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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Abortion
Charlie Summers: Funding for research on existing embryonic stem cell lines.
Charlie Summers: Must consider incest or rape.
Angus King: Favors abortion rights; opposes defunding Planned Parenthood.
Betsy Sweet: Protect a woman's right to choose.
Bruce Poliquin: Pro-life and proud of it.
Charlie Summers: Abortions should always be legal.
Chris Lyons: Oppose abortion as an unrestricted right.
Chris Lyons: Life is precious; abortion only if maternal life at risk.
Eliot Cutler: Unequivocally pro-choice; allow abortions via MaineCare.
Eric Brakey: Pro-life, and anti-ObamaCare.
Eric Brakey: Oppose funding Planned Parenthood; require parental consent.
Janet Mills: No comment on lawsuit to expand abortion access.
Janet Mills: Stand in the way of efforts to undermine right to abortion.
Mary Mayhew: Ban abortions after 20 weeks, like most developed nations.
Matt Dunlap: Abortions should always be legally available.
Mike Michaud: Evolved from pro-life to pro-choice over period of 30 years.
Sara Gideon: Backed in primary by abortion-rights groups.
Sara Gideon: Protect & expand access to women's reproductive care.
Shawn Moody: Strongly pro-life: opposes any tax dollars for abortion.
Shawn Moody: 2010: private choice; 2018: ban with exceptions.
Susan Collins: Joined Democrats to fund Planned Parenthood.
Susan Collins: End unfair copays charged to veterans for contraception.
Zak Ringelstein: Publicly-funded reproductive healthcare for women.
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Budget & Economy
Charlie Summers: Wasteful spending, even on military, should be eliminated.
Bruce Poliquin: Build a less intrusive and less expensive federal government.
Chris Lyons: Market-led recovery better than stimulus.
Eric Brakey: The government takes enough; we shouldn't raise taxes.
Eric Brakey: Not just for economic freedom but also personal freedom.
Janet Mills: Tax credit for new business will diversify economy.
Janet Mills: History has shown that we cannot cut our way to prosperity.
Janet Mills: Return half state surplus through direct checks to people.
Mary Mayhew: Reduce taxes by deep budget cuts including family services.
Matt Dunlap: Shore up availability of credit to stimulate job creation.
Matt Dunlap: Shore up availability of credit to stimulate job creation.
Paul LePage: Make the tough decisions to let American Dream survive.
Paul LePage: Graded A by Cato Institute for cutting taxes, spending.
Sara Gideon: COVID: prioritize small business, bolster unemployment funds.
Susan Collins: We tried & failed in 2005 to tighten mortgage regulations.
Tom Allen: Bush administration's debt has failed middle-class America.
Tom Allen: Driving up debt & unbridled free market caused bank crisis.
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Civil Rights
Angus King: Supports gay marriage.
Betsy Sweet: Equal pay for women; plus commission on racial justice.
Charlie Summers: No same-sex marriage; defined by Constitutional Amendment.
Charlie Summers: Affirmative action ok, but not in contracting decisions.
Charlie Summers: Marriage is between a man and a woman.
Chris Lyons: Comfortable with same-sex marriage.
Chris Lyons: Education will achieve affirmative action, not law.
Chris Lyons: Government should have no say on same-sex marriage.
Eliot Cutler: Worked to uphold a law legalizing same-sex marriage.
Eliot Cutler: Early and vocal supporter of Maine's marriage equality.
Eric Brakey: Leave transgender bathroom policy up to local school board.
Janet Mills: Decries proposal to eliminate Civil Rights Funding.
Janet Mills: Proud that Maine was first to vote for gay marriage.
Janet Mills: Enacted law banning conversion therapy for minors.
Matt Dunlap: Include sexual orientation in anti-discrimination laws.
Matt Dunlap: Affirmative action ok, but not on state contracts.
Mike Michaud: Would be 1st openly gay governor; but evolved on LGBT rights.
Paul LePage: Confederate monuments are about a war for land.
Sara Gideon: Husband solicited to run for town council; she ran instead.
Sara Gideon: Support LGBTQ+ people everywhere.
Shawn Moody: Marriage is one man & one woman, but respect will of voters.
Zak Ringelstein: Supports women's rights and equal pay for equal work.
Zak Ringelstein: People have the right to love who they want.
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Corporations
Eliot Cutler: Examine corporate tax breaks; avoid clawbacks by better deal.
Eric Brakey: Cut $400M in corporate welfare & return it to the people.
Janet Mills: Won $21.5M settlement against S&P's mortgage practices.
Mary Mayhew: Keeping government out of business creates good paying jobs.
Paul LePage: Depreciate bonuses; reduce business tax rate to under 8%.
Paul LePage: Capital investment goes where it is welcomed.
Paul LePage: AdWatch 2010: only candidate from both business & government.
Paul LePage: OpEd: Opposed to the basic functions of government.
Paul LePage: Maine is "open for business" by "cutting red tape".
Shawn Moody: Run the state like I've run my business.
Shawn Moody: Address red tape; focus on recruiting businesses.
Susan Collins: Excess corporate pay rewards risk-taking over results.
Tea Party: OpEd: Opposed to the basic functions of government.
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Crime
Angus King: Opposes the death penalty.
Angus King: More prisons, but more alternative sentencing.
Charlie Summers: Mandatory jail for drug crimes; penalties for online crimes.
Charlie Summers: Supports the federal death penalty.
Chris Lyons: Stricter punishment doesn't reduce crime.
Cynthia Dill: Alternative penalties for non-violent offenders.
Eliot Cutler: Assure support services for victims of domestic violence.
Eric Brakey: Being pro-life is why I oppose the death penalty.
Janet Mills: Expand personnel to fight crime in courtrooms and computers.
John Baldacci: End parole for repeat violent offenders.
Mary Mayhew: imprisonment for life as a deterrent to crime.
Matt Dunlap: Alternative penalties for non-violent offenders.
Paul LePage: Victim's Compensation Fund to address domestic violence.
Shawn Moody: Law enforcement needs all the right tools to catch criminals.
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Drugs
Betsy Sweet: Expand substance abuse treatment.
Betsy Sweet: Legalize and promote industrial hemp.
Charlie Baker: Opposed legalizing marijuana, but implemented it once passed.
Charlie Summers: Mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
Chris Lyons: Marijuana isn't a gateway drug.
Eliot Cutler: Legalizing marijuana sends message that drug use is OK.
Eliot Cutler: Legal pot makes drugs seem ok, but prohibition isn't working.
Eric Brakey: Supports legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
Eric Brakey: Supports Question 1: implement regulated marijuana market.
James Boyle: Allow marijuana for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Janet Mills: Legalize recreational marijuana and bring in millions.
Janet Mills: Investigate role of opioid manufacturers in drug abuse.
Janet Mills: Signed 2019 law for regulating adult-use marijuana market.
Mary Mayhew: Joint effort needed to provide effective drug treatment.
Mike Michaud: Real concerns about the impact of pot legalization on kids.
Mike Michaud: Legal pot makes drug more accessible to children and teens.
Mike Thibodeau: Supports Question 1: implement regulated marijuana market.
Mike Thibodeau: Allow marijuana for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Paul LePage: Mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients.
Paul LePage: Upholding the law includes illegal marijuana.
Paul LePage: Oppose legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
Paul LePage: Veto implementation of regulated marijuana market.
Sara Gideon: Treatment for opioid addiction; hold big pharma accountable.
Sara Gideon: Voted to regulate marijuana legalization in Maine.
Sara Gideon: Don't allow marijuana for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Shawn Moody: Strengthen criminal code & stem tide of illegal trafficking.
Shawn Moody: Opposes legalizing recreational marijuana despite 2016 vote.
Shenna Bellows: Supports marijuana legalization.
Shenna Bellows: Three past presidents acknowledged use; legalize pot.
Susan Collins: Provide prison inmates with drug addiction treatment.
Susan Collins: Declines to take sides in marijuana legalization petition.
Zak Ringelstein: Fighting Opioid epidemic begins with pharmaceutical reform.
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Education
Angus King: Public schools are the idea at the heart of democracy.
Angus King: More teacher development; more school construction.
Angus King: Include both abstinence and safe sex in sex-ed.
Angus King: Simplify repayment & refinance student loans.
Betsy Sweet: Pay teachers better; cut back on standardized tests.
Bruce Poliquin: Expand from 10 charters to more parental choices.
Charlie Summers: Supports vouchers, charters, magnet schools, standard tests.
Chris Lyons: Vouchers for school choice.
Cynthia Dill: More funding for schools, teachers, and Head Start.
Eliot Cutler: Earlier schooling; longer school year; more school funding.
Eliot Cutler: Pay it Forward, Pay it Back: tuition-free college.
Eliot Cutler: Cautious support for virtual charter schools.
Eliot Cutler: Try out Common Core standards before tweaking them.
Eric Brakey: Support private schools, charter schools, or homeschooling.
Eric Brakey: Competition will improve our schools.
Janet Mills: Commission on Education Reform must follow open meetings law.
Janet Mills: Expand pre-school; pay teachers a living wage.
Janet Mills: Invest $126M in public schools, and $18M for child services.
Janet Mills: Restore budget cuts to higher education.
Janet Mills: $6 million in low/no interest loans for childcare facilities.
Janet Mills: Make two years of community college free.
Janet Mills: Met state's commitment to fund 55% of cost of education.
Mary Mayhew: Parents should have access to multiple education choices.
Paul LePage: Supports charter schools and virtual schools.
Paul LePage: Strong support for charter schools, virtual or otherwise.
Paul LePage: Virtual charter schools are not the right answer.
Paul LePage: 2011: Signed onto Common Core, but now skeptical.
Rick Perry: Denounced Common Core standards publicly.
Sara Gideon: Access to high quality K-12 education for every family.
Sara Gideon: Tackle student debt crisis; expand trade, technical training.
Shawn Moody: Parental and local control in education curriculum.
Shenna Bellows: Voucher programs siphon public school money.
Susan Collins: Allow employers to help pay employee student debt.
Tea Party: Common Core is "ObamaCore" or "Commie Core".
Zak Ringelstein: Do away with school privatization; invest in public schools.
Zak Ringelstein: Refinance student loans at lower rates.
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Energy & Oil
Betsy Sweet: Invest in solar, wind, hydro, mass transit, & electric cars.
Bruce Poliquin: Fully develop all sources of domestic energy.
Charlie Summers: Off-shore exploration for oil, plus nuclear and coal.
Chris Lyons: Oppose prioritizing green energy.
Cynthia Dill: Encourage conservation and renewable energy.
Eliot Cutler: Burning fossil fuels is more and more problematic.
Eliot Cutler: Reduce carbon emissions to Kyoto Protocol targets.
Janet Mills: Wean ourselves off fossil fuels.
Janet Mills: Maine to fight climate change and become green.
Janet Mills: Combat climate change: offshore wind & electric incentives.
Janet Mills: Bring back wind platforms to Maine.
Janet Mills: Double Maine's clean energy jobs over next ten years.
Mary Mayhew: Wind energy needs transparent commission, not moratorium.
Matt Dunlap: Invest in weatherization programs and maintain LIHEAP.
Paul LePage: Global warming helps Maine by opening north shipping lanes.
Paul LePage: Build a natural gas pipeline from Canada.
Paul LePage: Imposed a moratorium on new wind turbine permits.
Paul LePage: Paid $7500 by lobbyists to advocate for hydropower corridor.
Paul LePage: FactCheck: misinformed that windmills use electric motors.
Sara Gideon: Bold, immediate action on climate change.
Sara Gideon: Passed aggressive goals reducing carbon emissions in Maine.
Sara Gideon: Rejoin Paris Agreement; invest in clean energy.
Shawn Moody: Door's open to renewable energy, but no subsidies.
Shawn Moody: Doesn't believe human activity contributes to climate change.
Shenna Bellows: Green energy solutions instead of nuclear energy.
Susan Collins: Double funding for low-income home weatherization programs.
Tom Allen: 1%-interest loan for home weatherization projects.
Zak Ringelstein: Curb emissions & return to Paris Agreement.
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Environment
Angus King: Support EPA brownfield program for industrial cleanup.
Betsy Sweet: Reduce, re-use, recycle.
Chris Lyons: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach.
Eliot Cutler: Helped Senator Ed Muskie craft the Clean Air Act.
Eliot Cutler: More bus services, dedicated HOV lanes, and bike routes.
Janet Mills: Joins coalition to reject proposed cuts in funding to EPA.
John Baldacci: 2003: Vetoed ban on foreign workers in logging industry.
Mary Mayhew: Environmental stewardship that also respects businesses.
Mike Michaud: AdWatch: Replace LePage with a pro-environment governor.
Paul LePage: Abstain from EPA petition to cut Midwest emissions.
Paul LePage: Change environmental laws to replace red tape with jobs.
Paul LePage: Stop manufacturer recycling; start cost-benefit analyses.
Paul LePage: Vetoed ban on foreign workers in logging industry.
Paul LePage: Land preservation reduces tax revenue.
Paul LePage: FactCheck: Maine EPA never counted buffaloes nor black flies.
Paul LePage: Outsourced regulatory decisions to make the less harmful.
Shawn Moody: Voluntarily adopted eco-friendly practices at Moody's.
Zak Ringelstein: Believes in climate change and protecting our environment.
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Families & Children
Eliot Cutler: Empower women to succeed at home and at work.
Janet Mills: More than $12 million to increase pay for childcare workers.
Janet Mills: Budget will fully fund universal free meals in our schools.
Paul LePage: Vetoed right to breast-fed at work.
Shenna Bellows: Ran micro-credit program for Women in Development.
Zak Ringelstein: Commit to fully funding disability programs.
Zak Ringelstein: Families are the backbones to society and need full support.
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Foreign Policy
Chris Lyons: Oppose American Exceptionalism.
Eliot Cutler: China's future is like America in 1890s: booming and growing.
Eric Brakey: Crazy that we have our troops in 177 different countries.
Eric Brakey: Deposing secular dictators in Mid-East empowers our enemies.
Shenna Bellows: Served for two years in Peace Corps, in Panama.
Susan Rice: Didn't want to be pigeonholed as "black working on Africa".
Zak Ringelstein: America is best when working for global peace & partnerships.
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Free Trade
Bruce Poliquin: Promote trade and investment opportunities.
Charlie Summers: Free trade yes, but sanctions on Venezuela.
Charlie Summers: I support free trade, but protect shoe factories.
Chris Lyons: Support & expand free trade.
Cynthia Dill: Keep tariffs against foreign products that compete unfairly.
Eric Brakey: I don't think tariffs are a good thing.
Shenna Bellows: NAFTA damaged our manufacturing sector; so will TPP.
Susan Collins: Some trade agreements have resulted in more tariffs.
Susan Rice: US beneficiary of free trade; don't cede leadership to China.
Tom Allen: Review existing trade agreements that damaged US economy.
Zak Ringelstein: Protect economy from harmful international trade agreements.
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Government Reform
Angus King: Restrict and disclose all campaign donations & spending.
Betsy Sweet: Only Democrat to use Maine's taxpayer-funded election system.
Betsy Sweet: Publicly funded federal election system.
Bruce Poliquin: 12-year term limit on members of Congress.
Charlie Summers: OpEd: Pushes for voter registration, with his name on ballot.
Chris Lyons: Make voter registration easier.
Eric Brakey: Independent redistricting & automatic voter registration.
Eliot Cutler: Oppose all efforts to restrict access to the ballot box.
Janet Mills: Let college students vote where they attend college.
Janet Mills: Undisclosed political money is corrosive to democracy.
John Baldacci: Limit political campaign donations.
Matt Dunlap: No campaign donation limits; just disclosure.
Paul LePage: Investigate and report publicly on false campaign statements.
Paul LePage: 2010: Voluntarily limited donors to $9,500, with disclosure.
Paul LePage: 2013: no government transparency; no campaign disclosure.
Paul LePage: Vetoed increased penalties on campaign finance disclosure.
Sara Gideon: $500 fine for campaign finance ethics violation.
Sara Gideon: Worked in Maine to pass automatic voter registration.
Sara Gideon: End influence of big money on our elections and officials.
Shenna Bellows: Funding her campaign $5 at a time from local events.
Susan Collins: Reform public financing system to get more opt-in.
Susan Collins: Outrageous for IRS to target Tea Party groups.
Susan Rice: Supports National Voter Registration Day.
Tea Party: More power is being taken by government.
Zak Ringelstein: Ultra rich are buying our elected leaders & control policy.
Zak Ringelstein: Protect democracy from corrupting influence of big money.
Zak Ringelstein: Independent redistricting & automatic voter registration.
Zak Ringelstein: Overturn Citizens United; disclose campaign donations.
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Gun Control
Angus King: Supports gun rights.
Bruce Poliquin: Strong supporter of the Second Amendment.
Charlie Summers: Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
Chris Lyons: Absolute right to gun ownership.
Eric Brakey: Bipartisan Republican leads the charge to less gun control.
Eric Brakey: The second amendment is essential for liberty.
Eliot Cutler: Restrict access to firearms via universal background checks.
Eric Brakey: Oppose background checks for individual gun transfers.
Eric Brakey: Allow concealed carry guns without a permit.
Janet Mills: Ban bump stocks and high-capacity magazine.
Jared Golden: Oppose concealed carry without a permit.
John Baldacci: Allow concealed carry.
Mary Mayhew: Pro gun ownership and armed guards wherever needed.
Matt Dunlap: Ease or repeal restrictions on purchase & possession of guns.
Mike Thibodeau: Allow concealed carry guns without a permit.
Paul LePage: Allow concealed carry guns without a permit.
Sara Gideon: Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety for gun-sense majority.
Sara Gideon: Oppose concealed carry without a permit.
Shawn Moody: Pro 2nd Amendment; wants armed officials in high schools.
Shawn Moody: Right to bear arms "shall never be questioned.
Shenna Bellows: Was NRA member, but left because they became too extreme.
Zak Ringelstein: Most Americans wants gun control but NRA stops it.
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Health Care
Betsy Sweet: Supports universal coverage including alternative therapies.
Bruce Poliquin: Replace ObamaCare with cross-state & group insurance.
Chris Lyons: Oppose ObamaCare.
Chris Lyons: Insurance companies benefit from ObamaCare; people don't.
Cynthia Dill: Medicaid and Medicare programs need to be strengthened.
Eliot Cutler: Universal access to essential health care services.
Eric Brakey: Apply principles of freedom to broken healthcare system.
Eric Brakey: Do better than backdoor deals that led to ObamaCare.
Janet Mills: Her office took on drug manufacturer Mylan on price gouging.
Janet Mills: Medicaid expansion helps everyone.
Janet Mills: Expanding MaineCare helps needy & helps hospitals.
John Baldacci: Ensure access to basic health care.
Mary Mayhew: Absolutely opposed to Medicaid expansion.
Matt Dunlap: ObamaCare individual mandate is constitutional.
Paul LePage: MaineCare recipients contribute to statewide health coverage.
Paul LePage: Budgetary limits on Medicaid expansion.
Paul LePage: COVID: Spoke against shutdown while quarantined in car.
Paul LePage: Almost eradicated public health nursing in Maine.
Paul LePage: ObamaCare will make IRS into Gestapo enforcers.
Sara Gideon: Public option for Medicare, but not Medicare-for-All.
Sara Gideon: Complete the work started under Affordable Care Act.
Sara Gideon: Reduce prescription costs; protect pre-existing conditions.
Sara Gideon: Let government negotiate to lower cost of drugs.
Sara Gideon: Strongly oppose raising Medicare eligibility age.
Sara Gideon: Let Medicare negotiate drug prices; allow imports.
Shawn Moody: Citizen referendum decided Medicaid expansion: make it work.
Shawn Moody: Wants health insurance open to competition amongst states.
Shenna Bellows: Supports ObamaCare & universal health coverage.
Susan Collins: Helped pass law lowering drug prices, speeding generics.
Susan Collins: Improve advance transparency on medical billing.
Susan Collins: Authored law letting pharmacists help patients save money.
Susan Collins: Strong supporter of home care.
Zak Ringelstein: ObamaCare helped; but supports Medicare single payer.
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Homeland Security
ACLU: Require a warrant to get location info from cell phones.
Angus King: Ok to target suspected terrorists outside of war zones.
Bruce Poliquin: NSA tracking of US citizens violates 4th Amendment.
Bruce Poliquin: Top spending priority is full financing of military.
Charlie Summers: Military tribunals for terrorists; deploy National Guard.
Chris Lyons: Don't expand the military.
Cynthia Dill: Cut military spending such as weapons systems.
Cynthia Dill: Opposes unlimited detention of terror suspects.
Eric Brakey: Apply limited government philosophy to the military.
James Boyle: Require a warrant to get location info from cell phones.
Mary Mayhew: Veterans should get all benefits earned, in a timely manner.
Mike Thibodeau: Don't require warrant to get location info from cell phones.
Paul LePage: Wreaths Across America: thank our men and women in uniform.
Paul LePage: Don't require warrant to get location info from cell phones.
Sara Gideon: Make sure that services vets have earned remain available.
Sara Gideon: Require a warrant to get location info from cell phones.
Shawn Moody: Stand behind veterans: offer school, jobs and services.
Shenna Bellows: No spying on foreign leaders NOR on ordinary Americans.
Shenna Bellows: Snowden was a whistle-blower, not a criminal.
Shenna Bellows: We cannot afford to be the world's policemen.
Shenna Bellows: NSA should target only based on individualized suspicion.
Susan Collins: No justification for spying on Germany's chancellor.
Susan Collins: Cuts in defense are very troubling to me personally.
Susan Collins: Mass surveillance justified by national security.
Susan Collins: Mass unwarranted surveillance is never justified.
Susan Collins: Increase transparency of NSA but keep NSA programs.
Zak Ringelstein: Veterans need homes and proper health care; they earned it.
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Immigration
Betsy Sweet: Pay for transition costs of new Mainers.
Bruce Poliquin: Legal immigration is good for America; illegal isn't.
Charlie Summers: No citizenship for illegals; yes temporary worker visas.
Chris Lyons: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.
Eric Brakey: Secure the border and keep immigrants off welfare.
Eric Brakey: We must put our citizens first.
Janet Mills: Condemns President's ban on refugees.
Jean Hay Bright: Clamp down on undocumented workers via employers.
Mary Mayhew: Slash funds for new immigrants & asylum seekers.
Paul LePage: Welcome immigrants, but no welfare for legal non-citizens.
Paul LePage: Build border fence as high as the Great Wall of China.
Sara Gideon: Urged support for DREAM Act.
Sarah Palin: Has not often expressed views on illegal immigration.
Shawn Moody: Work with federal officials against illegal immigrants.
Susan Collins: Co-sponsored bill for path to citizenship for DREAMers.
Zak Ringelstein: Welcomes immigrants as assets to both society and economy.
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Jobs
Angus King: Keep 900 shoe factory jobs in Maine.
Angus King: Protected jobs in forests & Bath Iron Works.
Angus King: Supports federal minimum wage increase; but not $15.
Betsy Sweet: Supports $15 minimum wage and strong unions.
Chris Lyons: Oppose affirmative action in hiring.
Eliot Cutler: Zealously guard against interference in unionization efforts.
Eric Brakey: Oppose increasing minimum wage; it takes out the bottom rung.
Eric Brakey: Restrict employer's access to employee social media accounts.
Eric Brakey: Employers can pay tipped workers half minimum wage.
Janet Mills: Scholarships & boosted retirement benefits for firefighters.
Janet Mills: Raise minimum wage to $12 by 2020.
Janet Mills: Goal: 100% of students have option of paid internships.
Jared Golden: Fought for fair and equal pay, in state legislature.
Jared Golden: Restrict employer's access to employee social media accounts.
Jared Golden: Don't limit tipped workers to half minimum wage.
Jean Hay Bright: Raise the minimum wage, then adjust it annually.
Mike Michaud: AdWatch: Unions endorse Michaud "to represent Maine workers".
Mike Thibodeau: Restrict employer's access to employee social media accounts.
Mike Thibodeau: Employers can pay tipped workers half minimum wage.
Paul LePage: Reduce red tape for permitting for principled job creators.
Paul LePage: Vetoed incrementally raising the state's minimum wage.
Paul LePage: Are low-wage call-center jobs the kind we want?
Paul LePage: Allow employer's access to employee social media accounts.
Paul LePage: Employers can pay tipped workers half minimum wage.
Paul LePage: Able-bodied Maine residents are refusing to work.
Sara Gideon: Prioritize needs of small businesses; raise minimum wage.
Sara Gideon: Restrict employer's access to employee social media accounts.
Sara Gideon: Don't limit tipped workers to half minimum wage.
Sara Gideon: Co-sponsored bill to give unions access to public employees.
Shawn Moody: Make it easier for job creators: create a service hotline.
Shawn Moody: Roll back minimum wage increase.
Shenna Bellows: Increase minimum wage to make it a living wage.
Susan Collins: For Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act.
Zak Ringelstein: Create jobs by investment in land grants and infrastructure.
Zak Ringelstein: Increase minimum wage to $15/hour & tie to inflation.
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Principles & Values
Chris Lyons: Keep God in the public sphere.
Chris Lyons: Personal belief in God is fine; government action is not.
Janet Mills: We are not Washington; we are Maine.
Janet Mills: Brother, a State Senator, ran for governor in 2010.
Paul LePage: Tea Party dominance over New England Republicanism.
Paul LePage: First language is French; grew up in Little Canada region.
Sara Gideon: Public service is about improving the lives of people.
Sara Gideon: Courts pushed to the right, favors independent judiciary.
Shenna Bellows: Head of Maine ACLU, and community organizer.
Shenna Bellows: Calls herself a progressive libertarian.
Susan Collins: Focuses on seniority & forging bipartisan solutions.
Susan Collins: Nine is good number for seats on Supreme Court.
Susan Rice: Fierce love of country should override disagreements.
Tea Party: 2010 Tea Party victories grew to 2014 Republican dominance.
Paul LePage: 2020 election was clearly stolen, and so was 2018.
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Social Security
Bruce Poliquin: Adjustments to future retirees, but not current ones.
Charlie Summers: Invest portion of workers' payroll tax in private accounts.
Charlie Summers: Remove disability coverage from Social Security.
Chris Lyons: Privatize Social Security.
Cynthia Dill: Stop raiding Social Security Trust Fund.
Eliot Cutler: Support & strengthen the foundations for Social Security.
Jean Hay Bright: "Promote the General Welfare" is our founding principle.
Matt Dunlap: Remove cap on earnings to sustain system.
Mike Michaud: Soc. Sec. & Medicare secure retirement; they're not welfare.
Paul LePage: Medicare and Social Security are really just welfare.
Paul LePage: Keep our promise; don't tax Social Security.
Paul LePage: Cut pension cost-of-living increases to reduce other taxes.
Sara Gideon: Protect Social Security, Medicare from cuts & privatization.
Sara Gideon: Raise the earning cap so wealthiest pay their fair share.
Scott D`Amboise: Option to invest in private retirement program.
Shenna Bellows: Scrap the cap; apply payroll tax over $113,700.
Shenna Bellows: Scrap the Cap: highest-paid Americans pay their fair share.
Susan Collins: Foundation of retirement income for most Americans.
Zak Ringelstein: Social Security needs expansion; seniors need more benefits.
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Tax Reform
Angus King: Decrease income taxes, but no flat tax.
Betsy Sweet: Level the playing field; more taxes for the top 20%.
Bruce Poliquin: Reduce taxes to create jobs.
Chris Lyons: Oppose higher taxes on the wealthy.
Cynthia Dill: Require the wealthy to pay their fair share.
Eliot Cutler: Shift burden from property tax as part of strategic reform.
Eric Brakey: Voted against raising the lodging tax to 10.5%.
Eric Brakey: No additional 3% tax on income above $200,000.
Mary Mayhew: Cut tax burden for employers.
Paul LePage: End marriage penalty; increase personal exemptions.
Paul LePage: Threatened to veto bills unless state income tax abolished.
Paul LePage: No to treating forgivable PPP loans as taxable state income.
Paul LePage: Reduced state income tax to 4%; would prefer 0%.
Paul LePage: As mayor: keep state taxes; as governor: cut state taxes.
Sara Gideon: Roll back Trump tax cuts; breaks for hardworking families.
Shawn Moody: You can't tax young people if we want to attract them here.
Shawn Moody: Tight N'Up spending; reduce income tax; provide transparency.
Zak Ringelstein: GOP tax bill did little for those that needed it the most.
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Technology
Eliot Cutler: Invest capital in our backbone infrastructure.
Eric Brakey: Net Neutrality is heavy-handed government control.
Janet Mills: $2M for broadband; $5M for rural development.
Janet Mills: Proposes $15 million to expand broadband.
Janet Mills: Loss of net neutrality is a giveaway to huge corporations.
Janet Mills: High speed internet as fundamental as electricity.
Janet Mills: Universal high-speed internet for Maine by 2024.
Paul LePage: New website to see how Maine tax dollars are spent.
Shenna Bellows: Total Information Awareness undermines our democracy.
Zak Ringelstein: Create federal law protecting net neutrality.
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War & Peace
Charlie Summers: Keep troop levels high in Iraq until "peace surge".
Bruce Poliquin: Congress' approval before going to war; stay out of Syria.
Charlie Summers: More support for Afghanistan; more sanctions for North Korea.
Charlie Summers: Iraq & Afghanistan have taken a turn for the positive.
Chris Lyons: Avoid foreign entanglements.
Cynthia Dill: Afghanistan is not as irresponsible as was Iraq.
Eric Brakey: Learn from the past: we don't need another Mideast war.
Eric Brakey: Ok to withdraw from Iran nuke deal so Trump can negotiate.
Matt Dunlap: We cannot stand by while Syria slaughters its citizens.
Matt Dunlap: Iraq war was poorly thought out and enormously expensive.
Sara Gideon: Congress must provide oversight over military action.
Sarah Palin: Generally supportive of America's presence in Iraq.
Scott D`Amboise: Time to bring our troops home from Afghanistan.
Susan Collins: Exert economic pressure on Iran to stop its nuclear program.
Susan Rice: Benghazi investigations became "gotcha" game.
Susan Rice: We sold out the Kurds in Syria.
Susan Rice: National security endangered by lack of communication.
Susan Rice: Small U.S. military presence in Syria fought ISIS threat.
Tom Allen: We need strong economic sanctions against Iran.
Zak Ringelstein: Favors diplomacy against potential nuclear threats.
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Welfare & Poverty
ACLU: Critical to let immigrants receive public assistance.
Bruce Poliquin: War on Poverty has failed after spending $16 trillion.
Charlie Summers: Welfare recipients must work or train 40 hours a week.
Cynthia Dill: Increased work requirements for able-bodied recipients.
Eliot Cutler: Never abandon citizens who are unemployed, ill, or hungry.
Eliot Cutler: We need welfare reform but not demonization of recipients.
Eric Brakey: Disallow using food stamps to purchase junk food.
Eric Brakey: Allow some immigrants to receive public assistance.
Janet Mills: Demands release of publically funded welfare study.
Janet Mills: Build nearly 1000 more affordable homes over 8 years.
Jared Golden: Allow some immigrants to receive public assistance.
Mary Mayhew: Auditor: DHHS improperly managed federal welfare funds.
Mary Mayhew: Time limits on welfare benefits, to promote employment.
Matt Dunlap: Expand state services to include the working poor.
Mike Thibodeau: Allow some immigrants to receive public assistance.
Paul LePage: End welfare-on-day-one: No instant eligibility for benefits.
Paul LePage: Maine's TANF welfare system is too generous.
Paul LePage: Maine grew at 0.8% if we discount federal welfare payments.
Paul LePage: Give people in need a hand up; don't give unneeded hand-outs.
Paul LePage: Expanding welfare entitlements is not compassionate.
Paul LePage: Five tiers to welfare; keep more when you earn more.
Sara Gideon: Allow some immigrants to receive public assistance.
Shawn Moody: Lifetime cap on welfare; with strong fraud detection.
Shenna Bellows: No one in Washington stands up for people who are hurting.
Susan Collins: Block grants for state and local flexibility in welfare.
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The above quotations are from State of Maine Politicians: Archives.
Page last edited: Feb 18, 2023
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