If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too far apart you're not going to get a whole lot done because you almost always need to have some folks on the other side of…

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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...

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,...

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...

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...

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in...

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in...

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.

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

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

The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because...

The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because...

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

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

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...

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems...

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems...

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to...

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to...

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...

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized:...

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized:...

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from...

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from...

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...

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...

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...

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

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...