Republican candidates Eric Brakey and Max Linn are at odds in a contest to challenge incumbent independent U.S. Sen. Angus King.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other business, the House designates as a national historic site the park where Robert F. Kennedy gave a speech marking the assassination of Martin Luther King.
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Candidate for U.S. Senate says opponent’s nomination papers have signatures of dead people
The campaign of Republican Eric Brakey claims ‘glaring irregularities’ in Max Linn’s petitions. Linn calls the accusation ‘a good prank.’
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Watch: Trump needs to back off criticism of Mueller probe, King says
Maine’s junior senator also warns that any attempt by the president to have the special counsel fired would trigger a constitutional crisis.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House passed the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act, which would modify and reauthorize the Secure Our Schools federal grant program for funding school security measures.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted
The House passes an act that would make Indian tribes eligible for AMBER Alert grants and the Senate approved a resolution to honor Billy Graham.
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Benjamin Pollard quits Democrats, plans independent bid for U.S. Senate
The decision leaves only one remaining Democratic challenger, Zak Ringelstein, to U.S. Sen. Angus King,
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U.S. too passive, vulnerable to elections cyberthreat, Sen. King says
We should announce how we’ll retaliate now as a way to deter attacks, he says, while also discussing President Trump, immigration, improved prospects for gun control and more.
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Senate rejects 2 immigration bills, including one championed by Collins, King
The bipartisan legislation crafted by the ‘Common Sense Coalition’ would have granted legal status to 1.8 million ‘dreamers’ and spent $25 billion for border security over the next decade.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House agreed to an amendment that would fund the federal government through March 23.