Groups led by Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, consider clarifying that the vice president has ‘no role’ in counting votes, and shifting the ceremonial role of presiding over the tally to a senior senator.
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Trump suggests Pence should have ‘overturned’ the election on Jan. 6
Trump also criticized Maine Sen. Susan Collins for her efforts to change the Electoral Count Act.
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Collins knocks Biden for handling of Justice Breyer’s replacement
‘I welcome the appointment of black females to the court and believe that diversity benefits the Supreme Court, but the way that the president has handled this nomination has been clumsy at best,’ the senator from Maine said Sunday.
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Maine senators praise Breyer, look forward to vetting Biden’s nominee
Sen. Susan Collins calls Justice Stephen Breyer a friend and says she’s sorry to see him leave the court, while Sen. Angus King says Breyer ‘has served the nation with thought, skill and dedication.’
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Collins helps block voting rights bill as King says U.S. democracy could collapse without it
Maine’s senators took starkly opposed positions in a fiery late-night debate and vote Wednesday.
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With voting rights bill doomed, King and Collins work to safeguard electoral vote counting
Legal experts say ambiguities in the 1887 Electoral Count Act need correcting to prevent future attempts to overturn presidential elections.
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Pingree and Collins press Postal Service for answers on mail delays
Some Maine residents have complained in recent weeks that regular mail is being delayed for days or going undelivered.
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One year on, the Jan. 6 attack looms large in the lives of Mainers who were there
The march on the Capitol unfolded with Mainers on opposite sides of the police barricades until one side toppled them, shaking the foundations of American democracy.
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President Biden signs defense bill with potential work for Bath shipyard
This year’s defense spending bill approves three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which Bath Iron Works can bid to build.
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Sen. King pushes filibuster reforms to protect voting rights, electoral process
Maine’s independent senator says voting rights and the elections process itself are in danger, and that he supports changing filibuster rules to protect them, something he has opposed in the past.