The Maine Wire: “Angus King lashes out at conservative Republicans” plus 5 more‏

• Angus King lashes out at conservative Republicans
• Collins: Defunding Obamacare “Not Realistic”
• House Republicans call on Democrats to stop using bogus job figures
• BDN Poll: Majority believe Republican reforms responsible for Maine’s declining poverty rate
• Michaud, Pingree vote to keep Obamacare alive
• Michaud’s Bogus Jobs Loss Claim and Maine’s Uncritical Media

Angus King lashes out at conservative Republicans Posted: 20 Sep 2013 03:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Angus King lashed out at senate Republicans on Friday for their attempts to block further implementation of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, by defunding the law in the current budget resolution. The budget resolution, which included no funding for Obamacare, passed the U.S. House of Representatives early […]

Collins: Defunding Obamacare “Not Realistic” Posted: 20 Sep 2013 02:42 PM PDT U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Friday she does not believe the defund strategy pursued by House Republicans is realistic way to get rid of President Barack Obama’s controversial health care law. Collins voted against the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, in 2010. She has repeatedly voted in favor of measures to repeal […]

House Republicans call on Democrats to stop using bogus job figures Posted: 20 Sep 2013 01:46 PM PDT Maine House Republicans on Friday called on Democrats to recant or correct allegations that Maine has experienced zero or negative job growth since Republicans took power, pointing to errors in statistics cited by Democrats. In June, Pew Charitable Trusts released figures which stated that the total number of jobs in Maine had decreased from April […]

BDN Poll: Majority believe Republican reforms responsible for Maine’s declining poverty rate Posted: 20 Sep 2013 01:18 PM PDT A majority of Mainer’s believe a reduction in Maine’s poverty rate, announced this week by the U.S. Census bureau, can be attributed to Republican-led reforms of the LePage Administration, according to a non-scientific poll of readers conducted by the Bangor Daily News. As of 4:00PM Friday, 61.7 percent of respondents answered yes to the question: […]

Michaud, Pingree vote to keep Obamacare alive Posted: 20 Sep 2013 09:45 AM PDT U.S. Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree voted Friday against a House Resolution that would fund the federal government – but not the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare – throughout the next year. The measure (H.J.R. 59) passed the Republican-controlled House of Representatives by a vote of 230 to 189. It now heads […]

Michaud’s Bogus Jobs Loss Claim and Maine’s Uncritical Media Posted: 20 Sep 2013 09:02 AM PDT The Maine Wire reported exclusively that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud was spouting incorrect statistics to portray Maine’s economy under Republican Gov. Paul LePage as headed in the wrong direction. Shortly after, the liberal blogosphere confirmed the report and a main stream newspaper later caught up. The Sept. 16 article, “Fact-Checking the new Michaud ad,” […]