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8 Dec 2010

Last week, we reported that the new legislative leadership was planning to eliminate the Labor Committee. We also reported that due to lots of resistance to the idea, they’ve put the decision on hold for a bit so that it can be a thoughtfully made decision – with input from Maine citizens. The Labor Committee [...]

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Statement from Maine Women’s Lobby on Fair Pay Vote

In: Discrimination|Equal Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

18 Nov 2010

Paycheck Fairness: How Long Will it Take? Maine Women’s Lobby Responds to Vote to Defeat Paycheck Fairness Act Statement of Sarah Standiford, Executive Director, Maine Women’s Lobby “The failure of the U.S. Senate to proceed to an up-or-down vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act has jeopardized the economic standing of Maine’s women, and the families [...]

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Tags: Discrimination, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Maine Women's Lobby, Paycheck fairness, Paycheck Fairness Act, Senator Collins, Senator Snowe, U.S. Senate

Paycheck Fairness to be voted on tomorrow!

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

16 Nov 2010

Tomorrow, Maine Senators are going to vote on critical legislation, the Paycheck Fairness Act! This bill would deter wage discrimination by closing loopholes in the Equal Pay Act and barring retaliation against workers who disclose their wages to coworkers. Women still earn 77 cents to every dollar that a man earns. Both Senator Snowe and [...]

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tick tock

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

15 Sep 2010

…the clock is ticking. The U.S. Senate is back in session, and the clock is ticking for fair pay. With three weeks remaining to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, we need our Senators to act – which means they need to hear from us today! Call your Senator at 1-877-667-6650 and ask them to pass [...]

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Tags: Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Gender equality, Paycheck fairness, Paycheck Fairness Act

A Good Day for Politics!

In: Civil Rights|Gay Marriage|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

5 Aug 2010

On Wednesday, California’s federal court overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage in a historic step towards equality. The California judge, Vaughn Walker, found that the ban violated the 14th Amendment’s rights to equal protection under the law. “Fundamental rights,” he said, “may not be submitted to a vote; they depend on the outcome of [...]

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Tags: FMAP

Maine Senators to Support Elena Kagan

In: Olympia Snowe|Supreme Court|Susan Collins|Women's Leadership

28 Jul 2010

This just in: Senator Olympia Snowe announced this afternoon that she will be supporting Elena Kagan’s confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States. This follows a similar announcement by Senator Susan Collins, just last week. With these exciting announcements, four Republican Senators have now pledged their support of this groundbreaking nominee. If Elena [...]

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Step Up, Man. Step Up and Change the Law

21 Jul 2010

Vice President Biden didn’t mince words when he called upon reticent Senators to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act yesterday. Official after official headlined the Middle Class Task foroce event, calling for an end to pay discrimination. The Administration is in our corner on this — the House has already passed the bill, thanks to Representative [...]

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Tags: Equal Pay, Lilly Ledbetter, National Partnership for Women and Families, Paycheck Fairness Act, Portia Wu, Representative Michaud, Representative Pingree, Senator Collins, Senator Snowe

Tune in Today at Ten!

In: Olympia Snowe|Supreme Court|Susan Collins

20 Jul 2010

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote today at 10:00am on Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court. You can watch a live webcast of the executive business meeting by clicking here! A full vote in the Senate is expected before the August recess. If you haven’t already, you can get involved and ask [...]

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We asked, and our Senators answered!…Again!

In: Obama|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

16 Jul 2010

On Thursday, financial reform received a green light from the Senate when it passed in a 60-39 vote. Three Republicans joined the 57 Democratic supporters for an overhaul of financial institutions that is understood to be the most substantial financial reform since the Great Depression. Among the supporters were – drum roll, please! – our [...]

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Tags: Financial reform

We asked, and our Senators answered!

In: Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

8 Jul 2010

We here at the Maine Women’s Lobby wish to extend our sincere thanks to Senators Snowe and Collins. We are proud to report that both our Senators voted yesterday to pass the jobs bill, H.R. 4123. In doing so, they have once again demonstrated their unique abilities to reach across party lines and stand up [...]

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Stacie Battles: Lets get this passed once and for all. Everyone deserves the same right to enter in a marital/legal [...]

Terry Donald: Lets all get together and work as hard as we can to get this passed. As I was told over and over aga [...]

Liz Betit: We have known for decades of the harmful affects of mercury and lead not only to humans but also to [...]

Lorraine Taft: Do not weaken our progress toward a safer environment. The Product Stewardship programs need to be k [...]

Phyllis vonHerrlich: Do not abandon the protective programs we have today. Many businesses have shown for decades that t [...]