Posts Tagged ‘House of Representatives

Last week, the Village Soup posted an article featuring reflections on the 124th session from capital-area legislators. Their reflections are really interesting – and got me wondering what others thought. So, I started asking around … and here are some reflections from the women of the Maine Women’s Lobby: Here’s what Laura had to say: [...]

..They support L.D. 962 “An Act to Protect Family Caregivers” Among them: American Cancer Society, Disability Rights Center, Equality Maine, League of Young Voters, Legal Services for the Elderly, Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Maine Centers for Work and Community, Maine Children’s Alliance, Maine Civil Liberties Union, Maine Employment Lawyers [...]

How did your Representative vote? Did they stand up for fairness and equality today? Let them know how you feel about their vote.

The 3rd floor of the State House is lined with marriage equality supporters – wearing red, of course – and several have already taken their seats here in the balcony. Hopefully this will be a short debate, and we can get this bill to the Governor’s desk to sign. Pronto. But I’m not counting any [...]

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on marriage equality tomorrow. Follow the debate live, right here! Or you can watch live audio And please, call your legislator 800-423-2900 – leave  your name, address and the message, “Please support LD 1020, the marriage equality bill, without any amendments.” thank you!


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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 [...]