May 2013

• Collins, McCain criticize GOP tactic on budget (with video)
• This week in DC: immigration politics, Maine elvers & military sexual assaults
• King questions constitutionality of anti-terror tactics
• Snowe talks guns, partisanship with Jon Stewart
• Feds to Maine: We want $3,600 back, please
• Immigration fight brewing over Collins-backed gay rights bill

April 2013

• Talking sequestration and local impacts on 'Maine Calling'
• Inaugural 'Taste of Maine' event in DC a hit
• King's first floor speech
• LePage, Scott Walker to be panelists at U.S. Chamber event
• Report: Portsmouth shipyard among sites most 'at risk' by BRAC
• King signs onto chemical safety bill
• 'Chained CPI' and what it might mean to Maine
• Mainer to receive award at White House
• Snowe hits airwaves, speech circuit ahead of book

March 2013

• House GOP members urge action on East Coast missile defense
• Jamaica promises action on lottery scam
• Lottery scam targeting Maine seniors gets national attention
• Wash. notebook for 3/10/13: Airshow uncertainty, presidential lobster and more
• Biden to Collins: 'We owe you' for VAWA passage
• Maine on the menu when Obama talks with GOP senators
• Snowe to participate in national 'town hall' on bipartisanship
• Gun control group says Mainers support background checks
• Collins gets a call from Obama
• Wash. notebook for 3/3/13: Frances Perkins, saving Medicare and cutting congressional pay
• More talk on Capitol Hill of possible base closures

February 2013

• Michaud, Pingree support Violence Against Women Act
• NYTimes endorses bill inspired by Maine vet's fight
• Poliquin and Snowe in this week's Washington Notebook
• Maine, NH reps well positioned to fight local defense cuts
• UPDATED: Snowe to co-chair political reform group
• BIW, Portsmouth shipyard in spotlight as cuts loom
• Mainers headed to DC for climate change rally
• The ups and downs of SOTU and other nuggets
• Hagel gets King's support
• Collins, King support Violence Against Women Act
• UPDATED: King calls drones 'creepy' but 'more humane'
• Maine vet raising awareness about military sexual assaults
• In 1865 anti-slavery vote, Mainers on both sides of history
• Former Rep. Tom Allen authors book on political polarization
• Michaud joins No Labels group

January 2013

• King to question Hagel, vote on 'No budget, no pay' on Thurs.
• Maine likely to remain unique in Electoral College
• Collins receives top Navy award
• Maine lawmaker wants feds to act on doctor 'sunshine' rules
• Could U.S. Trade Ambassador Kirk's departure affect Maine?
• King 'reassured' after meeting DOD nominee Hagel
• Collins to appear today on CBS 'This Morning'
• Roll Call says Collins safe bet in 2014
• Mainer running for RNC chair releases 8-point plan
• King plans weekly 'Capitol Coffee' with Mainers in DC
• UPDATED: Has King softened his stance on assault weapons?
• Pingree backs friend, colleague Barney Frank for Senate
• King, Michaud add new staff
• New England literally falls off GOP map
• King launches social media sites
• King to appear on "Meet the Press"
• King to be sworn in today as Snowe steps aside
• Wind power tax credits included in Senate 'fiscal cliff' bill

December 2012

• Collins: terrorists 'essentially walked right into' Benghazi compound
• Collins pleased with TSA review of full-body scanners
• Mainers honor others -- and are honored -- at Arlington
• Collins: 'Fiscal cliff' would be fixed with women in charge
• Snowe discusses turning down Obama Cabinet post
• Snowe receives intel community's highest award
• Michaud-backed lawsuit aims to end filibuster
• A 'spud snub'? Not quite
• Collins pays tribute to retiring Snowe
• UPDATE: Michaud to help lead vets committee
• King on NBC list of freshmen worth watching
• Michaud angling for top Democratic post on veterans' committee
• Collins statement fuels GOP-John Kerry speculation

More

November 2012

• Rangeley man to fill Santa's shoes on national stage in DC
• Snowe praised during final small business hearing
• Collins suggests millionaire surtax to avoid fiscal cliff
• Susan Rice to talk Benghazi with McCain, Collins
• King talks compromise, filibuster on CBS News
• Pingree says feds should respect state votes legalizing pot
• Snowe says delayed Benghazi information 'unacceptable'
• Snowe to discuss Benghazi on "Face the Nation"
• Angus King calls GOP opposition to Rice 'premature'
• Snowe, Collins want action on judicial nominees stuck in political limbo
• Angus King's full statement on caucus decision
• King caucus announcement could come Weds. at 9:15 a.m.
• Times change? Not in Piscataquis, Sagadahoc regarding Obama
• Election, term limits shake up Senate committee spots
• Obama wins big in Maine, GOP losses bigger in New England
• Maine Senate primer: what to watch nationally
• Snowe: senators should be 'embarrassed' by failures
• Outside spending on Maine Senate race slows to trickle
• Fed chairman, others oppose Collins bill
• WGAN comes to Capitol Hill

October 2012

• Crossroads hitting King again on education, windmills
• Snowe to campaign with Sen. Scott Brown in Mass.
• Book praises Collins for 'crucial reform' of Wall Street bill
• Maine's U.S. Senate ad wars by the numbers
• Crossroads spending another $330,000 against King
• Maine's 2nd District could make or break Electoral College tie
• New Bloomberg super PAC to support King
• Collins has $800K in campaign coffers for 2014
• Is Romney winning in the 2nd District?
• Snowe joins board of 'civil discourse' organization
• King picks up teachers union endorsement
• Coke bottles and cardboard forts on the Senate trail
• Cut PBS funding? 'Hiss!' says DC PBS crowd
• GOP internal poll suggest King's lead in single digits

September 2012

• Collins lauded for support of gay rights bills
• King 'a potential headache' for Senate Dems?
• Election forecasters tweak Maine U.S. Senate, House races
• Snowe's appearance on 'Parks and Recreation'
• Angus King in DC to raise campaign cash
• Collins wins maritime award, walks away with part of the ship
• Collins, Snowe cross party lines on veterans jobs bill
• Pingree backs plan to restore Portland-to-Nova Scotia ferry
• Collins' bill gets nod from former White House 'red tape' hawks
• Snowe to make cameo on 'Parks and Recreation' on Sept. 20th
• Mainers head to DC to urge action on farm bill

April 2012

• Collins making (short) trip to Hawaii for GOP Senate candidate fundraiser
• Collins: GSA Vegas junket "outrageous and unethical"
• Poll: Maine voters back pro-environment Senate candidate

March 2012

• Collins, Snowe only two GOP votes to scale back oil company tax breaks
• (Updated) Kayatta appears set for judiciary committee vote
• Dill launches campaign to pressure King into declaring a party preference
• King names Dem, GOPer as campaign aides
• (Updated with Snowe comment) eBay takes exception to LePage support of federal internet sales tax bill
• Maine AG Schneider to attend Supreme Court health care law argument
• Collins one of three GOP senators to vote for Dems' Ex-Im Bank amendment
• Collins slams Postal Service plans
• (Updated) Former Rep. Andrews, actor Clooney in D.C. for protest
• Pingree: ban "pink slime"
• Senate heads out for Collins engagement party
• National GOP aiding some potential Maine GOP Senate candidates
• Baldacci ready to file, but not ready to decide
• National GOP keeps pushing King conspiracy theory, King and Dems say no deal
• Collins boiler emissions bill rejected by Senate
• Collins: political center can be saved
• King, Maine Senate race in the national eye
• Collins, Snowe split on rejected Blunt amendment

February 2012

• Snowe signs on to "no budget no pay" bill
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard economic impact
• Collins, Snowe rated least conservative GOP senators by National Journal
• Collins says drug shortages legislation still needed
• Paul campaign: We don't need a recount, we will win the delegates
• Collins co-authors cyber security bill
• Collins, Snowe: Need to see final details of Obama birth control rule
• Obama budget seeks to build two destroyers of type built at BIW
• (Updated) Collins, Snowe call revised Obama birth control rule a good move
• Pingree: Obama should stick with contraceptive mandate
• (Updated) Snowe, Collins backed 2001 contraceptive mandate bill
• Raye gets on GOP committee's "radar"
• Pingree lauds federal appeals court ruling on same-sex marriage
• Another Republican says he is entering 2nd Congressional District race
• Collins heading to Germany for security conference
• Pingree expresses support on U.S. House floor for Maine same-sex marriage ballot question
• Mills: Great to have a seat at the (Cabinet) table

January 2012

• (Updated) D'Amboise, Dunlap, Pingree, Michaud file campaign cash reports; Snowe campaign cash far exceeds D'Amboise
• Collins, Snowe back bill to ban insider trading by members of Congress
• Hinck calls on Snowe to reject LePage MaineCare waiver proposal; Snowe waiting to see how LePage/Legislature proceed
• (Updated) Maine Warden Service chaplain to deliver U.S. House opening prayer today
• Maine lawmakers hail lumber agreement, but say enforcement is key
• Maine lawmakers say final federal LIHEAP payment not enough
• Maine members of Congress oppose SOPA/PIPA
• Maine lawmakers buy into bipartisan State of the Union seating plan
• (Updated) SBA head, Maine native Mills to be elevated to Cabinet-level position
• Collins gives a near nod to Romney
• Collins: no "high hopes" for Congress this year
• Maine gets more federal road/bridge repair money
• Congressional gridlock threatens Maine health insurance consumer assistance program
• Hinck Senate web ad decries "special interests"
• Pingree sees progress on military sexual assault security clearance issue
• Dill considering U.S. Senate run

December 2011

• More LIHEAP money, but not big news
• (Updated with Snowe comment) Collins to House GOP: pass two-month extension
• (Updated) Hotline: Snowe safe bet in 2012
• Snowe backs new federal rules limiting power plant emissions
• (Updatd with Snowe comment) Michaud, Pingree have harsh words for House GOP action on Senate extension
• (Updated) Maine lawmakers say standoff can't get in way of payroll tax cut deal
• Michaud, Pingree split on spending bill
• LIHEAP to make partial funding rebound, Snowe says
• (Updated) Michaud lauds post office closure delay
• Snowe taking to Senate floor on Balanced Budget Amendment
• (Updated) Collins "no," Snowe "present" on Cordray vote
• Hinck, Snowe tussle over balanced budget amendment
• (Updated with former AG Mills comment) Snowe to meet with Cordray - but isn't changing her mind
• (Updated) Snowe pushes LIHEAP funding bill
• Dunlap to hold Senate campaign public launch Saturday in Old Town
• Collins, Snowe join GOP filibuster of judicial nominee
• (Updated after news conference) Collins-McCaskill to offer payroll tax cut extension/jobs bill
• White House targets Collins, Snowe for Cordray vote
• Snowe to deliver weekly GOP address
• Snowe gives initial nod to anticipated EPA biomass rule
• Pingree adds voice to call not to close Cliff Island Post Office

November 2011

• Collins amendment seeks to secure Libya missiles
• Obama administration says payroll tax cut extension saved Mainers $400 million this year
• (Updated) Snowe, Collins split on Iraq war power amendment
• (Updated) Maine senators want Senate to recognize Maine non-profit's "Wreaths Across America" work
• Maine lawmakers back extending unemployment benefits, payroll tax cut, warn won't be easy
• Collins committee to look at congressional insider trading
• York River study approved by House committee
• Snowe: Repeal health insurance tax
• (Updated) Maine advocates want Collins/Snowe to support update to chemicals safety law
• (Updated) Collins to meet with consumer protection bureau nominee
• Pingree touts bill banning federal regulation of small boat discharge
• Maine provisions pile into final spending bill
• (Updated with Pingree, Michaud and Hinck comment) Snowe "pleased" Supreme Court taking up health care law challenge
• Collins, Snowe vote against blocking EPA rule
• GOP Senate candidate Dodge criticizes Question 1 ad by Maine GOP
• Collins, Snowe to vote against proposal to block EPA cross-state pollution rule
• Mainers in D.C. to participate in pipeline protest
• Michaud predicts Maine truck weight provision will win favor in House
• Poll of Maine voters is a good news/bad news for Obama
• Federal "red tides" money made available to Maine, Snowe bill advances
• Pingree calls for congressional pay cut to help reduce deficit
• (Updated) Collins, Snowe reject Democratic jobs bill, split on GOP alternative
• (Updated) Poll: Snowe well ahead of Democratic challengers
• Pingree signs on to bipartisan letter urging mix spending cuts and revenues to cut deficit
• (Updated) Dunlap makes Senate run official, Hinck expected to soon
• Collins among bipartisan group of senators to offer Postal Service compromise bill
• Poll: Snowe seems safe from Tea Party challenge, Cain leads Romney in Maine
• Potato, truck weight bills gain final Senate passage
• Raye forms exploratory committee for run at Michaud, Courtney still deciding but jabs at Pingree/Sussman

October 2011

• Obama order on drug shortages puts Collins-backed bill into effect
• Michaud, Snowe push bath salts battle plans
• Snowe's Blackstone connection
• (Updated) D'Amboise raises few dollars from Mainers, Snowe raises a lot from all over
• Collins on trip to Jordan, Libya
• (Updated) Maine lawmakers back Obama's Iraq announcement
• Maine lawmakers react to Gadhafi news
• Collins poses with Streep
• Snowe amendment targets improving bath salts response
• (Updated) Snowe disagrees with GOP finance committee recommendations to super committee
• Pingree, Michaud post fundraising figures
• Snowe, Michaud, laud EPA biomass response
• Collins, Shaheen raise concerns about missing Libyan missiles
• Pine Tree Legal Assistance director to attend White House event
• Collins says alleged Iranian plot offers "ominous warning"
• Michaud to help manage trade floor debate
• Snowe, Michaud ask EPA to reconsider biomass and boiler rules
• Snowe touts Senate action on bill taking aim at Chinese currency manipulation
• American Lung Association pans Collins bills

September 2011

• CNNMoney ranks Maine senators among "most powerful women" in D.C.
• Maine senators laud news of al-Qaida leader's death
• Maine nurse to participate in White House roundtable
• (Updated) Collins, Snowe vote for disaster relief aid
• (Updated) Michaud votes for House GOP disaster relief bill, Snowe, Collins vote against rejecting it
• Collins to deliver weekly GOP address
• Pingree pans House GOP bill blocking clean air standards
• Snowe/Landrieu anti-contracting fraud bill passes Senate
• Maine truck weight legislation moves toward Senate floor
• Snowe awarded for breaking breaking gender barriers
• (Updated) Maine family part of Capitol Hill news conference attacking GOP regulatory bills
• Pingree touring Portsmouth shipyard with bipartisan group of key House members
• (Updated) Pingree lauds, Snowe condemns, Obama's deficit reduction plan
• Michaud introduces bill, writes Obama on American made shoes for the military issue
• Snowe bill seeks more predictability in disaster aid budgeting
• Postal service contemplates shutting Hampden facility
• Mainer "Bachelorette" piles into potato wars
• House hearing this morning on Pingree York River bill
• Maine non-profit gets federal grant to help make healthy foods more available
• Collins, Snowe among Republicans to vote to advance disaster relief funding bill in Senate
• Obama still needs to win over most of Maine delegation on jobs plan
• Snowe helps lead Senate Oceans Caucus
• Collins, Senate committee explore homeland security a decade after 9/11
• Full Senate to soon vote on Torresen nomination
• Snowe part of Nashville fundraising weekend
• (Updated) Collins, Snowe briefed on terrorist threat
• Democrats Hinck, Dunlap edge closer to Senate run against Snowe
• (Updated) Collins likely to hold off - for now - on new salvo in potato war pitting farmers against public health experts
• Collins says new path needed to ease postal service crisis
• Snowe campaign: G.T.D.
• Maine lawmakers on Obama's speech

August 2011

• D'Amboise touts Tea Party rally
• (Updated) Maine being assessed for federal disaster aid eligibility
• Federal grants to boost work at U Maine wind center, Brunswick Naval Station site
• (Updated) Collins was at McCain's 2009 meeting with Qadhafi
• Conservative group rates Collins, Snowe among least conservative GOP senators
• Pingree, Michaud say they're hearing plenty of Maine views without "town hall" meeting
• Buy American (shoes), Michaud tells Pentagon
• Mainer part of White House protest against tar sands pipeline
• (Updated) GOP redistricting plan, 'robo-calls,' target Michaud, and presidential race too
• Maine wind power project gets $102 million federal loan guarantee
• Michaud says unemployed should get tax breaks on benefits
• Pingree cheers Giffords' return to the House

July 2011

• (Updated) Collins, Snowe don't sign GOP senators' letter proclaiming opposition to Reid plan
• Michaud confirms "no" vote on revised Boehner plan
• Snowe offers Geithner an "I told you so"
• Pingree supports protest over Boehner debt bill
• New England senators tell fishery regulators to use some common sense
• Maine emergency management head to D.C. Wednesday for Senate testimony
• Senate version of Pingree military sexual assault bill introduced
• FrumForum transcript supports story that D'Amboise said Obama not a Christian
• (Updated) D'Amboise: Obama not a Christian D'Amboise aide: D'Amboise was misquoted
• "Snowe Business" racks up softball wins
• Roll Call story speculates Michaud could be vulnerable
• Pingree slams GOP lawmaker's bill to waive environmental regs in name of national security
• Pingree: Make a debt deal
• Michaud: End the debt talk posturing
• Snowe slams debt talks process, backs including some new revenues in a deal
• Michaud says House flood insurance bill will aid Maine home owners
• (Updated) Snowe assembles softwood lumber trade enforcement meeting
• Michaud pushes bill to address red tide outbreaks
• Collins bemoans debt talk impasse, lauds Maine food "mystique"
• Pingree votes "present" on House Israel-Palestinian resolution
• Pingree : don't cut Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security spending in debt ceiling deal
• Snowe teams with DeMint to pen balanced budget amendment op-ed in WSJ
• Michaud, Pingree, laud presidential decision on condolence letters for combat soldiers who commit suicide

June 2011

• Snowe WSJ letter defends the potato's nutritional value
• Collins chemical security bill passes committee
• Senate, House so far agree on $38.6 million for two Maine military construction projects
• Pingree. Michaud, take Obama to task on Libya
• Labor department releases job training money for Katahdin mill workers
• Maine teen part of diabetes Children's Congress, Colllins co-authors gestational diabetes bill
• Snowe questions secretary of commerce nominee Bryson
• Snowe noncommittal on Bryson nomination
• Pingree, Sussman married this weekend
• Collins wins amendment banning DOD from collecting contractor campaign finance info
• Pingree, Michaud slam House GOP ag spending bill
• Federal ag lab in Orono to stay open
• (Updated) Snowe to meet with Petraeus
• Pingree, Michaud, plug, pan spending bills' effects on Maine
• Collins, Snowe vote for ethanol subsidy repeal
• Pingree says ending same-day voter registration will suppress vote
• (Updated) Snowe gets vote on regulatory overhaul bill, but it goes down to defeat
• Snowe, Collins vote to go ahead with "swipe" fee cuts
• Snowe leaning against proposed hold on debit card swipe fee reform law
• Beltway battle "swipe fee reform" TV ads airing in Maine
• Maine lawmakers keep fighting to save Brunswick-Topsham commissary
• Pingree, Michaud, vote for resolutions rebuking Obama's Libya policy

May 2011

• Snowe tries to enlist first lady's help in potato fight
• A Maine visit in Panetta's future?
• Collins co-authors legislation aimed at nixing Obama contracting disclosure push
• Pingree a "no" on defense bill
• House GOP budget plan: Collins a "no," Snowe has been critical of Medicare plan
• Torresen committee vote set for next week
• Snowe, Collins, join GOP filibuster of Liu judicial nomination
• Collins helps lead push to ease home health care visit rules
• Snowe touts business development tax credit extension
• Enviro group urges Collins, Snowe to back scaling back oil company tax breaks
• Snowe campaign email lashes out - again - at D'Amboise
• Maine lawmakers question oil company tax breaks, energy speculation
• Collins press aide moves on - but not too far
• Snowe, Collins cast lonely GOP votes for Obama judicial nominee
• Portland to hire 12 firefighters with $1 million federal grant
• Company headed by Snowe's husband sued by federal government
• Washington Post profiles "Sisters of Maine"
• Snowe, Collins lauded for judicial nomination stances
• Snowe amendment at center of small business bill floor fight
• (Updated) Snowe primary challenger D'Amboise hires campaign team

April 2011

• Pingree seeks more local food purchases for school lunch program
• (Updated) Collins, Snowe attack possible Obama move on contractors' campaign giving
• Snowe: Federal tuna quota needs to be fair to Maine fishermen
• Federal tuna quota hearing in Portland today
• Pingree reports first quarter fundraising activity
• Snowe-led women's rights resolution passes Senate
• Michaud files first quarter campaign cash report
• Snowe, Reid wage floor fight over small business amendment
• Federal court of appeals judge candidates sought
• Collins sponsors sexual orientation workplace anti-discrimination bill
• Scarcelli to host fundraiser for Michaud
• Federal contracting workshop to be held Tuesday
• Pingree keeps pushing on campaign finance reform
• Snowe, Collins split on greenhouse gas emissions regulation votes
• Maine members of Congress don't embrace House GOP budget plan
• Collins tells Senate leaders time for spending compromise is now
• Snowe lauds "1099" filing requirement repeal
• Maine's senators say this isn't time for gas tax hike
• Environmental group lauds Snowe bill aiming to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil

March 2011

• Baldacci, Wilson meet
• Maine lawmakers say Memorial Bridge money is safe
• Snowe pays tribute to Ferraro
• Collins: avert government shutdown, agree on final spending bill
• Clinton supports Snowe resolution
• (Updated with Snowe comment) Collins lauds temporary stop of work on F-35 second engine
• Pingree to Pentagon: be consistent on Purple Heart awards
• Pingree's second grandchild born
• Snowe names communications director
• Veteran D.C. journalist with Maine ties dies
• Pingree says a federal hearing on bluefin tuna fishing rules will be held in Portland
• Collins bends Jackson's ear on ethanol, boiler rules
• Michaud blasts proposed trade pact with South Korea, Maine senators don't sign on to GOP trade pact letter
• Snowe amendment cutting off federal association with investigated veterans program approved by Senate
• Pingree continues anti-styrofoam House eating ware push
• Collins co-authors rural education bill
• Collins plugs nutritional value of Maine white potato
• Maine bicycle advocates in D.C.
• Snowe, Collins, call for budget negotiations
• Snowe, Michaud blast Obama administration on trade
• Pingree calls on Obama to tap strategic petroleum reserve
• Cain tells DC publication she probably won't run against Snowe
• Snowe blast federal fishery industry regulators
• (Updated)Rough GOP primary poll numbers for Snowe
• Environmental group wants to send LePage BPA "reality check"
• Scontras happy in Northern Virginia technology job
• Torresen nominated to federal bench in Maine
• The (slight) Maine connection to D.C. Issa/Bardella flap
• Collins seeks final defense spending bill
• Pingree seeks Portsmouth shipyard funding

February 2011

• Snowe revamps Senate web site
• Northern rail money is being released ahead of possible House cut
• Conservative group runs anti-Michaud radio spot
• Collins hires Falmouth native
• Michaud introduces truck weight bill
• Maine group lauds Obama budget push for conservation funding
• Little to suggest Afghan officer would fire on Maine man, other soldiers, Collins told
• Michaud amendment restores money to Economic Development Administration
• Collins offers jobs plan
• Navy promises advance DDG-1000 destroyer work funding to BIW to prevent layoffs
• Pingree joins fight against F-35 alternate engine spending
• Snowe's Tea Party challenger is a "Lord of the Manor"
• Obama home heating cuts a hot budget focus of Maine delegation
• Maine lawmakers back bill to punish Chinese currency manipulation
• Pingree to grill military official on Brunswick commissary closure