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.

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.

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of John Z. Lee to be a judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Maine’s congressional delegation divided on Biden’s student loan debt relief

Pingree praises the move, Golden and Collins oppose it as benefiting college-educated Americans, and King suggests he’d prefer a different approach.

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

Following the House vote last Friday, that chamber joined the Senate in a recess that is scheduled to last until September.

Sen. King releases draft bill that would expand offshore wind development

Insulin price cap championed by Collins stripped from spending bill by fellow Republicans

Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King both have sought to cap the drug's price, which has shot up tenfold in the U.S. – but not other countries - in 20 years.

Collins-Manchin bill to protect electoral count endorsed at key hearing

The bill would reform the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump attempted to exploit in trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election.

U.S. Sen. Angus King helped funnel $9 million to projects in Androscoggin, Franklin counties

Federal money to assist with internet access, development and infrastructure in Androscoggin and Franklin counties.

Collins, Manchin unveil bipartisan bill to protect electoral count from exploitation

The reforms to the 1887 Electoral Count Act, spurred by former President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the election, are co-sponsored by 14 senators, including nine Republicans, just shy of the 10 needed to overcome a filibuster.