_casino?mode=PF (438 words)

	University of Maine at Fort Kent - Valley Vision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Michaud was unanimously elected to the top post in the upper chamber of the Maine Legislature last December under the Senate's unique power sharing arrangement resulting from a first-ever partisan tie.
		First elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1980, the Democrat served seven consecutive terms until his election to the Senate in 1994.
		During his 14 years in the Maine House, Michaud held several leadership positions in the bi-partisan National Conference of State Legislatures and was appointed Speaker Pro Tempore of the House in 1982, a position he held until his election to the State Senate in 1994.
	www.umfk.maine.edu /valleyvision/release/default.cfm?recordID=01084 (583 words)

	Look What's Happening in Maine! -- 12/02/2002
		Ordinarily, I must confess, who controls the Maine Senate is of little interest to me. I figure the folks up there can take care of themselves.
		As Galen explains it, the Maine Senate is comprised of 35 seats.
		As much as I may disagree with much of their platform, when we can ascertain what is in the platform, nevertheless if the Democratic Party is not viable and perceived as honest in the pursuit of its goals, the nation will suffer on account of it.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\Commentary\archive\200212\COM20021202c.html (865 words)

	Wampum: My formal announcement
		In addition, after the 2000 Census, Maine legislative districts were redrawn, and Bill lost a good section of our district, including the more upscale and conservative area, North Deering, in which he grew up.
		Maine does have public financing of elections, but I have chosen to opt out for the primary, namely due to my belief that the $2 million going into the "Clean Elections" fund should be used instead to prevent the devastating cuts to Early Intervention and the Katie Beckett Medicaid Waiver programs.
		Maine would be lucky to have you working on its behalf.
	wampum.wabanaki.net /archives/000782.html (1925 words)

	Senator Chris Hall Walks Out On Disputed Ballot Vote In Senate
		During the last election cycle Senator Hall was involved in the Senate District 16 election dispute.
		Moments before the roll call vote, Senator Hall left the Senate chamber and was marked absent.
		Moments later Senator Hall was standing outside the Senate doors.
	boothbayregister.maine.com /2003-05-29/senator_walks_out.html (210 words)

	Print this Article: Maine senate passes inheritance rights bill \| Advocate.com
		A bill to extend to domestic partners inheritance rights in Maine received preliminary approval by a one-vote margin on Wednesday in the state senate.
		The bill's supporters say it would establish equality in the treatment of domestic partners who are faced with the death of their partner, but opponents say it opens the door to same-sex marriages.
		As amended by an identical 18-17 roll call in the senate, the bill also creates a domestic-partnership registry within the state Health Bureau, in which those who meet certain criteria could register as domestic partners by filing notarized forms with the registry.
	www.advocate.com /print_article_ektid4894.asp (239 words)

	Senator Richard Nass - Maine Senate District 34 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Senator Richard Nass - Maine Senate District 34
		As a legislator for the past 8 years, a former school board member, a U.S. Army veteran, a volunteer firefighter, small businessman and as a citizen of Northern York County for almost 30 years, I understand what is important to the residents of District 34.
		Senate District 34 includes the Towns of Acton, Alfred, Buxton, Cornish, Hollis, Lebanon, Limerick, Limington, Lyman, Newfield, Parsonsfield, Shapleigh and Waterboro.
	www.richardnass.com /welcome.html (193 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Maine News: Michaud leads Maine Senate Democratic team; Daggett is floor leader
		WINTHROP, Maine — The Democratic bloc in the incoming Maine Senate elected its leadership team Wednesday night, unanimously voting for Sen. Michael Michaud of East Millinocket as its candidate for Senate president.
		Goldthwait reiterated her belief that the deadlocked results of the Nov. 7 statewide elections should be honored by a division of authority in the new Senate.
		Goldthwait said Wednesday she believed a deal must be struck by the end of the week to allow time for organizational planning and to head off a showdown vote for Senate president that would pit two numerically matched caucuses against one another.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2000news/12_1maine.htm (498 words)

	Baldacci Wins Governor's Race, Collins Re-Elected To U.S. Senate
		The District 16 Senate race between Republican Les Fossel and Democrat Chris Hall was too close to call by press time, with preliminary figures giving Fossel a slight edge in the voting.
		Maine, once again, had a high voter turnout, with about 58 pecent of its eligible voters going to the polls on November 5.
		Baldacci, a four-term representative in the U.S. House of Representatives in District 2 who also served in the Maine Senate, won approximately 48 percent of the vote in the gubernatorial race, while Republican challenger Peter Cianchette garnered about 41 percent.
	boothbayregister.maine.com /2002-11-07/election_article.html (412 words)

	MyDD :: Senate 2008: Will Maine Be on the Map?
		Nonetheless, the fact that George W. Bush's disapproval rating in Maine stands at 65 percent -- as high or higher than all but 11 other states -- indicates that the state may be susceptible to the type of anti-Republican wave that hit New England last month.
		turn maine blue look to be gearing up to do all they can to put maine on the map in 2008.
		Maine is a funny state: Its Progressive wing is pretty damn radical, but so is its COnservative wing.
	www.mydd.com /story/2006/12/7/19335/6178 (1655 words)

	Maine Senate Approves Anti War Resolution 18-15 [Who asked Them?] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In a party line vote the Senate of the State of Maine voted Tuesday to pass a resolution supporting efforts to disarm Iraq through diplomatic efforts and weapons inspections before the United States goes to war.
		Maine was the victim in another Rat vote-stealing scam that threw control of the state senate to the party of evil.
		At the final conclusion of the Civil War, at Appomattox, the 20th Maine was designated as one of the regiments to receive the surrender of Lee's defeated Army of Northern Virginia.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/836067/posts (3157 words)

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