U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, will be at Shaw's Northgate in Portland from 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday at a table in the produce section, according to her office.
As Democrats try to unify the party after a bruising 17-month long primary campaign, conflict between two party leaders appears to linger from the 2006 campaign.
Both chambers of Congress overwhelmingly passed the farm bill last week and now the legislation awaits President Bush's veto.
Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Republican, and Democratic Reps. Tom Allen and Michael Michaud voted for the bill. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, voted against it.
Senator Susan Collins attended the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday as a guest of the National Journal magazine, a well-respected weekly that covers politics and policy issues.
Senators Olympia Snowe and Carl Levin, a Democrat from Michigan, asked the U.S. attorney general on Tuesday to review a Board of Immigration ruling that the threat of genital mutilation is grounds for asylum, but those who have already fallen victim to it would not be eligible.
As I have written before, one goal I have with this blog is to pull back the curtain on what it's like to be a reporter, how we go about our jobs and how we interact with the people we cover and with each other.
Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both Republicans, disagreed on Thursday on whether to create a House-Senate task force to investigate changes to a $10 million earmark in 2005.
As everyone within range of a television or newspaper knows, the Pope conducted a Mass at the new Washington National's baseball park and many lawmakers, including Se. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Rep. Michael Michaud, a Democrat, were there.
