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Published
January 19, 2022

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.
Published
January 19, 2022

Voting bill collapses, with Democrats unable to change filibuster rules

The rules change meant to allow Democrats to approve the bill with a simple majority was also headed toward defeat, with Biden unable to persuade two holdout senators in his own party.
Published
January 17, 2022

On MLK Day, King III implores Senate to act on voting rights

The civil rights leader's eldest son criticized the president and Congress as a whole on Monday for failing to pass voting rights legislation.
Published
January 16, 2022

Our View: Maine’s Susan Collins should heed MLK’s words on voting rights

The senator and her Republican colleagues must recognize that there is no middle ground in the march toward multiracial democracy.
Published
January 13, 2022

Biden all but concedes defeat on voting rights bill’s chances

Democrats have still pledged to force a public showdown over the bill on the Senate floor, which could stretch for days and carry echoes of civil rights battles a generation ago that led to some of the most famous filibusters in Senate history.

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Published
January 12, 2022

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.
Published
January 11, 2022

‘Tired of being quiet!’: Biden challenges Senate on voting rights

The president tells a crowd in Atlanta that new efforts to limit voting access are ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ and the Senate should pass voting rights legislation that Republicans are blocking.
Published
November 4, 2021

Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions

The challenge filed in federal court in San Antonio targets provisions surrounding mail-in voting requirements and voter assistance, which the Justice Department argues violate federal civil rights protections.
Published
October 24, 2021

The View From Here: A tale of Maine’s two senators

Susan Collins and Angus King both represent Maine in Washington, but they seem to be doing fundamentally different jobs.
Published
October 21, 2021

Sens. Collins, King sharply divided as Republicans block Democratic voting rights bill

While Collins slams the bill as ‘a vast federal takeover of state elections,’ King says American democracy is in danger as Republicans refuse to even debate it.