Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Maine
Allegheny College Graduate Dedicated To Energy Solutions Off The Coast Of Maine As An Island Institute Fellow
MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2 -- Allegheny College issued the following news:
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Allegheny Graduate Dedicated To Energy Solutions Off The Coast Of Maine As An Island Institute Fellow
By: Katheryn Littler
Off the coast of Maine, island communities are abuzz with activity, but their separation from the mainland proves challenging when it comes to literal electricity.
As an Island Institute Fellow, Elizabeth Dyer '25 develops energy solutions that enhance energy affordability without rel
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Attorney General Bonta Slams EPA's Proposed Rule to Weaken Regulation of Heavy-Duty Vehicle Pollution
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Slams EPA's Proposed Rule to Weaken Regulation of Heavy-Duty Vehicle Pollution
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) led a multistate comment letter opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to loosen regulations that control the emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx)
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Blumenthal Blasts ICE Tactics; Demands Accountability from DHS After Surge Targeting Connecticut Residents at Schools, Workplaces
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Blumenthal Blasts ICE Tactics; Demands Accountability from DHS After Surge Targeting Connecticut Residents at Schools, Workplaces
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[WASHINGTON, DC] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and the Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) David Venturella requesting a meeting and demanding information about a
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Bowdoin College: Franklin Leonard Named Inaugural Herman S. Dreer Leadership Fellow
BRUNSWICK, Maine, Sept. 2 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news:
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Franklin Leonard Named Inaugural Herman S. Dreer Leadership Fellow
The founder of the Black List will spend the academic year engaging with Bowdoin students and community; his first visit includes a conversation with acclaimed writer and producer David Simon.
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Franklin Leonard, the influential film and television executive who founded the Black List and has spent much of his career widening access to opportunity
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C-SPAN -- ONLY TV NETWORK TO CARRY THE FIRST-EVER REPUBLICAN MIDTERM CONVENTION -- IN ITS ENTIRETY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- C-SPAN, a public affairs network providing Americans with unfiltered access to congressional proceedings, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2026:
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C-SPAN -- ONLY TV NETWORK TO CARRY THE FIRST-EVER REPUBLICAN MIDTERM CONVENTION -- IN ITS ENTIRETY
WATCH IT ON C-SPAN -- WHILE C-SPAN2 FOLLOWS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
EVERY MINUTE. EVERY SPEECH. NO COMMERCIALS. NO PUNDITRY TALKING OVER THE PROGRAM.
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C-SPAN will provide the only complet
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Camilla Cai, 1940-2026
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 -- The American Musicological Society issued the following news:
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Camilla Cai, 1940-2026
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Former AMS member Camilla Cai died peacefully on 3 June 2026, in Farmington, Maine, with her husband, Michael Field, at her side.
A renowned musicologist with an expertise in piano and 19th century music, especially that of Germany and Scandinavia, Cai uplifted women composers and was deeply connected to her Norwegian heritage. She enjoyed fol
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Del. A.G. Jennings Sues to Stop Trump Administration From Cutting Family Planning Funding
DOVER, Delaware, Sept. 1 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2026:
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AG Jennings sues to stop Trump Administration from cutting family planning funding
Attorney General Kathy Jennings has announced that she, as part of a coalition of 23 other states, has sued to block new federal policy that threatens to strip federal family planning funding from states and providers unless they meet a variety of unlawful conditions.
The lawsuit, file
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Extremist Paul LePage Vetoed Countless Bills To Make Maine More Affordable as Governor
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Extremist Paul LePage Vetoed Countless Bills To Make Maine More Affordable as Governor
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Maine Independent: "During his eight years as governor, [Paul LePage] vetoed several bills intended to help Mainers and make the state a more affordable place to live."
New reporting from the Maine Independent lays bare extremist Paul LePage's abysmal eight-year record of making life harder a
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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: In the States - GOP Affordability Crisis Spikes Costs Across Key Senate Battleground States
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Sept. 1, 2026:
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IN THE STATES: GOP Affordability Crisis Spikes Costs Across Key Senate Battleground States
Republican Senate candidates have all lined up behind a toxic agenda that includes price-spiking tariffs and a costly war that are forcing families to pay more for everyday essentials
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In key Senate battleground states, voters are feeling financial pain from the toxic, price-s
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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: What They're Saying - Republicans "Growing Anxious" That They "Don't Have the Money Budgeted for Texas" and Beg for Bailouts From MAGA Inc.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 31, 2026:
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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Republicans "Growing Anxious" that They "Don't Have the Money Budgeted for Texas" and Beg for Bailouts from MAGA Inc.
Republicans are "frustrated" and "growing anxious" over the Texas Senate race as GOP Senators admit they've "got a race in Texas" and they "don't have the money budgeted" to bail out scandal-plagued Ken Paxton.
With just over two m
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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: What They're Saying - Republicans in "Serious Trouble," Bracing for "Historic Losses" as GOP Senate Map Collapses Amid "Grim Political Environment"
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 31, 2026:
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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Republicans in "Serious Trouble," Bracing for "Historic Losses" as GOP Senate Map Collapses Amid "Grim Political Environment"
With just over two months until the midterm elections, Senate Republicans are "trailing" in major battleground races, "looking at historic losses" akin to 2006 - when "voters upset with corruption, the price at the pump and
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Dentons: Chad Higgins Named as Portland Office Managing Partner
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Dentons, a law firm, issued the following news on Sept. 1, 2026:
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Chad Higgins named as Portland office managing partner
Dentons announces today that Chad Higgins has been named managing partner of the Firm's Portland, Maine, office. Chad succeeds Andrew Helman, who led the office since its establishment in 2022.
Chad joined Dentons in 2024, representing clients in state and federal courts across the United States in products liability and mass tort matters, with
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Federal Register: Labor Dept. Issues Information Collection Notice on Labor Surplus Area Classification
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (TNSinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following information collection:
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The purpose of this notice is to announce the annual Labor Surplus Area (LSA) list for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027.
The Department of Labor (DOL)'s regulations implementing Executive Orders 12073 and 10582 are set forth at 20 CFR part 654, subpart A. These regulations require the DOL's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to classify jurisdi
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Full Transcript: POLITICO Playbook Co-authors Adam Wren and Will Steakin on "The Conversation With Dasha Burns"
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 31 -- Politico issued the following transcript of a podcast involving authors Adam Wren and Will Steakin:
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Full Transcript: POLITICO Playbook co-authors Adam Wren and Will Steakin on "The Conversation with Dasha Burns"
This is a full unedited transcript of Dasha's interview with Playbook co-authors Adam Wren and Will Steakin on POLITICO's "The Conversation with Dasha Burns":
Adam Wren: That is something that we're seeing on both sides of the aisle; everything
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Golden votes to extend government funding through December 11
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release:
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Golden votes to extend government funding through December 11
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WASHINGTON -Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted today in favor of a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government funded until December 11, preventing the risk of a government shutdown on October 1.
The CR maintains current government funding levels until December 11, with limited policy changes. The bill passed the House of Repr
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House passes Golden-Lawler bill to protect Maine lobstermen from burdensome new right whale regulations until 2035
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release:
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House passes Golden-Lawler bill to protect Maine lobstermen from burdensome new right whale regulations until 2035
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WASHINGTON -Maine's lobstermen and the communities they support would get an extended reprieve from onerous new regulations related to the North Atlantic right whale until 2035 under a bill spearheaded by Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Mike Lawler (NY-17), which passed the House o
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ICYMI: Op-Ed by Rep. James Walkinshaw: This is the cost of Trump's ever-widening immigration trap
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
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ICYMI: Op-Ed by Rep. James Walkinshaw: This is the cost of Trump's ever-widening immigration trap
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In an op-ed published by MSNOW on August 31, 2026, Congressman James Walkinshaw (VA-11) underscores that Trump is closing legal immigration pathways while scaling mass deportation efforts.
Read the op-ed below or online at MSNOW.
"How many more dads have to die?"
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's son
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ICYMI: These Vulnerable Republicans Have Targeted Social Security [AJN]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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ICYMI: These Vulnerable Republicans Have Targeted Social Security [AJN]
GOP Senate candidates are under fresh scrutiny as new reporting reveals that each of them "has flirted with cutting Social Security," and voted for the toxic plan that Republicans admit is a "backdoor for privatizing" this essential benefit.
Across the map, GOP Senate candidates have:
* "Cast multiple votes weak
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King Efforts to Protect Military Brain Health Making Improvements, Identifying Remaining Challenges
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release:
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King Efforts to Protect Military Brain Health Making Improvements, Identifying Remaining Challenges
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), member of the Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) and the Senate Veteran's Affairs Committee (SVAC), is continuing to push for research into the traumatic effects of blast overpressure on servicemembers during and after their time in the milita
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Maine State Rep. Eaton Issues Commentary: Don't Miss Out on $300 Direct Relief Checks
AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 1 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following commentary by Maine State Rep. Holly Eaton:
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Rep. Eaton: Don't miss out on $300 direct relief checks
This year, the Legislature passed a measure that will provide $300 relief checks to roughly 514,000 Mainers. The state began sending the checks at the end of July.
In order to receive your check, you must be a full-time Maine resident and meet certain income requirements. To demonstrate eligibility, Mainers must fi
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Maine State Sen. Bailey and Legislative Committee Vote to Take Action to Protect Maternal Health Care in Rural Areas
AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 1 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco:
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Sen. Bailey and legislative committee vote to take action to protect maternal health care in rural areas
On Thursday, Aug. 27, Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco, convened the Legislature's Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee for an interim meeting. Held in the wake of the recent vote by MaineHealth to close the Miles Labor and Delivery Unit
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Md. A.G. Brown Opposes EPA's Proposed Rule to Weaken Regulation of Heavy-Duty Vehicle Pollution
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 2 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Opposes EPA's Proposed Rule to Weaken Regulation of Heavy-Duty Vehicle Pollution
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a multistate comment letter opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to loosen regulations that control the emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) from semi-trucks and other heavy-duty
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Meet Rutgers-New Brunswick's New Deans
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 1 -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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Meet Rutgers-New Brunswick's New Deans
Three newly appointed leaders at three schools share what brought them to their roles - and what they see ahead
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Three new deans took the helm of schools at Rutgers University-New Brunswick on July 1, bringing backgrounds that span federal research, international arts leadership and behavioral health.
The three administrators share what brought them to Rutgers,
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Ohio Democratic Party: Trump's Escalating Tariff War Slammed As A Liability For Ohio Republicans Less Than 70 Days Until Election Day
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 31 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news:
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Trump's Escalating Tariff War Slammed As A Liability For Ohio Republicans Less Than 70 Days Until Election Day
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"We're going to feel this now, and we're going to feel it for decades into the future."
COLUMBUS, OH - As Trump escalates his trade war with longtime ally Canada, new reporting is emphasizing just how much of a liability Trump's tariffs could be for Ohio Republicans in the final sprint towards E
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On International Overdose Awareness Day, Governor Mills Honors Maine People Lost and Embraces Lives Saved
AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news:
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On International Overdose Awareness Day, Governor Mills Honors Maine People Lost and Embraces Lives Saved
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As overdose deaths continue to decline in Maine, Governor urges sustained commitment to fighting substance use
Augusta, MAINE - Governor Janet Mills issued the following statement today in honor of International Overdose Awareness Day:
"On International Overdose Awareness Day, we remember those we
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Reproductive Freedom for All Launches $250,000 Mail Program Ahead of Midterms Reminding Maine Voters Susan Collins Helped Overturn Roe
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release:
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Reproductive Freedom for All Launches $250,000 Mail Program Ahead of Midterms Reminding Maine Voters Susan Collins Helped Overturn Roe
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Washington, DC -Today, Reproductive Freedom for All and Senate Majority PAC launched a $250,000 direct-mail ad campaign aimed at defeating Senator Susan Collins this November. The ad reminds Mainers that
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Sen. Collins Statement on House Passage of Continuing Resolution
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 1, 2026:
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Sen. Collins Statement on House Passage of Continuing Resolution
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair of the Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the House's passage of the continuing resolution (CR):
"Today, the House passed the Continuing Resolution (CR) that, as Chair of the Senate Appropriations Commi
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Senator Collins Visits American Rheinmetall in Biddeford
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release:
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Senator Collins Visits American Rheinmetall in Biddeford
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BIDDEFORD, ME - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered remarks and toured the factory floor at American Rheinmetall, where she spoke with employees and company leadership. The company's Biddeford facility supports U.S. defense manufacturing and produces weapon-system compo
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U.S. Attorneys and Department of Justice Join Departments of Transportation and Homeland Security and White House Fraud Task Force to Launch Historic Interagency Effort to Crack Down on Fraud in Trucking Industry
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2026:
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U.S. Attorneys and Department of Justice Join Departments of Transportation and Homeland Security and White House Fraud Task Force to Launch Historic Interagency Effort to Crack Down on Fraud in Trucking Industry
Eight U.S. Attorneys and the Department of Justice (DOJ) today joined Secretary Sean P. Duffy of the Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Secretary Markwayne Mullin of
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Mullin, White House Fraud Task Force, & Top U.S. Attorneys Launch Historic Interagency Effort to Crack Down on Fraud in Trucking Industry
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration posted the following news release:
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Mullin, White House Fraud Task Force, & Top U.S. Attorneys Launch Historic Interagency Effort to Crack Down on Fraud in Trucking Industry
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Series of actions-including new strike force-reflect the Trump Administration's commitment to saving American lives on our roads
DETROIT, M
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WinSenate Dismantles Susan Collins' "Independent" Record in New Ad Campaign
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 [Category: Political] -- Senate Majority PAC, an organization that works to elect Democratic senators who are committed to an economy that provides opportunity and security for America's working families and who stand up to protect the rights of all Americans, posted the following news release:
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WinSenate Dismantles Susan Collins' "Independent" Record in New Ad Campaign
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Today, WinSenate released a $4 million ad campaign countering Susan Collins' record of being an
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