Snowe Makes Pitch for Bipartisanship in Washington

Tax, Spending Bills May Tie Up Congress

Snowe: Iraqis Must 'Take Ownership'

Snowe Holds the Fiscal Line

Snowe's Role Proves Pivotal

Snowe's Fiscal Sense

Snowe: Navy Leader Backs DD(X)

Exxon Mobil Sales Top $100B

Snowe Wants Duties to Offset Canadian Lumber Subsidies

Snowe Seeks Probe of Hurricane Loans

Bill Amendment Could Help BIA Workers

Smith Portrait Joins Capitol Collection

Officials Want BNAS Closure on Schedule

Minority Contractors Passed By

Snowe Tours Gulf Coat Region with Coast Guard

Snowe-Collins Bill Urges 'Common Sense' Reform to NCLB

Snowe's Panel to Investigate Sept. 11 Loan Program

Small-Business Leaders in Maine Hold Trade Forum

Storm Damage Backs Two-Shipyard Track

Senior Senator Sees 'Tremendous Victory'

Snowe Urges Bush to Tap Reserve

At Shipyard, People Are 'Jubilant', 'On Cloud Nine'

IRS Relents, Will Not Close Augusta Office

Senate Panel Endorses Drug Bill

Snowe Asks EPA for Internal Paper about Gas Additive

No New Arguments

Maine Delegation Argues for Bases

Collins and Snowe Put Mercury Pollution Ahead of Party Politics

Senators Carrying on a Legacy

Blame Can't Go Far on Federal Budget Vote

Social Security Fight Begins

Deserves Better

500 Rally for Portsmouth Shipyard

Trade Nominee Promises Tougher Line with China

Navy's One-Shipyard Plan on Hold

Snowe Hears Mainers' Testimony of Small-Business Insurance Woe

Snowe Deserves Credit for Her Stands on Federal Spending

College Republicans Gather for State Convention in Orono

Congress Debates How to Fix Program That Connects Schools to Internet

Senate Panel's Shipyard Action Good for BIW

Snowe Seeks Review of Coast Guard

Exhibit Notes Rise of Women Senators

Mercury Pollution Rules Are Attacked

Still an Old Boys Club?

Snowe Lauds Federal Court Ruling on Fishing Rules

Some GOP Senators Resist Proposed Medicaid Cuts

Shipyard Supporters Lobby Navy Admiral

Maine Fears Cuts to Agricultural Programs

Navy Chief, Delegation Discuss Bases

Subject to Bush's Knife: Aid for Food and Heating

Hearing Fisherman's Voices

Superbowl Predictions

Better Death Benefits

Speech Splits Maine Delegation Along Party Lines

Families Struggling to Pay Heating Costs

Regression After 'Year of the Woman'

Do Not Blame Thy Neighbor

Bush Faces New Skepticism from Republicans on Hill

Blair Urges Action Against Global Warming

Snowe: Moderate Role Still Counts

Frist Gains Committee Appointment Power

Arctic Warming Threatens Wildlife, Senators Told

Snowe, Collins Laud Powell for his Service

Moderate Voices Retain Sway in Bolstered GOP

Senate GOP Moderates Predict a Pivotal Role

GOP Infighting in the Senate

Global Climate Change Not a Future Fantasy

Losing Its Middlemen, Senate Shifts to Right

Warm Warnings

Loring Jobs Center May Get Health Magnet Designation

Recircling the Democrats' Wagons

U.S. Wants No Warming Proposal

Eight Mainers Tapped Scholars

Rightward Shift May Squeeze Centrists

Pembroke Man Seeks Flu Shot in Canada

Jubilant Mainers Celebrate Sox Wins

State Official: Vaccines Often in Tight Supply

Van Buren Port Gets Backing from Snowe

In This Climate, Victory's No Picnic, Either

Thanks to Snowe, Maine a Clear Winner

Drug-Trade Challenge

Maine's Outstanding Older Worker Honored

Bush to Sign Bill to Defer Taxes for Naval Shipbuilders

Bill Promises to Let BIW Defer Taxes

2 Shipbuilders Get Big Breaks in New Tax Bill

Driving Fuel Inefficiency

Canadian Help Wanted

A Tax Bill Really Isn't

Consider Quotas

Heating Help Lacking

Arrest that Governor

Legislators Plead for Shipyard

Milestones

Proposal Would Benefit Naval Shipbuilders

Senate-Approved Bill Includes $6.2 million for Brunswick Base

Expand Funding for Stem Cell Research

Senators on Board to Reopen Fishing Area

Stay Connected

Heavy Trucks Pose Risks in City as Weight Crackdown Continues

Reducing Nuclear Threat

More Time Sought to Lay Power Cable to Isles

Internet Grants Cut, and FCC Scolded

Senates Take Issue with Delayed Internet Help for Schools and Libraries

Blowing Smoke

Lawmakers Vow to Continue Dairy Aid

Aid Package Sought for Damaged Crops

Islanders Losing Patience After Years of Losing Power

King Praises, Prods NAACP

Baldacci Pitches Plan for Canadian Drugs

Customs Service Rules Against Lincolnville Lobster Dealer

Tax Vote Splits Centrist Group

Final Report on Oceans is a Springboard for Leaders

A New Tax Cut

Customs Bureau Rules Against Drisko Lobster

Fiscal Apple Pie in Congress

Funding for Climate Research Restored

Insider Challenges Drug Industry on Imports

Highway or Low Road

Senates Laud Mainers for Adoption Advocacy

Leavitt Should Remember Mercury is Worrying Mainers

Morning Business - Prescription Drugs

Senators Urge Vote on Drug Import Bill

Tepid Response to Medicare Overhaul

Private Plans Costing More for Medicare

Maine Groundfishermen Speaks at Senate Subcommittee Meeting

Fishing Rules Rightly Getting Worked Over

Hearing Trawls for Ways to Ease Limits on Fishing

Eastport Coast Guard Station Nearly Complete

Senators Seek Changes in Fishing Regulations

Snowe would End Fish-Stock Deadline

108th: The Final Days

Assault Weapon Ban Needed at Federal Level

New Power for Frist on Hold

Crunch Time as Recess Nears

Union, Lawmakers Fear BIW will be hard hit by Budget

Navy Plans to Buy Fewer Ships

EMDC Awarded Small-Business Grant

Riding the Rapids

Snowe, Collins Seek Aid for Apple Growers Hurt by Winter Kill

Maine Soldiers Who Lived and Died Deserve Thanks

A Sweet Welcome Home

Off-the-Rails Drug Policy

Testimony for Intelligence

Forbes Names Snowe Among Most Powerful

Mercury Report a 'Call to Action'

Snowe on List of World's Most Powerful Women

Army Death Report Flawed, Lawmakers Insist

Burundi Massacre Hits Local Nerve

Don't Let Intel Chief be Powerless Position

9/11 Proposals Keep Lights On in Capitol

Snowe Awaiting Full Report on Soldier's Death

Soldier Gets Help Cutting Red Tape

Northern Maine Potato Plant Closes Doors

Act of Healing, Act of Politics

Navy Secretary Praises Shipyard

Navy Secretary Impressed with Portsmouth Shipyard

Fixes to Spy System Won't be Easy

Former Senate Leader Dies - Jeffrey Butland

Cooperation a Key to Intelligence Overhaul

Snowe Reiterates Call for Intelligence Change

Wharf Proposal Aided by Snowe

Defense Budget Bill Funds Two BIW-Built Destroyers

Learning from 9/11

Maine Delegation Sees 'Alarm Bell and Battle Plan'

Snowe Bill Aims to Cut Small Firms' Paperwork

Cut and Pay

Deficit Matters in Debate Over Middle-Class Taxes

Border Hospitals Laud Worker Deadline Extension

Fiscal Sanity at Bay

Bush Pushes Congress to Extend Tax Cuts

System Gives Southern States the Edge on Work Visas

Drugs Down Under

Intelligence Reform

A Bipartisan Report Makes Deep Divisions

Australia Dismisses Mainers' Concerns

Snowe Says CIA was Not Pressured to Justify Iraq War

The Intelligence Battle

Admitting Intelligence Flaws, Bush Stands by Need for War

Report Slams CIA Prewar Data

Senate Intelligence Committee to Release Critical Iraq Investigation

A Chance to Sell Among the Giants

Child Care, Up in Smoke

Players

Mightly Like a Draft

Abuse of Schools' Internet Aid Probed

Technology May Ease the Fetters of Security

War Coverage Brings Array of Passionate Responses

Changes Possible in SBA Loan Programs

US Call-Up Targets 5,6000 Ex-Soldiers

BNAS Rescue Helicopter May Survive

Snowe, Collins Call Transfer of Power a Major Milestone

Coverage Gives Way to Emotional Debate

Moving On: More Voters Are Steering Away From Party Labels

Federal Funds Sought for Calais Span

94th Military Police Company to Leave Iraq in August

Medicare Lottery to Cover 50,000 People

FCC Ordered to Rewrite Rules Easing TV Station Ownership

Lottery planned for Test of Medicare's New Drug Coverage

Snowe Opposes Trade Agreement

Maine Senators Back Legislation to Protect Small Dairy Farms

Senate Backs Ban on Photos of G.I. Coffins

Senate Should Restore Funding for Forest Legacy

Anti-Poverty Group Honors Members

Snowe Backs a Better Prescription Drug Import Bill

AARP Backs Drug Import Bill

Border Crossing Ills

Nostalgic for Reagan's Era

Admirers Recall Man "Who Made Us Proud"

Snowe: Intelligence Overhaul Needed

Feud With DirecTV Fought in Portland

A Deficit of Fiscal Foresight

It's Do or Die for Drug Bill

Fiscal Conservatives

EPA to Probe Missing Mercury

Climate Change Hits the Big Screen

Americans Now Stand Divided

Caribou Workers to Receive Federal Assistance Funds

Improving Intelligence

Snowe Praises Small Businesses at Award Dinner

Maine Senators Laud 'Clear Plan' for Iraq

Budget Talks Reveal GOP Divisions

Snowe and Collins Show Resolve on Deficit Rules

Funding Restored for Maine Salmon Hatcheries

Republicans Compromise on Federal Budget

Soft Center - NOT

Members Vow Scrutiny After FEC Vote on 527s

Failure to Compromise Favors Deficit Reduction

'B Days' will be of Some Help, but Flawed Rules Still Need More

Healthcare Issues Attract Plenty of Talk but Little Action

Delegation Assails Study Urging Fewer Subs

Senate Republicans Propose Plan for Health Insurance

Push is on for Affordable Imports of Prescription Drugs

Cheaper Drugs, Inevitably

Fishing Rules Don't Have to Wipe Out Maine's Industry

Breast Cancer Coalition to Honor Sen. Snowe

The GOP's Vanishing Breed

New Rules Cast Cloud Over Start of Fishing Season

USDA Urged to Buy Surplus Potatoes

A Task of Moderation

Ocean Resources Need Better Management, Protection

Canadian Drug Access Gets Bipartisan Support in Senate

Group of Senators Agree on Drug Imports 

ROADMAP

Maine Awarded $3M in E-Rate Funding

White House Looks to Roll Key Senators

Fouling the Air

EPA Lauds Local Man for His Environmental Work

Senators Push Bush for Visa Relief

Coast Guard Adds to Maine Rescue Fleet

Heavy Trucks to Bypass Capital

Snowe Honored as 'America's Funniest Senator'

As Tax Cuts Are Debated, Tempers Flare

Maine Prepares for Cuts in Aid to Manufacturing

Advocates Debate Health Insurance

Small Business Bill's Backers Turn Up Pressure on Senate

Snowe, Collins Support Visas for Summer Workers

Snowe Receives Award from Health Group

TANF Investment

Snowe: PAYGO Has to Be in Budget

Snowe Requests Naval Ships for Maine Festivals

Smarter Welfare Reform

Visa Caps Cuts Off Tourism Workers

A Less Costly Health Plan, With a Catch

Sen. Snowe Pushes Rail Security Measure

Deficit Pigeons

Inquiry Ordered on Medicare Official's Charge

Legislatures Group Honors Snowe, Collins

 Lawmakers Review Media Ownership Caps, This Time in Name of Decency

Senatorial Sense

Head of FDA Pressed to Ease Drug Imports

Prescription for Cheap Pills

 Senate Raises Bar to Enact New Tax Cuts

In Rebuff to Bush, Senate Votes for Tax-Cut Barriers

Talking Tough on Trade, Or Knowing When to Duck

Bush Official Pushes Aggressive Trade Plan

Senate Panel Backs Climate Research Plan

Medicare Nominee Backs Drug Imports

Snowe Bill Aims to Help Military Rape Victims

Snowe Given Award for Health Advocacy

Scams Rise as Health Insurance Costs Up

Snowe Bill Supports Teacher Preparation

Senators Quietly Introduce Drug-Reimportation Bill

Centrists Bearish on Deals

Maine Delegation Not Enthusiastic on Bush Proposal

Maine Leaders to Decry Mercury Proposal

'We are still at War', Tenet Tells Panel

Tenet Warns of Al Qaeda Threat

Senators Seat Panel on No Child Issues

America's Fiscal Noose Draws Tighter

Business Owners Vent Woes to Snowe

Tax Fight Simmers

Snowe Steers Clear of Deadlines in Fisheries Management Bill

Base-Closing Criteria Disappoint Senators

Snowe Offers Plan to Rewrite Fisheries Rule

Snowe Introduces Weight Amendment 

Small-Business Agency to Open New Offices

Health Bills Face Uphill Battle

Wyden, Snowe Propose Changes to Medicare

Maine to Get $2M More in LIHEAP Funds

Maine Delegation Greets Budget with Skepticism

Women's Businesses Creating Jobs 

Snowe Defends 'Not Perfect' Plan, Despite Higher Costs

Maine Representatives Push to Keep Military Bases Open

Changes Sought for Base Closures

Sluggish Start for Offer of Tax Credit for Insurance

Baldacci Wants Dairy Farmers to Show Use of Panel's Ideas

State of the Union - Maine's Delegation Divided Over Address 

Guard to Get Assistance to Rebuild Armory

Snowe Explains Prescription Drug Benefit to Seniors

Ceremony Recognizes 'Maineiacs'

Delegation Proposes Stricter Rules for Clean Air

Maine's Delegation Vows To Fight Emission Standards

Snowe's Staff Meets with Members of Fishery Council

Maine Manufacturer Part of National Coalition Seeking Duties