For Maine Sen. Angus King, who has just returned to Washington after a four-decade absence, the place still holds some terrors. Not just the “hyperpartisan environment” and dysfunction that convinced his frustrated predecessor, moderate Republican Olympia Snowe, that it was time to leave after eight terms in the House and three in the Senate, but also a scary memory or two. Scary Memory No. 1: As a young married Senate aide with two small children, King nearly died. After a... Continue Reading »
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s two U.S. senators, Republican Susan Collins and independent Angus King, have signed on as co-sponsors of legislation to replenish funding for the Violence Against Women Act. The act, first passed in 1994 and reauthorized in 2000 and 2005, expired in September 2011. It aims to strengthen criminal justice and community responses to domestic violence. Collins joined her GOP counterpart from New Hampshire, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, on Wednesday in a press conference to... Continue Reading »
One look at the resumes of the staffers hired by Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, shows his new Senate offices on Capitol Hill and in Maine feature an unusual degree of ideological diversity. As a result, his staff will include individuals who worked on opposite sides of the 2012 presidential race in which President Barack Obama faced off against Mitt Romney. “My philosophy of leadership can be summarized in one sentence: Hire good people, and take credit for what they do,” King said in an... Continue Reading »
