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Five protesters arrested at Collins’ office in Bangor
Portland Press Herald ^ | 12/4/2017 | Dennis Hoey

Posted on 12/06/2017 7:01:52 AM PST by simpson96

Bangor police arrested five people on criminal trespass charges Monday night after they refused to leave Sen. Susan Collins’ office in the federal building.

Sgt. Myron Warner said the individuals who occupied her office were given fair warning before they were taken into custody without incident. Criminal trespass is a Class E misdemeanor.(snip)

Bangor police responded to the sit-in around 6 p.m. after receiving a complaint from the Department of Homeland Security. Collins’ office is located inside the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building at 202 Harlow St. The senator was not present.

The individuals went into Collins’ office late Monday afternoon to protest her support of the Republican tax cut plan in the Senate. They want Collins to reverse her vote.

“I always welcome hearing the views of my constituents,” Collins, R-Maine, said in a statement. “This is an opportunity for me to let them know that a single mom with one child earning $35,000 would receive $1,100 back from the government, rather than owing income tax.”

Collins said the Senate bill means a family with an income of $24,000 would no longer pay income tax. She also said she negotiated a provision that will benefit seniors with high medical expenses by allowing them to deduct medical expenses that exceed 7.5 percent of their income.

“A big part of this anger is the feeling that this plan will lock in inequalities for generations to come,” said Matt Schlobohm, executive director of the Maine AFL-CIO. “It’s an absolutely terrible bill.”

(Excerpt) Read more at pressherald.com ...


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1 posted on 12/06/2017 7:01:52 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

They eat their own.


2 posted on 12/06/2017 7:07:45 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: simpson96

Tax reform is on track and Democrats want to derail it. Don’t believe their myths and our Never Trumpsters about the Senate’s bill

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/11/30/tax-reform-is-on-track-and-democrats-want-to-derail-it-dont-believe-these-myths-about-senate-s-bill.html

Boycott gay Frisco! Cancel any vacation or business trips to this rotten liberal city, where illegals kill/attack/rob innocent Americans and walk away! MAGA!!!


3 posted on 12/06/2017 7:13:57 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Build Kate's wall! Keep the illegals and illegal murderers/criminals out of America! MAGA! SLAP!!)
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To: simpson96

Guy 1: Bangor?

Guy 2: No, we’re just friends.

Sorry.

CC


4 posted on 12/06/2017 7:17:05 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (It don't matter if your heart is in the right place, if at the same time your head is up your a$$)
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To: simpson96
Five?

And this merits a full-blown news story?

5 posted on 12/06/2017 7:18:32 AM PST by daler
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To: simpson96

Collins changes vote ?


6 posted on 12/06/2017 7:19:32 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: simpson96
will lock in inequalities for generations to come,”

Do liberals have any other playbook?

7 posted on 12/06/2017 7:25:22 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: Hyman Roth

“Do liberals have any other playbook?”

No, they do not.

Among other things, I’ve heard it called an “atrocity”.

I think Pelosi called it “Armageddon”.

LOL! Winning!


8 posted on 12/06/2017 7:35:17 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Anything and any time, any union is against anything Congressional, then i know it is what is good for the country.


9 posted on 12/06/2017 7:44:57 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Celtic Conservative

Jamaica?


10 posted on 12/06/2017 7:56:15 AM PST by GOYAKLA (" Winning not Whining"!)
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To: simpson96

Who pays for that office?


11 posted on 12/06/2017 7:57:32 AM PST by punknpuss
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To: GOYAKLA

Nah, we just kissed.

Guy 1: I just got back from Africa, playing cards with the natives.

Guy 2: Zulus?

Guy 1: No, I usually won.

CC


12 posted on 12/06/2017 8:01:10 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (It don't matter if your heart is in the right place, if at the same time your head is up your a$$)
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To: punknpuss

The taxpayers pay for that office.....it (supposedly) serves constituents. It’s in a large federal building in Bangor, the hub of northern Maine (I’ve been in that building).

Collins has at least one other office in Maine, in Portland.


13 posted on 12/06/2017 8:12:00 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (SCHLONGED: How Donald Trump Beat My Lying, Marxist Ass and Went On to Win the November Election. HRC)
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To: simpson96

Her virtue signalling was supposed to make the crocodile eat her last.


14 posted on 12/06/2017 8:33:14 AM PST by steve8714 (Primary ALL Republican senators. Yeah, all.)
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To: GOYAKLA

“Jamaica?”

Never even spoke to her.


15 posted on 12/06/2017 8:39:47 AM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: simpson96
Gee, and the protestors had nice, hand-made signs, too...


16 posted on 12/06/2017 8:43:12 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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17 posted on 12/06/2017 8:45:20 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: COBOL2Java

The old guy pictured was in it for the young stuff.


18 posted on 12/06/2017 11:27:45 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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