Maine Gov. Paul LePage is heading to the nation’s capital today to tell officials to scrap the health care plan backed by President Donald Trump and start over. “Let’s do it right” instead of rushing to get something approved swiftly, LePage told a Portland radio station. The governor told WGAN that he is going to […]
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Sen. Angus King fears Mainers will get hammered by GOP health care plan
The health plan pushed by President Donald Trump and the House Republican leadership would “hammer Maine and my people,” the state’s independent senator said. “I can’t stand for that,” U.S. Sen. Angus King said Wednesday on the Senate floor. He said experts who have dug into the details estimate that Mainers who rely on the […]
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GOP health care plan panned by LePage while lawmakers offer mixed reaction
A health care measure proposed by House Republicans on Monday was panned by some Maine officials, praised by the state’s sole GOP congressman and given a positive review by the state’s senior senator. Gov. Paul LePage told a Bangor radio station Tuesday that he is “very, very discouraged and disappointed” with the plan offered by […]
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Trump's new travel ban draws mixed reaction from Maine lawmakers
President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban signed Monday drew praise from one of Maine’s members of the U.S. House of Representatives, scorn from the other and sharp words from U.S. Sen. Angus King. King, an independent, said the president’s temporary travel ban, set to take effect in 10 days, will weaken the country’s security rather […]
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Susan Collins, Angus King press Trump for wiretapping evidence
AUGUSTA — Maine’s U.S. senators have voiced concern over President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that former President Obama had Trump Tower wiretapped during the presidential campaign. The Portland Press Herald reports Republican Sen. Susan Collins urged Trump to turn over any evidence he might have to support his assertions to the Senate Intelligence Committee. Both Collins […]
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Sen. Susan Collins calls on moderates to defend politicians who avoid extremes
Bemoaning the way the ground under middle-of-the-road politicians is “melting like late-winter snow in Maine,” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday pleaded with those who don’t see compromise as a dirty word to become “just as fanatical as those on the far left and the far right.” Speaking at the No Labels Problem Solvers Conference […]
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Maine's congressional delegation sees hope in Trump's speech
Maine’s congressional delegation found some hope in the softer tone and unifying words offered by President Donald Trump in his Tuesday night speech to Congress. From compromise on immigration to a renewed focus on economic growth, lawmakers latched on to presidential comments that lined up with their political agendas. Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said […]
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Sen. Susan Collins offers tentative backing for bill to help immigrant children
A bipartisan measure to offer legal protection for undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children is likely to have the backing of both U.S. senators from Maine. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, said recently she supports the goal of the bill once she gets some clarification about what happens when someone who otherwise […]
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Collins, King, Pingree urge LePage to drop fight against North Woods monument
Northern Maine accepts the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and so should Gov. Paul LePage. That’s the message from Maine’s two U.S. senators and Rep. Chellie Pingree in separate statements released Wednesday and Thursday. They said LePage was wrong to ask President Donald Trump to reverse an executive order that created the monument and return the land to private ownership or […]
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Susan Collins says Senate probe of Russian influence will be thorough
A Senate panel’s secret investigation into charges of Russian interference in last year’s presidential election is already making progress, said U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Collins said Tuesday the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence probe will be thorough and non-partisan. “We are deep into that investigation,” Collins said while speaking to a group from Mainers […]