Links
Government
In Maine we are fortunate to have the ability to easily contact our state representatives and senators. Here are a few Internet resources which will allow you to contact the legislature as well as check on the status of pending bills, resolves, and other matters before the Maine Legislature.
Use these links to contact your representatives.
Elected Officials
To find all legislators (State and federal) by entering a town or zip code:
http://www.maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/lookup_officials.php
For an alphabetical list of House members:
http://janus.state.me.us/house/hbiolist.htm
For an alphabetical list of Senate members:
http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/senators/index.htm
(listing is on the left of the page)
For calendars, live House and Senate video, and audio streams from the House, Senate or Committees:
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/
Bills
To find a bill when you know the LD number:
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/search.asp
To find a bill when you do not know the LD number, but have other information (sponsor's name, committee, etc.:
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/advancedsearch.asp
To find further information about the bill (bill text, amendments, legislative actions on the bill), simply use the links on the left side of the page.
Legislative Committees
To find Public Hearing schedules of most committees, by committee:
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lio/phSched.asp
To find Work Session schedules of most committees, by committee:
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lio/wkSched.asp
To find the schedule of the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs:
http://www.state.me.us/legis/ofpr/afaschedule.htm
To find information about committees, including the names of committee members, names of committee clerks and telephone numbers:
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/lio/committee.htm
The Budget
To find budget information (historical spending, budget process, fiscal note process, pie charts, etc.):
http://www.state.me.us/legis/ofpr/
Lobbyists
To find lobbyists and review their disclosure reports:
http://www.mainecampaignfinance.com/public/entity_list.asp?TYPE=LOB