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Sen. Angus King

Published
December 22, 2022

Maine’s U.S. senators celebrate approval of electoral count reforms

The massive bill passed the Senate on a 68-29 vote and it is expected to be passed by the House of Representatives by Friday and then signed into law.
Published
December 20, 2022

Electoral protections advance but tribal sovereignty provision left out of massive federal bill

The omnibus spending bill must pass the Senate and House to become law before the new Congress convenes on Jan. 4.
Published
December 14, 2022

Bill to protect electoral vote counts could pass next week, but time is short

Congressional leaders say reforms to the 1887 Electoral Count Act will be attached to a giant federal spending bill headed for a vote before Congress adjourns.
Published
December 8, 2022

Report: Out-of-state recruiting helps BIW drive Maine economy

An analysis from University of Southern Maine’s Center for Business and Economic Research found Bath Iron Works supported more than $1.8 billion in economic output in 2021, thanks in part to the shipyard's push to draw out-of-state workers, a strategy labor experts say could help solve the problem of Maine's shrinking workforce.
Published
November 27, 2022

As Maine’s influence in Congress wanes, Sen. Collins holds on to clout

Rep. Chellie Pingree will lose ground next year in a Republican-controlled House, but the Republican senator's seniority makes her the vice chair of Appropriations, where Democrats will rely on her endorsements.

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Published
November 18, 2022

Collins, King upbeat that electoral count reforms will pass during Congress’s lame duck session

The Senate bill, which aims to prevent a repeat of the tactic insurrectionists used on Jan. 6, 2021, gained six more sponsors this week.
Published
September 26, 2022

Sen. King co-sponsors bill to protect election workers

The federal bill comes at the urging of 15 secretaries of state, including Maine's Shenna Bellows, and would provide states with additional resources to recruit, train, retain and protect election workers, while creating federal safeguards to shield election workers from intimidation and threats.
Published
September 22, 2022

Quick passage of electoral count reforms in doubt after House diverges from Senate plan

Maine's Susan Collins led negotiations on the bipartisan Senate version of the bill, which aims prevent a potential repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection attempt.
Published
September 15, 2022

Electoral count reforms championed by Sen. Collins on track to pass in Senate

There are 10 Republican sponsors for reforming the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump attempted to exploit to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
Published
September 15, 2022

Prospects fade for federal bill to expand rights of Maine tribes

The House passed Rep. Jared Golden’s bill to automatically include Maine’s tribes in any new federal Indian laws, but it appears to have stalled in the Senate.