‘This is a foundational part of the American system that they’re saying to disregard,’ one expert said. ‘This is not a little tweak — this is a big deal.’
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Angus King meets with Danish and Greenland officials amid Trump’s threats
Maine’s junior senator told the Press Herald that the president’s stated reason for wanting to own the Danish territory is ‘nonsense’ and ‘so clearly meaningless’ that it suggests ‘an ulterior motive.’
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Why Angus King and Susan Collins of Maine voted to rebuke Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
King is pushing a resolution to reverse policies by Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services secretary.
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ACA tax credits are set to expire. What is Maine’s congressional delegation doing?
Prospects for a deal among Democrats and Republicans are uncertain ahead of a key vote in the Senate on Thursday.
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How Maine representatives could be key in investigating military strikes on boats off Venezuela
Sen. Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden sit on the Senate and House armed services committees, the leaders of which said they will be looking into attacks that killed 11 people.
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Progressive group targets Angus King and Senate Democrats for backing Trump’s judicial nominees
King says his vote to vote confirm a federal judge in Missouri was a mistake.
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Angus King co-sponsors effort to repeal funding bill provision allowing senators to sue government
A spokesperson said King didn’t know the provision was in the continuing resolution when he voted to pass it — a vote that drew the ire of many Democrats.
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Angus King gets heat from Democrats for role in ending the federal shutdown
Maine’s junior senator and former two-term governor, who often polls as the state’s most popular politician, is in an unfamiliar spot.
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King, Collins vote for Republican bill but Senate again fails to end shutdown
King, an independent, told the Press Herald he would continue to support the Republicans’ stopgap funding bill because a shutdown only accelerates the country’s ‘slide to authoritarianism.’
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Maine delegation points fingers over federal shutdown
Rep. Chellie Pingree was the only member of Maine’s congressional delegation to support Democrats’ demands in the government funding fight.