Mercury Pollution From Power Plants Is A

The Argument On The Other Side Of Special Rights Is Completely Bogus. It's Bogus Because You Could Make Exactly The Same Claim About Racial Or Ethnic Or Religious Minorities.

Incivility Is A Symptom, Not The Disease. We've Always Had Partisan Conflict In Congress, And We Always Will. Yet When I Worked For A Year (1970-71) On The Staff Of Sen. Ed Muskie Of Maine, This Was A Different Place, More Collegial, More Sensitive To Data, More Concerned About All Of The American People. I Think Because The For-profit Media Prizes Conflict Above Cooperation And Sound Bites Above Analysis, Politicians Have Learned To Adapt To Those Tendencies. Consequently, Our Public Debates Are Dumbed Down As Our Problems Grow More Complex.

Maine's Long And Cold Winters May Help Keep Our State's Population Low, But Our Harsh Climate Also Accounts For What Is Unique And Valuable About Our Land And Our People

Under Current Federal Policy On Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Only Those Stem Cell Lines Derived Before August 9, 2001 Are Eligible For Federally Funded Research.

I Support Exemptions From The Estate Tax To Ensure That When Maine Farm Owners Die, Their Families Will Be Able To Continue To Farm The Land That They Have Protected And Lived On, Often For Generations.