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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Tuesday April 09, 2024 ( 2 items )  

King: Government Spending Bill Addresses Key Maine, National Priorities
WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Angus King (I-ME) has announced key provisions he supported in the bipartisan $460 billion Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package, which passed the Senate in an overwhelming 72-24 vote and has been signed into law by President Joe Biden. In addition to the $454 million in Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) investments secured by King and the Maine delegation, the annual spending bill will su  more

Pingree, Dozens of Members of Congress Urge Biden, Blinken to Withhold Weapons Transfers After Humanitarian Aid Workers Killed
WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, alongside U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and 37 of their colleagues sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking them to withhold pending offensive weapons transfers to Israel after seven humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen, including one Americ  more