SPECIAL: Maine Legislature Debates LePage Impeachment Order 1/15/16

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

The Democratic-controlled Maine House of Representatives voted yesterday to kill a proposed order calling for an investigation into whether any of a list of actions by Governor LePage would constitute grounds for impeachment. Today we bring you to the House floor for the first hour of their debate.

The Democrats who voted with the Republicans to defeat the order were:
ALLEY of Beals
BECK of Waterville
DION of Portland
DOORE of Augusta
DUCHESNE of Hudson
DUNPHY of Old Town
FARNSWORTH of Portland
FECTEAU of Biddeford
FOWLE of Vassalboro
GILBERT of Jay
GOLDEN of Lewiston
GROHMAN of Biddeford
HARLOW of Portland
HOBBINS of Saco
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor
HYMANSON of York
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle
LAJOIE of Lewiston
LUCHINI of Ellsworth
MARTIN of Eagle Lake
NADEAU of Winslow
PETERSON of Rumford
ROTUNDO of Lewiston
SHORT of Pittsfield
STANLEY of Medway
TUCKER of Brunswick
VEROW of Brewer

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Maine Currents 1/13/16

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Tomorrow will be a historic day in Augusta, as orders to impeach Governor LePage will be introduced and debated by the Maine House of Representatives. And whether the impeachment order ultimately succeeds or not, supporters say LePage’s behavior must be addressed.

Today on Maine Currents we’ll be talking with two of the grassroots organizers behind the efforts to impeach LePage, Rebecca Halbrook and Hendrik Gideonse. We’ll hear from Dawn Neptune Adams, the woman who was shouted down by LePage supporters as she tried to speak at a pro-impeachment rally last week. And we’ll talk with the sponsor of the impeachment order, Representative Ben Chipman of Portland.

FMI re the grassroots efforts to impeach LePage: www.facebook.com/ImpeachGovLePage/?fref=ts

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