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PublishedDecember 4, 2011
Maine on the Hill: Teen advocate hoping to test diabetes treatment
Fifteen-year-old Caroline Jacobs of Shapleigh lobbied in Washington this summer for federal regulators to allow at-home trials of an artificial pancreas that could improve the lives of Jacobs and other Type 1 diabetes patients. Now the freshman at The New School in Kennebunk is hoping to move from teen lobbyist to test patient with the […]
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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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PublishedDecember 2, 2011
Maine senator acquiesces on surtax on rich
A Republican, Sen. Collins breaks with her party in an effort to extend payroll tax cuts. But no deal is reached.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2011
Collins to vote with Democrats to extend payroll tax cut
The proposal, which would be funded by raising taxes on millionaires, is expected to fail.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2011
Maine’s senators support extending payroll tax cut
But Susan Collins says that hinges on how it’s paid for, and Olympia Snowe sees only a small economic impact.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2011
Maine on the Hill: Benefit, tax cut extension urged
Unemployment benefits and a Social Security payroll tax cut set to expire at the end of the year should be extended, Maine lawmakers said last week. “If they aren’t extended, 6,100 people in Maine alone (in January) would lose their unemployment benefits and thousands more would have less from their paychecks to spend at local […]
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PublishedNovember 22, 2011
Federal cuts would affect wide range of Mainers
The lack of deficit deal could put Maine in a precarious position.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2011
Maine on the Hill: Collins, Snowe withhold support for consumer protector
The announcement by Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts last week that he will support President Obama’s nominee to lead a new consumer protection bureau gave the administration hope that other moderate Senate Republicans might follow suit. But GOP Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine so far aren’t budging. Collins will meet next week […]
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PublishedNovember 6, 2011
Democrats join in letter pressing supercommittee
The letter seeks a ‘balanced approach’ to reducing the deficit, with a mix of spending cuts and tax increases.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2011
Hinck will launch bid for Senate on Nov. 12
Jon Hinck will announce his candidacy during a speech at the University of Maine in Orono.
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