Chellie Pingree

Last month -- on one of the most beautiful days of our all-too-short-summer here in Maine, I was proud to have America's newest Member of Congress, Do...

The lesson is that, as elected officials, we shouldn't be afraid of a bold idea. More often than not, the public will already be there while the politicians lag behind.

When leaders in Congress abdicate their oversight responsibility -- as happened from 2000 through 2006 -- and give the executive branch free rein, bad things happen. Let us count the ways.

it's easy for those of us intimately familiar with Net Neutrality to forget that this isn't even on the radar screen for much of the public. But it should be.

In a double sleight of hand, not only does new legislation passed yesterday by the House say unmonitored surveillance of American citizens is permitted, it blocks any opportunity to test the premise in the courts.

The Lieberman-Warner bill failed because what is missing is political will in Congress to stand up to the powerful energy companies and their well-paid lobbyists.

The list of failures that led us into this war is long, but at the top is a failure to lead -- not just by the administration but by both parties in Congress.

I've been asking several of the Congressional candidates who endorse the Responsible Plan to end the War what they would ask Petraeus were they in Congress. Here are some of their questions.

For too long the debate over Iraq has been limited to military solutions when in fact the only viable solution hinges on diplomacy, including ending the humanitarian and economic crisis in the region.

The Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq goes well beyond ending military activity in Iraq -- it will begin to repair the damage the war has done to our economy, our society and our standing in the world.