Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.

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To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health...

To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health...

We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq.

We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq.

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not...

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not...

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of...

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of...

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The...

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The...

These kids understood what is not immediately obvious; that they were going to pay the...

These kids understood what is not immediately obvious; that they were going to pay the...

In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship...

In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship...

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put...

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put...

Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines...

Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines...

I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism.

I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism.

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation...

Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation...

Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh...

Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh...

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide...

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide...

Through their work with fetal tissue, researchers hope to find ways to harness embryonic stem...

Through their work with fetal tissue, researchers hope to find ways to harness embryonic stem...

I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die,...

I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die,...

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities.

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities.

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too...

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too...