MAINE HOUSE LABOR VOTES 2004

NOTE: The chart below covers thirteen key votes of importance to working families in Maine cast by Maine representatives at the 2004 session of the Maine Legislature. It gives the name, party affiliation, home town and Legislative District of each of the 151 members of the Maine House. The names are arranged alphabetically.

An "R" indicates a "right" vote and a "W" indicates a "wrong" vote. The number at the top of the column indicates the measure that was voted on. The columns, to the far right, indicates the percentage of "right" votes cast during the 2003 session, "right" votes cast during the 2004 session, the combined percentage of "right" votes cast in 2004-2004, and the lifetime percentage of "right" votes cast by that Representative. The percentage is based on total votes actually cast. If the representative is absent or excused there is an "X".  The material "Labor Vote Information" below provides a brief description of the measure vote on, the Legislative Document (LD) number, the roll call number in the Senate (SRC) or in the House (HRC).

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State Senate and House Members 2004
The link below will take you to the letters of the alphabet. You click on the first letter of the name of your TOWN and a list of all Maine towns starting with that letter will appear. After the name of your town you will find the names of  both the Maine Senator and Maine Representative who represent your town. Click on either name and a picture and full information about that member of the Legislature will appear.
http://janus.state.me.us/house/townlist.htm

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MAINE HOUSE LABOR VOTES 2004

 
LABOR VOTE INFORMATION

(1) LD 673, SRC428, HRC407, An Act to Increase Maine’s Minimum Wage-Bill will increase the state minimum wage by ten cents in October of this year, to $6.35, and fifteen cents in October of next year, to $6.50 (enacted).

(2) LD 1318, SRC368, HRC402, An Act to Provide Collective Bargaining Rights to Certain Forest Products Workers-Bill gives individual forest products harvesters and haulers the ability to voluntarily bargain collectively with forest landowners and creates a board to oversee the bargaining process (enacted).

(3) LD 1344, SRC378, HRC411, An Act to Give Teachers a Greater Voice in School Improvement-Bill would allow teachers to negotiate issues such as preparation, planning time, work assignments, and procedures for teacher evaluations (failed).

(4) LD 1433, SRC283, HRC345, Joint Resolution Memorializing the President of the United States And the Congress of the United States to Ensure the Protection of Civil Liberties and the Security of the United States (adopted in House and Senate).

(5) LD 1722, SRC262, HRC334, An Act to Clarify the Prevailing Wage Law-Bill requires that, in state and federally funded construction projects, the prevailing wage would be the higher of the federal or state rates (failed).

(6) LD 1815, SRC296, HRC360, An Act to Establish the Maine Jobs, Trade, and Democracy Act-Bill creates the Citizen Trade Policy Commission and strengthens Maine’s voice in future trade agreements and the effects of these agreements on local democracy and the economy in Maine (enacted).

(7) LD 1890, SRC374, HRC448, An Act to Ensure Disclosure of Prescription Drug Prices-Bill requires that manufacturers doing business in the state report and certify to DHS for each drug the actual average wholesale price, wholesale acquisition cost, average manufacturer price, and the best price as defined by Federal law (enacted).

(8) LD 1899, SRC322, HRC423, An Act to Amend the Dissolved Oxygen Standard for Class C Waters-Bill maintains adequate water standards behind impoundments and protects the paper mill jobs (enacted).

(9) LD 575, HRC309, An Act to Encourage Workers’ Compensation Dispute Resolution-Bill would encourage workers’ compensation dispute resolution prior to mediation and hearing by offering surcharges on employers when employees attain or retain more benefits than the employer offered prior to mediation. The surcharges would be used to defray the costs of the workers’ compensation advocate program (failed).

(10) LD 616, HRC338, An Act to Provide Safe Staffing for Patients and Retain Registered Nurses-Bill would evaluate minimum staffing requirements on all hospitals based on number of patients (enacted).

(11) LD 673, HRC419, An Act to Increase Maine’s Minimum Wage- see (1) above on this list.

(12) LD 1745, HRC438, An Act to Exempt Unemployment Benefits from State Income Tax-Bill would have exempted unemployment benefits from income for computing Maine income tax, beginning January 1, 2004 (failed).

(13) LD1903, HRC413, An Act to Further Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Improve Sentencing, Supervision, Management, and Incarceration of Prisoners-Bill attempts to shorten prison sentences to relieve overcrowding as well as creates prison support and community corrections jobs (enacted).