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= **I am Representative Michaela Lynne Stanziale-Tremel from the state of Maine and I am in the Democrat Party. My issue is Homelessness.** = The Maine Representative I agree most with is Chellie Pingree. Her website is http://pingree.house.gov/ her OpenCongress link is http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/412307_Chellie_Pingree. I would support Chellie on Homelessness, Health Care Reform, A Future of a Cleaner Environment, Credit Card Reform, and most importantly the Right to Life. We believe every child has the right to life regardless if classified a fetus or child. Babies conceived through rape should not have to pay for the the rapists act. We also support environmental reforms to improve the environment; control pollutants in the air, help reduce harmful runoff and chemicals that may get into the water to prevent water pollution, acid rain so crops wont be destroyed and so the world is much cleaner. We both agree that there should be a credit card reform that will provide protection for credit card users. Credit card companies get rich from "dreaming up" new fees. Introducing a reform we hope that will put an end to the credit card companies charging too much. Also, there are many homeless in Maine. We both wish to help them into the middle class society.

** About Chellie Pingree: **
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1955, the youngest of four children and daughter of Parents Harry and Dorthy Johnson who moved to Maine when she was a teenager. Chellie is married with three children- Hannah,Cecily, Asa and one grandson-Smith(He is the son of Asa.). Chellie had no intention of a life in politics. As life progressed though, she came to like to it. In 1991 she was offered a chance to run for Senate which she readily accepted. She was elected to the state Senate in 1992. Since then she has been in again and again of the world of Politics. She is a Democrat from the First District of Maine and sworn in 2009. She is the first woman to represent the First District of Maine. She currently sponsors two bills and co-sponsors forty-nine. She votes Ninety-Three percent of the time with party. Votes most often with Democrat Paul Tonko and Republican Dave Reichert. She least often votes with Democrat Dan Boren and Republican Trey Gowdy.

**Three Issues that I care about:**
=** 1. Homeless **= An issue that I deeply and greatly care about is the homeless. This issue is very important to me because there are many families living in poverty without food and without shelter. On any given night someone may become homeless. About every night there are about 700,000-2 million people homeless in JUST America. =** 2. Credit Cards: **= We use credit cards just like air:essential. The credit companies treat it as an extra way to get money. A quote from my representative Chellie Pingree says "In this tough economy, more and more people are turning to credit cards to pay for basic necessities. I hear from my constituents in Maine all the time that credit cards have become a necessity to keep the heat on or pay medical bills. But it seems that credit card companies are constantly dreaming up a new fee or another clever scheme to raise your interest rate. Basic fairness has been replaced by deception and greed." I think this perfectly explains the stand her and I have on credit cards. This is an issue I am passionate about. Credit cards are useful in today's society, but our companies are adding on fees that we do not need. Also, they raise our interest rate without our knowing and/or without a reasonable reason.The companies have found loopholes just to fill their pockets. =** 3. The Right to Life: **= The basic unit of all living things is a cell. We start out a a small cluster of cells with our own genetic code. Many people say that when the fetus develops a brain and a beating heart, it is then considered living. Before that, it is okay to abort it from the mother, which I think is wrong. I perceive it as murder. This issue is of major debate too. They say women who have been raped should be allowed to have abortions. But why should the baby pay for what the father did? Why should these children be rejected? Why should these babies pay for a carelessness? Or a accident? Why should these poor innocent children have to pay their own life? That they did not even have a chance to live yet?

**Five Facts in Maine Related to my Issue:**

 * Abortion ratio in Maine is 11 women:1000 women
 * In Maine, there were 19,400 of 250,005 of the women pregnant in 2008. 70% of these pregnancies resulted in births. 14% resulted in an abortion.
 * 56% of women have an abortion before or by the time they are in their 20's.
 * Public funding for abortions are available for rape victims.
 * There are about 1800 and going up abortion stations in Maine.

**Five Interesting Facts About Maine:**

 * Maine is the only state in the United States to share only one border with only one state.
 * Maine has the growth of the most blueberries in the Nation.
 * Maine has the largest toothpick manufacturing plant in the United States. It produces about 20 million toothpicks in a single day.
 * Maine has the larger population of people who speak French.
 * Springs in Maine are used for most bottled water productions.

= Sponsered Bill(s): = HB62-Rags to Riches http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB62

Co-Sponsered Bill(s):
HB63-Stop the Shot http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB63 HB69-The 50 State Solution http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB69 HB77-Rejuvinate http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB77 HB78-N.N.P. http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB78 HB83-Clean Air Solutions http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB83 HB8-Military Funds http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB8 HB9-No Spam Act http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB9 SB6-Major Bussinesses Going Green Act http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/SB6 SB9- Encouragement of Renewable Resources Act http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/Frankmann+1st

Resources:
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/sfaa/maine.html http://pingree.house.gov/issues/healthcare/ http://pingree.house.gov/issues/energy/ http://pingree.house.gov/issues/veterans/ http://pingree.house.gov/issues/credit/ http://issues.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/913323 http://issues.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/1498282 http://issues.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/913392 http://issues.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/913393 http://issues.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/913394 http://www.maine.gov/portal/facts_history/facts.html http://www.buzzle.com/articles/interesting-facts-about-maine.html http://pingree.house.gov/about/index.shtml http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/01/26/opinion/morailty-millennials%E2%80%99-focus/ http://marcusfryman.blogspot.com/2009/02/10-reasons-why-abortion-is-wrong.html http://www.dutyisours.com/abortion.htm

= **Thank You.** = **-Michaela**