Everyone can agree that this election cycle is a continuing political phenomenon. It has been a race that defies boundaries…
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Tragedy cast a dark shadow over the first of four Preakness races at the Pimlico course on Saturday, May 21.…
“Without question, these new regulations will hurt Maine workers more than help.” In 2014, President Obama issued an executive order…
It is an honor to pay tribute to those men and women who have served in our armed forces in…
As a teacher in the Bangor School District, I have decorated my classroom for various holidays, including Christmas, for the…
Although it doesn’t happen often, last week, National Public Radio and I were on the same page. They put out…
Obamacare suffered another major defeat last week when the federal circuit court ruled in favor of the House of Representatives…
In April of 2014, reports and rumors of the mistreatment of veterans through the VA hospitals surfaced when CNN first…
The 21st Century ushered in striking technological improvements that have enhanced and changed so many parts of our lives. Technological…
The IRS should work for Maine taxpayers—not the other way around. This year’s tax season served as a reminder of…
“It is clear that Trump would be the most un-presidential president in U.S. history; but that’s the point.” Historically, every…
Two weeks ago, I provided commentary on AGs United for Clean Power, a group of attorneys general who went public in late…
April fool’s month starts off briskly on opening day: President Obama coins a new euphemism when he referred to an…
In the latest round of primaries, liberal candidates seem to be competing in a race to the bottom when it…
Made in America. Those words mean a lot to American workers. Those words mean that a hardworking American family is…
I’ll admit, I sometimes fall into the typical partisan trap of automatically assuming I’m not going to agree with legislation…
The Hillary Clinton email scandal has dominated the news cycle for months. Aside from Donald Trump, the scandal is probably…
This week, Maine’s State Legislature passed LD 1600, a bill that would require State approval before any sitting President can…
My generation has seen a lot in our young lifetimes. We are the children of the “Post 9/11 era,” and…
In February, I met with Command Sergeant Major Steve Curtis, a retired member of the Maine Army National Guard who…
Beginning today, almost 800 hospitals across the country will be impacted by the Obama Administration’s change to how Medicare pays…
After the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Maine’s long-term Republican Senator, Susan Collins, was one of the first…
Recent events on college campuses around the country show that “political correctness” culture has gone far too far, and administrators…
This month, the House has acted to challenge the President on his unlawful executive order to grant amnesty to millions…
Growing up within the public school system, I dreaded the days or weeks when we had standardized tests. Sitting and…
On March 23, Barack Obama, unique among American presidents for his fluency in Austrian, stopped off in Buenos Aires to…
The Ivanpah solar plant in the Mojave Desert is yet another example of what happens when the federal government interferes…
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may disagree on a number of issues, but there’s one issue where the two of…
By now, you’ve likely heard of the lawsuit regarding the disqualified signatures on petitions in support of a referendum to…
The signature “achievement” of Obama’s Presidency, Obamacare, was dealt yet another major blow last week by the realization that it…
Being a movie buff, one of my favorites is Monty Python’s Life of Brian. One of the premises of the movie…
This March, as our Nation celebrates the lives and accomplishments of women throughout American history during Women’s History Month, I…
In 1959 I began my pursuit of a BS degree in Electrical Engineering. At the end of my sophomore year,…
Donald Trump is no libertarian. From his nationalistic views on immigration and trade to his loose positions on civil liberties and…
This past week our country was saddened to hear former first lady Nancy Reagan had passed away. While in mourning,…
As I travel through our Second Congressional District, some of the most frequent issues that I hear about from Maine…
“The mark of a healthy, dynamic market is having new firms constantly challenge the business models of old firms. Without…
Sometimes, seemingly intractable problems need to be addressed with ‘brute force.’ That is, you tell everyone to stop making excuses,…
This past week, President Obama demonstrated, yet again, that he puts his party’s politics before protecting the American People. On Tuesday,…
A three part series on chronic abuse of other peoples’ money Part I: The Moral Hazards of OPM Principle Five: “Nobody…
As an avid outdoorsman, a proud gun owner, and a member of the Congressional Sportsmen Caucus, one of my priorities in…
In the next decade and a half, our country’s senior population is expected to grow as the “baby boomer” generation…
Over the past few months, I’ve spoken with dozens of business owners about regulatory reform. The specific issues they highlight…
On Saturday, the country was stunned when reports began to surface saying that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had passed…
Our Great State of Maine is known for many unique industries and trades, such as our famous lobster harvesting, our…
Will 2016 turn out to be as silly as 2015? The early signs are promising. A Socialist almost won Iowa’s…
According to the Small Business Administration, the annual cost of federal regulations on business in the United States exceeds $2…
Today, Gallup released the Analysis of Political Party Affiliation at the state level for 2015 – and the results are…
My number one focus as Maine’s Second District Congressman is job creation. Congress must continue to act to foster a…
A non-partisan ethics watchdog group, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), has recently released a “liability alert” memo…
One of the most serious problems that Maine and our Nation face today is the alarming and growing heroin epidemic. …
There is a humanitarian movement growing momentum right now at the state level referred to as Right-to-Try. This movement transcends partisan…
When you’re a conceited, self-centered elitist like Hillary Clinton, you often believe you can sidestep the rules of law. Take…
More than three years ago, The Maine Wire ran a brief item of mine on the filibuster concept memorialized in…
In December 2015, the Republican majorities in Congress reached agreements with their Democratic colleagues and President Obama to increase the…
While President Obama endlessly carries on in Paris about the global threat of climate change, Americans sit at home wondering…
According to a new study put out by the Mercatus Center, the Affordable Care Act has failed to meet widespread…
According to a recent report from the non-partisan Tax Foundation, manufacturers in Maine suffer under substantially higher taxes than the…
There are two common interpretations of Donald Trump’s campaign for President. The first views his campaign as little more than a…
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), speaking at the Generation Progress Summit last week, voiced her support for lowering the voting age to…
Last week, the Obama Administration announced a proposal that would make nearly 5 million more workers eligible for overtime benefits, but…
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Obama administration in King v. Burwell, a…
State tax revenues in North Carolina have increased roughly 6% this year, despite the state having recently instituted several major…
There will be no problem with money in politics this year. Such problems arise only when Republicans have more money…
On Wednesday, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a report highlighting the explosion in enrollment in states that have…
For generations, hard-working Maine families have balanced their checkbooks at the kitchen table. I can remember nights when my parents…
Shortly after Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin released his fundraising numbers for the first quarter, his presumptive opponent in the 2016…
Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin has a strong start to a re-election bid come 2016, as the 2nd District representative raised an…
On Wednesday, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the 8th edition of Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index.…
Wearing a cap and gown I sat on the field at the University of Maine contemplating my years in college.…
Last week, the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations subcommittee held a hearing regarding Operation Choke Point with Federal Deposit…
Early Friday morning, Senate Republicans passed their first budget since 2006. The vote was split along party lines 52-46, with…
As I have repeatedly said, too many of our hard-working families and small businesses continue to be hurt by the…
On Thursday, Congress passed a resolution aimed at limiting so-called “ambush elections” for union representation, but the legislation is expected…
On Tuesday, U.S. House Republican leadership unveiled their conservative budget proposal that seeks to eliminate the federal deficit over the…
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep…
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell, the latest case challenging the Affordable Care…
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released their report on civil rights violations in the Ferguson police department, finding…
Over the last 60 days, I have finally settled in to all my offices and am working hard to help…
On Thursday, investigators announced that they had discovered over 30,000 emails related to the targeting of conservative groups by the…
On Friday, the Obama Administration admitted that approximately 800,000 Healthcare.gov customers have received incorrect tax forms. The administration is asking…
Representative Poliquin, whose vote this week against repealing Obamacare provoked backlash among grassroots conservatives, has worked to explain his controversial…
Bruce Poliquin isn’t wasting any time getting his feet wet in Washington. Yesterday, at his first Financial Services Committee meeting,…
Liberals in Maine and Washington, D.C. are suffering a new psychological condition, one that started very recently, in November. Symptoms…
MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber, the architect of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), was commissioned by the Maine Bureau of…
Now that the elections are over and all the negative TV ads are gone we can all breathe a big…
A group of medical professionals submitted a letter to Maine’s newspapers warning against Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s quarantine on nurse…
Conservative muckraker James O’Keefe has struck again, this time in North Carolina, where State House Speaker Thom Tillis, a Republican,…
Monday marked the 50th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s famous speech, “A Time for Choosing,” delivered on October 27, 1964,…
Public education is getting a 21st Century shake-up. Back in September, Maine’s very first virtual charter school, Maine Connections Academy,…
In my previous article Why Elections Cannot Fix Washington D.C., I demonstrated that amendments are superior to elections in solving…
At Wednesday’s gubernatorial debate, U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud, the Democratic candidate, suggested U.S. policymakers should combat the the spread of the…
More than 3,000 Mainers are set to lose their current health insurance plans due to President Barack Obama’s unpopular and controversial…
The race for Maine’s Second Congressional District between state Sen. Emily Cain (D-Orono) and Republican Bruce Poliquin is drawing national…
PORTLAND – The three candidates in Maine’s hotly contested race for governor gathered Wednesday morning at Portland’s Holiday Inn by…
Mainers are familiar with S. Donald Sussman — the billionaire hedge fund manager whose largesse has propped up the liberal-leaning…
ORONO – First Lady Michelle Obama touted the health of the U.S. economy as she visited Maine on Friday to campaign…
As our nation continues to spiral out of control and those we elected to Congress continue to ignore their responsibilities…
The national unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent in September as the percentage of Americans not in the workforce reached a 36-year…
The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., released its 2014 Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s…