Two Democratic lawmakers drop out of party

[ChadMcGoatMan]

[QUOTE]Two Democratic lawmakers have unenrolled from the party.

Rep. Denise Harlow of Portland and Rep. Ralph Chapman of Brooksville – two veteran lawmakers and progressive members of the Democratic caucus – both dropped their party affiliations earlier this week, according to the office of House Speaker Sara Gideon. Both lawmakers are heavily involved in environmental issues and recently split with most of their party, opposing a bipartisan bill to overhaul [B]Maine[/B]’s metallic mining regulations.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/26/two-democratic-lawmakers-drop-from-party/"]http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/26/two-democratic-lawmakers-drop-from-party/[/URL]

[QUOTE]Harlow and Chapman have been outspoken opponents of a bill that would ban open-pit mines, as well as mining, on state-owned lands or under lakes and rivers. Harlow and Chapman have pushed for an outright ban on metallic mining.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://mainepublic.org/post/lawmakers-critical-maine-mining-bill-unenroll-democratic-party#stream/0"]http://mainepublic.org/post/lawmakers-critical-maine-mining-bill-unenroll-democratic-party#stream/0[/URL]

[QUOTE]PORTLAND, Maine — Two Democratic members of the Maine House of Representatives have unenrolled from their party, eliminating the party’s outright majority in the chamber and reducing their advantage over Republicans to four representatives.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://bangordailynews.com/2017/05/26/politics/two-house-democrats-unenroll-chipping-into-partys-majority/"]http://bangordailynews.com/2017/05/26/politics/two-house-democrats-unenroll-chipping-into-partys-majority/[/URL]

[RB33]

This is a State parliament right? Doesn't seem to be very clear in the article.

[Hail Satan]

[QUOTE]Reps. Denise Harlow of Portland and Ralph Chapman of Brooksville unenrolled this week, narrowing Democrats' majority over Republicans.[/QUOTE]
Definitely state representatives, not national

[patq911]

very misleading title.

[ChadMcGoatMan]

[QUOTE=patq911;52282232]very misleading title.[/QUOTE]

But the problem, It's is [I]actually[/I] the title of the article itself.

[editline]27th May 2017[/editline]

[QUOTE=Lambeth;52282175]Definitely state representatives, not national[/QUOTE]

And you are clearly correct.

[Provost]

[QUOTE=RB33;52282169]This is a State parliament right? Doesn't seem to be very clear in the article.[/QUOTE]

State congresses, yeah.

[proboardslol]

[quote]Harlow and Chapman have been outspoken opponents of a bill that would ban open-pit mines, as well as mining, on state-owned lands or under lakes and rivers. Harlow and Chapman have pushed for an outright ban on metallic mining.
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I don't understand why they would oppose these measures if they're against metallic mining in the state...

edit:

[quote]The compromise bill passed the Senate unanimously and the House by a margin of 126-14.[/quote]

Because they're all-or-nothing. They don't want a compromise; they want to outright ban the mining industry.

This is not a good thing, IMO. Compromise is how our government has historically run. If I were in their district, I would vote against them because this 'no-compromise' mindset is exactly what's wrong with this country. It reminds me of the Bernie supporters that either didn't vote, or wrote in Bernie's name because of their inability to compromise and just vote for Clinton