WASHINGTON — During a mostly trouble-free hearing Wednesday, Nancy Torresen told the Senate Judiciary Committee that, as a federal judge, she would be an even-handed jurist who focuses on facts and higher-court precedents. Torresen, President Obama’s nominee for the U.S. District Court for Maine, was lauded at the beginning of the hearing by both of […]

She joins Sen. Susan Collins in supporting Nancy Torresen for Maine’s U.S. District Court.

Sen. Olympia Snowe announces her support after meeting with Nancy Torresen, the nominee to fill the seat being vacated by Judge D. Brock Hornby.

But Maine’s members of Congress differ over how to make changes to reduce the nation’s deficit.

The nomination of Nancy Torresen will go to the Senate Judiciary Committee next week.

Nancy Torresen would fill the U.S. District Court seat being vacated by Judge D. Brock Hornby.

Michaud still is reviewing the budget while Collins and Snowe lean toward approval. Pingree says no.

WASHINGTON – Families of fallen soldiers “have earned the right to bury their loved ones in peace,” says U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe. And in the wake of a Supreme Court decision earlier this year to permit the Westboro Baptist Church to carry on its disruptive protests at military funerals, lawmakers must step in with stronger […]