The resolution is expected to be part of the agenda when the DNC meets Thursday.
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Report: Steve Bannon wants Ann LePage to challenge Angus King
President Trump’s former chief strategist hopes to persuade Maine’s first lady to seek the Republican nomination for Senate next year, according to The New York Times.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate passes the National Defense Authorization Act and confirms Noel Francisco as solicitor general.
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Sen. Collins alarmed by Medicaid cuts, limits on pre-existing conditions in latest ACA repeal proposal
The Graham-Cassidy proposal would result in 32 million fewer Americans having health insurance, according to one study.
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Congress set to reject Trump’s wide range of federal program cuts
A ‘meat ax’ approach to service and research programs isn’t likely to pass even Republican muster.
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LePage takes on George Mitchell in repeated critique of health care votes
The former Senate majority leader drew the governor’s ire by defending votes that U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King cast against Obamacare repeal.
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Former Sen. Mitchell says LePage wrong to criticize Collins, King over ACA
He says the senators were representing the interests of Mainers by opposing the repeal, which he says would harm rural residents, the elderly and the poor.
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Angus King way ahead in fundraising for 2018 Senate race
The latest federal campaign finance reports show Maine’s independent U.S. senator raised about $650,000 during the spring and nearly $1.6 million in total so far this year.
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Sen. King, 15 colleagues urge DEA to lower cap on opioid production
The legal painkillers, which have a high potential for abuse because of their addictive properties, have been blamed for deadly drug epidemics in Maine and other states.
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Russia’s still targeting U.S. elections, King warns, and experts say we’re not prepared
Maine is less vulnerable than many states thanks to paper ballots and same-day voter registration, but vulnerabilities in other states mean that foreign governments could swing the results of a national election.