Both Susan Collins and Angus King voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Court of Appeals last year.
Sen. Angus King
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Maine leaders ask Biden to extend FEMA funding for Portland emergency housing
The funding, which is being used to reimburse the city for hotel costs, is scheduled to expire April 1.
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Maine delegates decry ‘broken promise’ in China lobster-buying deal
All four members of the state’s congressional delegation say China is not living up to a 2020 trade deal to buy more Maine lobster.
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Rep. Pingree submits bill to shorten asylum seekers’ wait for work authorization
The legislation, which comes as Portland sees an influx of asylum seekers, would shorten the waiting period for work eligibility to 30 days.
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Trump’s attacks spur Congress to bolster Electoral Count Act
Groups led by Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, consider clarifying that the vice president has ‘no role’ in counting votes, and shifting the ceremonial role of presiding over the tally to a senior senator.
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Maine senators praise Breyer, look forward to vetting Biden’s nominee
Sen. Susan Collins calls Justice Stephen Breyer a friend and says she’s sorry to see him leave the court, while Sen. Angus King says Breyer ‘has served the nation with thought, skill and dedication.’
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Collins helps block voting rights bill as King says U.S. democracy could collapse without it
Maine’s senators took starkly opposed positions in a fiery late-night debate and vote Wednesday.
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With voting rights bill doomed, King and Collins work to safeguard electoral vote counting
Legal experts say ambiguities in the 1887 Electoral Count Act need correcting to prevent future attempts to overturn presidential elections.
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King says supporting voter rights bill is most important vote he’ll ever take
Maine’s independent U.S. senator has been campaigning hard on behalf of sweeping voting and elections legislation that he says is necessary to protect the nation’s democracy.
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One year on, the Jan. 6 attack looms large in the lives of Mainers who were there
The march on the Capitol unfolded with Mainers on opposite sides of the police barricades until one side toppled them, shaking the foundations of American democracy.