Campus Currents: Maine Legislature
The Maine Legislature is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. The Legislature convenes at the State House in Augusta, where it has met since 1832.
The House of Representatives consists of 151 members, each chosen from single-member constituencies. The House is one of the few state legislative bodies in the U.S. to set aside special seats for Native Americans, where there are two nonvoting Representatives from the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribes. The Senate includes a varying number of members, which may under the Maine Constitution be thirty-one, thirty-three, or thirty-five; the present number is thirty-five.
Articles about Maine Legislature:
Monday, April 27th, 2009, 8:11 amGay marriage bill sponsor speaks at UM
By Dylan Riley
After hearing Mainers’ opinions on L.D. 1020 – the legislative bill that would re-define marriage to legally include gay couples – Sen. Dennis Damon came to the University of Maine April 23 to tell students why …
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009, 3:07 amState debates gay marriage
By Heather Steeves
AUGUSTA – The Maine Judiciary Committee heard more than 11 hours of testimony from ministers, lawyers, students, doctors, gay and lesbian couples as well as dozens of other Maine citizens to discuss two bills. One of the … Thursday, April 23rd, 2009, 3:06 am
Video: State debates gay marriage
By William P. Davis
Video of the open forum on gay marriage on April 22, 2009.
