WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden votes to avoid harmful government shutdown, pledges continued work to prevent health care price spikes * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today voted in favor of a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep government funded until November 21, preventing a government shutdown on October 1, when the current funding law expires. Unlike many previous stopgap funding bills, the CR contains  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Questions Military Nominees on Legal Authority for Caribbean Attacks * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), pressed Derrick Anderson, nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict in the Department of Defense (DoD), about his views on the legality of the recent u  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Urge Administration to Continue Issuing Paper Checks for Americans * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is leading several of his Congressional colleagues in urging the leaders of the Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to delay the implementation of a federal executive order requiring the federal government to eliminate paper checks. Pr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Honored by the Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne * Click HERE and HERE for individual photos Washington, D.C. - This week, U.S. Senator Susan Collins was honored by the Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne for her leadership in securing millions of dollars for medical research dedicated to Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Senator Collins received this recognition at the Foundation's 25th  more