WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden votes for Continuing Resolution to avoid government shutdown WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted today in favor of a seven-month Continuing Resolution, or "CR," to fund the government and avoid a harmful government shutdown. Without a new spending agreement in place, government funding is scheduled to lapse on March 14. In a shutdown, the president would have broad discretion  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Demands Answers About Cancellation of Hundreds of Contracts Supporting Veteran Care WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) is demanding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins provide transparency into the cancellation of 585 VA contracts. In a letter to Secretary Collins, the Senator requested a ful  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * UPDATE: Thousands Already Benefitting as Social Security Fairness Act Implementation Continues Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) responded to a letter she sent last month, along with 27 of her Senate colleagues, calling for the immediate implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA). Signed into law in January,   more