PORTLAND — U.S. , I-Maine, fresh off being appointed to a special bipartisan committee charged with developing a long-term federal budget, told a Portland audience Thursday the panel will have to overcome polarizing party politics to avoid another round of brinksmanship in early 2014. As part of the legislation passed late Wednesday to temporarily reopen the federal […]
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King joins budget conference committee
WASHINGTON — The budget deal that ended the federal government shutdown and avoid default on the national debt also created a budget conference committee that now has Maine Sen. Angus King as a member. The budget conference committee is made up of U.S. Representatives and Senators from both parties and tasked with coming up with […]
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Sen. Angus King criticizes U.S. House leadership
PORTLAND — A last-minute agreement by Senate leaders may avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen federal government but Sen. Angus King of Maine says Congress is doomed to repeat itself unless the House leadership ditches a rule limiting which proposals make it to the floor. House Speaker John Boehner has used the so-called Hastert […]
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King stands by his belief that ACA opposition will lead to early deaths
AUGUSTA — Sen. Angus King said Tuesday that despite having told a reporter that opponents of the Affordable Care Act who urged college students not to buy health insurance were “guilty of murder,” he is ready to work with all political parties to improve the health care law. “That’s a scandal — those people are […]
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King compares Obamacare opposition to murder in interview
Maine’s independent U.S. Sen. Angus King says conservatives trying to dissuade people from enrolling in Obamacare “are guilty of murder in my opinion.” King explained his views on the value of the Affordable Care Act in an interview with Salon’s Brian Beutler. Last week, King said that an insured health exam discovered a mole that […]
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King says he wants to investigate possible terrorism recruiting in Maine
U.S. Sen. Angus King said in response to this weekend’s attack at an upscale Kenyan mall that he would investigate attempts by terrorist groups to recruit members from the Somali community in Maine. NBC terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann said on the Sunday morning “Today Show” that al Shabab is known to recruit members from the […]
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Collins criticizes how Obama is handling Syrian crisis
WATERVILLE — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, says President Barack Obama has put the country into a “no-win situation” by issuing an ultimatum to Syrian President Bashar Assad without fully considering the consequences. The Maine Republican said at an appearance in Waterville on Tuesday that she is pleased that Obama has sought congressional approval for […]
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King plans to attend classified briefings on Syria
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, was returning to Washington on Tuesday to attend a pair of classified briefings on the situation in Syria and the potential of a U.S. military strike against there. King was expected to attend a joint House-Senate classified briefing on Syria and a closed-door meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee on […]
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Is our Congress serious about getting to work?
Would that it were true. Could the U.S. Congress actually, finally, mercifully be seeking to end partisan gridlock? On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud and U.S. Sen. Angus King were among 80 elected officials who participated in a “Make Congress Work: No Labels” event as part of a long-term, problem-solving coalition. The aim of the […]
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King visits Syrian refugees in Turkey
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, a member of the Senate Armed Service Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, recently visited Nizip 2 Syrian refugee camp near Gaziantep, Turkey. The camp, one of 20 built and maintained by the Turkish government, is home to more than 5,000 Syrian refugees who have […]