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Angus King

Angus Stanley King Jr. (born March 31, 1944) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Maine since 2013. A political independent since 1993, he was the 72nd Governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003. King won Maine's 2012 Senate election to replace the retiring Republican Olympia Snowe and took office on January 3, 2013. He was reelected to a second term in 2018, following the state's inaugural instant-runoff voting elections. For committee assignment purposes, he caucuses with the Democratic Party. He is one of two independents currently serving in the Senate, the other being Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

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1944-03-31

Birth Place

Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.

Education

University_of_Virginia

Political Ideology

Independent_politician

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Sen. Angus King highlights “Make More in America Initiative” in Auburn

AUBURN, Maine (WABI) - Senator Angus King toured Auburn Manufacturing Wednesday. The company makes heat resistant textiles for planes, cars and ships. King was joined by the Vice-Chair of the Import-Export Bank of the United States to encourage expanding global markets for small businesses here in Maine. “Is a business...

AUBURN, ME21 HOURS AGO

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Sen. Angus King sits with 207 to talk inflation and the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago

PORTLAND, Maine — Amid considerable fanfare, President Joe Biden this week signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act. With inflation running at its highest rate in four decades, Americans are feeling the pinch everywhere they turn, from the gas station to the drugstore to the supermarket. So will this...

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Sen. Angus King introduces legislation to expand access to Maine national monument

A bill to expand access and boost tourism at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument has been introduced by Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King. The Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Access Act would expand the monument by giving the National Park Service permission to acquire land to connect the monument to the Millinocket region and nearby major roadways.

MAINE STATE8 DAYS AGO

Sun Journal (New Bern, NC)

U.S. Sen. Angus King helps funnel $9 million in federal budget to regional projects

Two-term U.S. Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent, advocated to put more than $137 million in the federal budget to help pay for 93 projects in Maine, including a half-dozen in Androscoggin County. Among the allocations supported by King are $1 million for the overhaul of Bates Mill No. 5...

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY, ME17 DAYS AGO

The Hill

Angus King highlights ‘Jeopardy question’: ‘Immortality!!’

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) took to Instagram this week to highlight a Jeopardy question that hit close to home. “In 1994 Angus King ran as an independent & won the governorship of this state, defeating Susan Collins,” read the question on Thursday’s episode. “Immortality!!” King wrote in a...

MAINE STATE18 DAYS AGO

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Senator Angus King announces historic $110 million investment for Maine broadband

STATEWIDE — Senator Angus King and White House American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling announced the approval of a $110 million investment in Maine broadband infrastructure during a virtual press conference Thursday. The investment is coming from the American Rescue Plan’s Capital Fund, which was negotiated by Senator King....

MAINE STATE2022-07-15

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Maine Senator Angus King Shares His Thoughts on Proposed Gas Tax Holiday

It's no surprise that rising inflation along with the costs of everyday goods going through the roof (isn't that the same thing?) is really starting to effect Mainers far and wide. The Federal Reserve has already increased the interest rate to try and combat rising inflation, though that hasn't been...

MAINE STATE2022-06-24

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Maine Senator Angus King on Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King, I-Maine, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court issued an opinion overturning Roe v. Wade:. Today’s decision to overturn nearly half a century of precedent upon precedent is a dangerous, blatantly political ruling that will rob millions of women the fundamental right to make decisions about their own health, safety, and lives.

MAINE STATE2022-06-24

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