Posts tagged as "Collins"
Hundreds Rally to Urge Senators Snowe and Collins to Support Maine Jobs and Families
More than one-hundred Maine Can Do Better coalition members gathered in Portland’s Lobsterman’s Park yesterday, calling on Maine’s U.S. Senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, to support the H.R. 4213, the Jobs Bill that has stalled in the Senate. “Failure to pass the Jobs Bill would have devastating consequences to critical health services, unemployed workers, [...]
Rally Set to Urge Senator’s Snowe and Collins to Support the Jobs Bill
Hundreds plan to rally tomorrow in Lobsterman’s Park in Portland to urge Senator’s Snowe and Collins to support H.R. 4213, an important jobs bill! Will you be there? Here are the event details: Where: Lobsterman’s Park, in front of the Nickelodeon Theatre in Portland When: Wednesday, June 30th at 12:00pm H.R. 4213 will extend unemployment [...]
Advocates Urge Congress to Extend Unemployment Benefits, Health Care Assistance, and Aid to States
From the Maine Center for Economic Policy: Augusta, Maine (Thursday, June 3, 2010)— Advocates supporting the extension of critical federal support for economic recovery today called on the members of Maine’s Congressional Delegation to continue their support for important federal assistance to state Medicaid programs to help states, like Maine facing significant fiscal crisis, as [...]
Maine’s Budget in Jeopardy
Next week H.R. 4213, also known as the Extenders Bill, heads to the U.S. Senate for a vote. This bill plays a vital role in protecting health care services for Maine families and health care job in Maine. Sadly however, this bill and Maine’s budget are now in jeopardy! Originally the bill was supposed to [...]
Kudos to Obama Administration and Congressional Delegation
Last week, Maine’s supplemental budget won bi-partisan approval as it passed through the house, senate, and was signed by Governor Baldacci seamlessly. What seems to be overlooked in this budget is the tremendous amount that federal stimulus money helped our leaders eliminate many of the damaging cuts that were included in the original supplemental budget [...]
New Federal Money Helps Fill Maine’s Budget Gap
Thanks to the U.S. Senate passing legislation that will extend enhanced federal medicaid assistance to the states, Governor Baldacci has outlined about $94 million in proposed budget restorations. Maine’s U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, as well as U.S. Representatives Michael Michaud and Chellie Pingree all voted in favor of this federal action. According [...]