Legislation advances allowing schools to continue serving potatoes without restrictions as part of federal school lunches and breakfasts.
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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.
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D’Amboise campaign bares its war chest
Scott D’Amboise, a tea-party affiliated candidate, has just a fraction of Sen. Snowe’s resources.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
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Mainer cited as ‘champion of change’
Nan Heald, executive director of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, is honored at a White House event.
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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,” […]
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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.