The Tipping Point Blog Archive March, 2012

Mainers Attend Supreme Court Health Care Testimony

Submitted by Mike Tipping on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 8:35am.

Maine Politics

Maine Representative Sharon Treat, waiting in line to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act

Yesterday, the Supreme Court finished hearing arguments on the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act in Washington today, but not before several Mainers made the trip to D.C. to have their own say on the issue.

Maine Attorney General (and new GOP U.S. Senate candidate) William Schneider attended the arguments, and was vocal to the press in criticising the the law.

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An End-Run Around Maine Voters

Submitted by Mike Tipping on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 1:17pm.

Maine Politics

I was surprised to hear about LD 849, a Republican-backed bill that would enforce automatic tax cuts in future budgets similar to the TABOR proposals that have previously been voted on at referendum. The legislation passed the Senate last week and now heads to the House.

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