Stories about Chellie Pingree
Chellie Pingree (D)
North Haven, District 1
Website: http://chelliepingree.com/, Candidates for U.S. Representative (D)
Email: campaign@chelliepingree.com
Bio: My mother grew up on the family farm in Minnesota. Years later, when I was a full time farmer, my mom would spend a month with us each year, teaching me all she knew. In a Norwegian/American family, hard work is a given, and my mother never stopped.
I was the youngest child, and my mom went back to work while I was at home. She was a nurse and, even though she worked long hours, she still cooked everything from scratch. Dad was hardworking, smart, and loved numbers, from the thousands of figures he pored over during the day, to his winning gin rummy scores at night.
My dad was a lifelong Republican. As a teenager, I was a staunch opponent of the war in Vietnam, and my dad was not at all fond of my war-protesting, anti-authoritarian ways. However, as the years passed, my father would come to visit us in Maine, helping me with the bookkeeping at my various small businesses and playing with his grandkids.
When I ran for the State Senate in 1992, the year before he died, he and my mom wrote me a check for $50. I was touched to see his barely legible signature–the only contribution he ever gave to a Democrat. (Source: http://chelliepingree.com/)
Bangor International Airport’s overnight air traffic control shift won’t be eliminated
BANGOR, Maine —The overnight shift at Bangor International Airport’s air traffic control tower will not be eliminated by the Federal Aviation Administration, Maine’s congressional delegation announced Wednesday. “We are tremendously pleased that the FAA has decided not to eliminate the overnight shift at BIA,” Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King ...
POLL QUESTION
Democrats, GOP continue fight over Medicaid expansion, hospital repayment
AUGUSTA, Maine — Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday continued to spar over linking acceptance of Medicaid expansion funds from the federal government with repayment of the state’s outstanding Medicaid debt to 39 hospitals. Although both sides say there is no disagreement about finally paying off $484 million owed to Maine ...
Maine congressional delegation fights to keep overnight hours at Bangor airport tower
BANGOR, Maine — All four members of Maine’s congressional delegation stood in opposition of a possible elimination of the overnight shift at the Bangor International Airport air traffic control tower on Friday. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree sent a joint letter to ...
Rape victims can get counseling without risking government security clearance
By David Lerman, Bloomberg on April 05, 2013, at 1:53 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Victims of sexual assault can get mental health counseling without disclosing it on applications for U.S. government security clearance under a new policy set by the director of national intelligence. The guidance, effective immediately, seeks to counter a perception that disclosing such counseling would jeopardize the clearance needed ...
Sandy relief funds could help Yarmouth dredge its diminishing harbor
YARMOUTH, Maine — In the warmer months, low tides leave docks and boats sitting cockeyed in what looks like a giant mud pit, not a marina. The harbor’s mooring field is supposed to be 6 feet deep at low tide, according to federal navigation standards, while the navigation channel should ...
King, Pingree and Michaud want courts to strike federal ban on same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — Three members of Maine’s congressional delegation have added their voices to those urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act. U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and the state’s two U.S. House members, Democrats Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud, announced Friday in a joint ...
Chellie Pingree lobbies Obama to require environmental review if Portland pipeline is reversed to carry tar sands
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, sent a letter Wednesday to the Obama administration asking that any plan to reverse the flow of the Portland Montreal Pipeline to carry oil sands from Canada to Portland Harbor require a new permitting process and a thorough environmental review. Pingree’s letter ...
Pingree introduces bill to help military sex assault victims receive benefits
Bangor Daily News on Feb. 13, 2013, at 4:36 p.m.
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree on Wednesday introduced a bill inspired by a Milbridge woman that aims to make it easier for victims of sexual assault while in the military to qualify for federal veterans’ benefits. Pingree, a Democrat who represents Maine’s 1st U.S. House District, introduced the bill along with ...
Collins, Pingree say government should do more to prevent mentally ill from owning guns
Two members of Maine’s Congressional delegation say more work needs to be done when it comes to gun control and mental health. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said there’s room for improvement. “We should examine, among other issues, whether states are reporting data on mentally ill individuals found to be ...
US Rep. Chellie Pingree assigned to House Appropriations Committee
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree will serve as a minority member of the House Appropriations Committee during the next Congress, her office announced Thursday. The committee sets spending priorities for all federal programs. Pingree will be only the second House Member from Maine since 1899 and only the fifth ...
Training organization for Dem. women announces wins for its alumnae
STATEWIDE, Maine — Emerge Maine, an organization that trains Democratic women to run for public office, announced that 14 of its alumnae and five of its advisory board members won races for statewide, county and municipal office on Nov. 6. Prevailing in their races were State Reps. Erin Herbig of ...
VIDEO
Pingree declares victory in 1st District
PORTLAND, Maine — Incumbent Democrat Chellie Pingree declared victory in her 1st District race against upstart Republican Jon Courtney on Tuesday night just before 10 p.m. “Clearly the voters have said to me, ‘We’ve all worked hard over the last four years, there’s still more work to do,’” Pingree told ...
VIDEO AND POLL
Pingree, Courtney use final campaign hours to get message out to voters
AUGUSTA, Maine — Demonstrating the quiet confidence of a well-financed incumbent, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, kept a low profile during the final days of this year’s race to represent Maine’s 1st Congressional District. By contrast, Pingree’s Republican challenger, Maine Senate Majority Leader Jon Courtney of Springvale, planned to ...
VIDEO AND POLL
Freeport, Brunswick welcome long-awaited passenger rail service to Boston
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Passenger train service that links Brunswick and Freeport with Boston and beyond commenced Thursday after decades of development and years of doubt from some who thought they would never see Amtrak north of Portland. Restrictions on the Amtrak Downeaster’s speed, track maintenance concerns, the construction of stations ...
General Dynamics in Saco wins $28 million bid for machine guns
The contract initially approves the purchase of 6,000 M2A1 machine guns, with the option to procure as many as 6,000 more.
TV ad criticizes Pingree for not ‘keeping money out of politics’
AUGUSTA, Maine — As Democratic incumbent Chellie Pingree’s campaign announced Thursday that it had topped the $1 million fundraising mark, Jon Courtney, her Republican challenger in Maine’s 1st Congressional District, launched a television ad that criticizes her for failing to “keep money out of politics.” The ad, which shows footage ...
ANALYSIS
Debate doesn’t change 1st District race, but Courtney gains in stature
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Thursday’s televised debate between 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree and Maine Senate Majority Leader Jon Courtney won’t change the outcome of the race. A more than tenfold fundraising advantage, greater name recognition and other perks of incumbency have allowed Pingree, a Democrat, to coast through her ...
ANALYSIS
What would it take for Pingree or Michaud to lose?
AUGUSTA, Maine — In 1916, Republican Wallace H. White Jr. defeated fellow Lewiston resident Daniel J. McGillicuddy to wrest Maine’s 2nd District seat in the U.S. House away from the Democratic incumbent. That’s the last time an incumbent in Maine’s 2nd District lost a re-election bid. For perspective, Maine had ...
Meet Chellie Pingree, back-to-the-lander
Though today she is known as a member of Congress and the wife of hedge fund magnate Donald Sussman, Maine 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree says she came to Maine in 1971 after reading Scott and Helen Nearing’s influential back-to-the-land book “Living the Good Life.” She says some people ...
Roxanne Quimby makes national top 100 largest landowners list
ELLSWORTH, Maine — A person whose name is familiar to many Mainers has joined the ranks of the top 100 largest private landowners in the country, according to a national publication that focuses on land uses and transactions. Roxanne Quimby, who co-founded Burt’s Bees natural cosmetics firm and has purchased ...
Cutler man gets 3 years, ordered to pay nearly $143,000 for theft of veterans disability benefits
Maine Sports Hall of Fame revokes Dana Wilson’s 2012 induction
LePage speaks frankly to Dirigo Girls State delegates
Handful of Republicans being pressured to override LePage Medicaid veto
LePage fails to surprise on Medicaid expansion
We don’t understand female politicians
The cost of requiring more renewable power
Retiring Hermon High School athletic administrator Soucy maintains love of sports
Rask gives Bruins 2-1 series lead
Pats’ Hernandez questioned in homicide case
Midcoast multibajillionaire knows what her husband is doing before he does it
The Esther II: A father’s boat, a son’s heart