Poor Chellie Pingree. A freshman in Congress just gets no respect.

When the Democrat from Maine's 1st Congressional District walked into her first meeting of the House Armed Services Committee, she found a nameplate in front of her seat that read "Mr. Pingree."

The committee staff quickly found her a new nameplate that properly reflects Pingree's feminine gender. But somehow the Mr. Pingree tag found its way back onto the table when Pingree showed up for a Seapower Subcommittee meeting Tuesday.

She joked about it on Twitter, the social networking site. "So I was the only woman member at the Armed Services Committee today but this might be too much," Pingree said in a tweet.

Pingree even posted a photo.

In her young House career, which began Jan. 5, Pingree is creating quite a Twitter legacy. A text posting she made on March 6 was chose as Tweet of the Day by The Hill, the popular insider newsletter for followers of Congress. Here it is:

"Riding in Congressional elevator, discussing best rubber soled shoes..it's walking in the tunnels that hurts..not passing budget hurts more."

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has moved one of her staff members into a new post described as the "recovery czar," handling issues related to the economic stimulus.

Jackie Potter, a former chief of staff for Pingree's Democratic predecessor in the 1st Congressional District, Tom Allen, had been working as a policy advisor for Pingree in community and economic development.

Potter will work out of Pingree's Exchange Street office in Portland, helping constituents take advantage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The stimulus will funnel about $1 billion into Maine and provide an array of tax cuts and other provisions to ease the impact of the recession.

"I've asked Jackie to be our point person on this to serve as a resource for businesses, groups and individuals who want to take advantage of the opportunities the Economic Recovery Act is going to create in Maine," Pingree said in a prepared statement.

Potter managed Allen's first election campaign in 1996 and held the chief of staff position in his office for about eight years.

I'm still trying to make sense of everything that went on during my few days in D.C. Obviously I know a new president was sworn in and there was a parade.

So I wanted to look back through my notes and Twitter feed for the highlights and everything else.