PORTLAND — A group of senators including Maine’s Sen. Angus King wants to overhaul the way the federal Department of Veterans Affairs handles appeals. King, an independent, is joining Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Jon Tester of Montana on the legislation. The senators say more than 450,000 appeals are pending before the VA […]
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Disappointed with Sens. Collins, King
I am disappointed that Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted to allow the killing of baby animals on refuges throughout Alaska. Recently, the Senate voted 52-47 along party lines, with King crossing over on H.J. Res 69/S.J. Res 18 — a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska […]
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Maine's senators team up to preserve bond purchase option for taxpayers
Maine’s two U.S. senators hope to preserve a savings opportunity for low-income workers who don’t have bank accounts. The legislation would extend a program started in 2010 that lets taxpayers receive any refund on their federal taxes in the form of a U.S. savings bond, a paper bond that lets buyers earn interest on their […]
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Angus King brings laughter, enthusiasm to Oxford Hills chamber dinner
MECHANIC FALLS — After taking a jab at what Congress is accomplishing in Washington — nothing — U.S. Sen. Angus King talked about rural economic development at the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce’s 40th Annual Awards Banquet on Thursday night. Maine’s independent senator was the keynote speaker before roughly 250 people at The Silver Spur. After […]
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Trump's budget raises concerns among Maine's lawmakers
President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget doesn’t impress Maine’s Democratic member of Congress or its independent senator. And Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin has concerns. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a 1st District Democrat, said she won’t stand for Trump’s “foolish and shortsighted budget proposal which will make America less healthy, safe, and economically secure.” U.S. […]
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Maine arts proponents fear funding cuts from President Trump
Mainers with a passion for culture are concerned that President Donald Trump might seek to eliminate funding for a number of small domestic agencies that include the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Whatever Trump proposes in his budget, probably within days, a generally sympathetic Congress will get the […]
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Representatives addicted to power
It is a very sad day when the realization hits home that Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, along with Reps. Bruce Poliquin and Chellie Pingree and their fellow princes and princesses in their Washinton fiefdom, really believe that they are serving the best interests of “we the people.” The proof is in the results, […]
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Sens. Collins, King oppose budget cuts for national weather agency
Both of Maine’s senators are worried about proposed “dangerous cuts” to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget that they fear would harm coastal states in particular. The federal Office of Management and Budget notified a U.S. Senate committee that President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would slice the agency funding by as much as 17 […]
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New health care analysis draws varied reaction from Maine lawmakers
Following the release Monday of a Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health care measure pushed by President Donald Trump, Maine’s elected representatives offered an array of opinions about what it means. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican who’s a key player on the issue, called the report a “cause for alarm” because of its […]