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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Tuesday March 04, 2025 ( 6 items )  

Collins, King, Pingree Call on Trump Administration to Avoid Trade War with Canada
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Collins, King, Pingree Call on Trump Administration to Avoid Trade War with Canada WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, co-chair of the Senate American-Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, are calling on the Trump Administration to avoid a catastrophic trade war with Canada that would have huge and immediate impacts  more

Collins, King, Pingree Call on Trump Administration to Avoid Trade War with Canada
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Collins, King, Pingree Call on Trump Administration to Avoid Trade War with Canada Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, co-chair of the Senate American-Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, are calling on the Trump Administration to avoid a catastrophic trade war with Canada that would have huge and immediate impacts on Maine's people and  more

Golden, Cloud introduce bipartisan bill to ban stock trading by senior executive branch officials
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden, Cloud introduce bipartisan bill to ban stock trading by senior executive branch officials WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Michael Cloud (TX-27) recently introduced the Dismantling Investments in Violation of Ethical Standards through Trusts (DIVEST) Act. The bipartisan bill would prohibit senior executive branch employees and their immediate families from trading individual s  more

King to 60 Minutes: Walking Away from Ukraine Would Be America's "Greatest Geopolitical Mistake...Since World War Two"
WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King to 60 Minutes: Walking Away from Ukraine Would Be America's "Greatest Geopolitical Mistake...Since World War Two" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- To mark the third anniversary of Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today joined CBS's 60 Minutes to discuss the ongoing war, as well as the threat of America possibly withdrawing its support to the democratic nation and Ukra  more

Maine Farmer Hurt by Pres. Trump's Funding Freeze to Join Pingree at State of the Union
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Maine Farmer Hurt by Pres. Trump's Funding Freeze to Join Pingree at State of the Union Maine's First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree will attend President Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, with Maine farmer Seth Kroeck, one of countless American farmers hit hard by the Trump Administration's illegal federal funding freeze at the Department of Agriculture. Pingree a  more

Pingree, Wittman Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect America's Working Waterfronts
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree, Wittman Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect America's Working Waterfronts Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to safeguard and strengthen America's working waterfronts. The Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act would create a grant program and preservation loan fund to provide funding options for waterfront-pres  more