Sen. Angus King
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PublishedNovember 27, 2022
As Maine’s influence in Congress wanes, Sen. Collins holds on to clout
Rep. Chellie Pingree will lose ground next year in a Republican-controlled House, but the Republican senator's seniority makes her the vice chair of Appropriations, where Democrats will rely on her endorsements.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2022
Collins, King upbeat that electoral count reforms will pass during Congress’s lame duck session
The Senate bill, which aims to prevent a repeat of the tactic insurrectionists used on Jan. 6, 2021, gained six more sponsors this week.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2022
Brunswick Veterans Day event honors those who served, while highlighting struggles
Sen. Angus King and local military veterans honored members of the armed services in Brunswick Friday morning during an event that also highlighted the group's high rates of mental illness.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2022
Commentary: A nightmare looms for Dreamers. Evangelical Mainers want our U.S. senators to act.
My faith compels me to speak out on behalf of those who are vulnerable.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2022
Commentary: Maine still treating Indigenous tribes like second-class citizens
The state's tribes are still waiting for access to rights and benefits enjoyed by hundreds of tribes across the nation.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2022
Sen. King co-sponsors bill to protect election workers
The federal bill comes at the urging of 15 secretaries of state, including Maine's Shenna Bellows, and would provide states with additional resources to recruit, train, retain and protect election workers, while creating federal safeguards to shield election workers from intimidation and threats.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2022
Quick passage of electoral count reforms in doubt after House diverges from Senate plan
Maine's Susan Collins led negotiations on the bipartisan Senate version of the bill, which aims prevent a potential repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection attempt.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Electoral count reforms championed by Sen. Collins on track to pass in Senate
There are 10 Republican sponsors for reforming the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump attempted to exploit to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Prospects fade for federal bill to expand rights of Maine tribes
The House passed Rep. Jared Golden’s bill to automatically include Maine’s tribes in any new federal Indian laws, but it appears to have stalled in the Senate.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2022
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of John Z. Lee to be a judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
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