Nate Libby
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Nate Libby | |
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| Majority Leader of the Maine Senate | |
| Assumed office December 5, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Garrett Mason |
| Member of the Maine Senate for the 21st District | |
| Assumed office December 5, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Craven |
| Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
| In office December 2012 – December 5, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Wagner |
| Succeeded by | Jared Golden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 20, 1985 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Andrea Libby |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Bates College |
| Profession | consultant |
| Website | NateLibby.org |
Nathan 'Nate' Libby is an American politician from Maine.[1] Libby is the Senate Majority Leader and represents Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, in the Maine Senate.[2] In 2014, Libby was first elected to the Maine Senate at age 29, becoming one of the youngest state senators in the country.[3]
In 2013, Libby co-wrote comprehensive tax reform legislation that would lower the state income tax, broaden the sales tax and expand the homestead property tax exemption to $50,000, but the measure failed to pass the Legislature.[4] Libby was the primary sponsor of legislation to restore consumer rate review in the individual- and small-group health insurance markets, a measure enacted by the Legislature but vetoed by Governor Paul LePage.[5]
In 2016, Libby worked with Maine Senator Eric Brakey to pass legislation that limits what welfare recipients can spend their benefits on.[6] Libby's bill banned the use of welfare cash on tobacco, liquor, gambling materials, lottery tickets, bail, firearms, vacations, adult entertainment and tattoos.[7]
References
- ^ "Sen. Libby". Maine Senate. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Senate Democrats Choose New Leaders". Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Thistle, Scott (November 12, 2014). "Androscoggin County voters send young guns to state Senate". Lewiston Sun Journal. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Thistle, Scott (June 6, 2013). "Gang of 11 sees their tax reform plan as tool to break Maine budget stalemate". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ Stone, Matthew (June 17, 2013). "Democrats pass changes to GOP insurance law they campaigned against". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ https://bangordailynews.com/2016/04/16/politics/state-house/compromise-moves-state-welfare-abuse-bill-forward/
- ^ https://bangordailynews.com/2016/04/16/politics/state-house/compromise-moves-state-welfare-abuse-bill-forward/
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