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Category: Senator Craven

SENATE DEFEATS ANTI-CHOICE BILL

Posted: June 06, 2011

AUGUSTA—Today the State Senate defeated a so-called “fetal rights” bill in a vote of 18 – 15. If passed,LD 1463 “An Act Regarding Offenses...

SENATE DEMOCRATS: HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL IS NOT PANACEA FOR UNINSURED AND WILL HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

Posted: May 16, 2011

Majority of Senate Democrats demand more protections for consumers and uninsured AUGUSTA—The State Senate voted 24 – 10 largely along party...

Democrats urge alternative plan for insurance reform

Posted: May 09, 2011

1,476 business owners, doctors say insurance overhaul will drive up costs, hurt rural Maine AUGUSTA –Democratic lawmakers from the Maine...

LePage assails previous DHHS administration

Posted: March 19, 2011

... Sen. Margaret Craven, D-Lewiston and a ranking Democrat on the committee, said the LePage administration may feel surprised because it fired...

Immigrant advocates dispute anecdotes driving LePage's safety-net proposal

Posted: March 18, 2011

... Sen. Margaret Craven, D-Lewiston, the ranking Democrat on the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee, agreed. "The time to help...

Sen. Craven: Welfare policy "put forth by MHPC will further disenfranchise those living in poverty"

Posted: March 08, 2011

As the lead Democrat on the Health and Human Services committee, I am, of course, interested in learning more from our newly confirmed commissioner...

Numbers game

Posted: March 07, 2011

Sen. Margaret Craven, D-Lewiston, who serves on the Health and Human Services Committee, said she will keep an open mind, but she is astounded that...

Gov. Paul LePage's nominees for farm agency, DHHS confirmed

Posted: February 09, 2011

... Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, a former co-chair of the Appropriations Committee, congratulated Bernhardt for his commitment to finding...

Offers pour in for Korean War veteran

Posted: February 04, 2011

... “I was so moved by Mr. Lyon's story,” Craven said in a prepared statement. “It is shameful that a veteran without family or financial...

Legislative Committee Endorses Mayhew to Head Maine DHHS

Posted: February 02, 2011

... Democratic Sen. Margaret Craven says she had heard a lot of discussion about Mayhew's plans for reforming the upper echelons of DHHS from the...