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    October 18, 2011

    Collins touts key victory in ‘potato wars’

    Legislation advances allowing schools to continue serving potatoes without restrictions as part of federal school lunches and breakfasts.

  • Published
    October 18, 2011

    Snowe, Geithner clash again on economy

    Maine’s senator tells the Treasury Secretary that ‘Rome is burning’ while the Obama Administration fiddles with the economy.

  • Published
    October 18, 2011

    D’Amboise campaign bares its war chest

    Scott D’Amboise, a tea-party affiliated candidate, has just a fraction of Sen. Snowe’s resources.

  • Published
    October 18, 2011

    Showdown nears in Senate over school lunch potatoes

    Sen. Susan Collins says USDA guidelines to limit servings of the vegetable would impose ‘significant costs’ on schools.

  • Published
    October 17, 2011

    It’s showdown time in school lunch potato war

    A Senate vote is due later this week on a measure aiming to prevent the USDA from limiting potatoes in the federal school lunch program.

  • Published
    October 17, 2011

    Snowe challenger raises $223K in third quarter

    Scott D’Amboise, the tea party-affiliated small business owner from Lisbon, has just a fraction of Snowe’s $3.2 million on hand.

  • Published
    October 16, 2011

    Jonathan Riskind: Snowe, Collins may soon weigh in on jobs

    WASHINGTON — Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe say they aren’t automatic “no” votes on all aspects of President Obama’s jobs package. Soon, Maine’s Republican senators should have a chance to show just what they are willing to vote “yes” on. Last week, Collins and Snowe joined a unified bloc of Republican senators in voting […]

  • Published
    October 14, 2011

    Mainer cited as ‘champion of change’

    Nan Heald, executive director of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, is honored at a White House event.

  • Published
    October 13, 2011

    Maine Democrats vote ‘no’; Republicans limit support

    No Maine lawmakers voted for all three free trade treaties, with only Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, voting in favor of two. Reps. Mike Michaud, D-2nd, and Chellie Pingree, D-1st, voted against all three. “The working people and the middle class don’t want these trade agreements. Not with Panama, not with Korea, and not with Colombia,” […]

  • Published
    October 12, 2011

    Hinck blasts Snowe on jobs vote

    The Portland Democrat signals that he’s nearing an official decision to challenge Snowe for the U.S. Senate in 2012.

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