Tag Archives: Angus King

Question King, not Collins after Planned Parenthood defunding push

The release of a series of undercover videos focused on Planned Parenthood, which show officials of the group discussing the procurement of fetal tissue for medical research, have become the focus of national politics in recent days. This has resulted in a push by many conservatives to ban all federal funding for Planned Parenthood (current […]

Michaud, Pingree vote for Pelosi’s shutdown

You may have heard that, late last week — and, as usual, at the last possible minute — the U.S. Congress passed a mechanism to continue funding most of the federal government through Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Structured as a continuing resolution, this omnibus spending bill was quickly dubbed the […]

Is Angus’ endorsement a king’s ransom or fool’s gold?

The worst-kept secret of Maine politics is finally out of the bag, as independent U.S. Sen. Angus King waded into the Maine gubernatorial race, endorsing his friend and fellow independent Eliot Cutler. The fact that virtually everybody knew this was coming — not only did King endorse Cutler in 2010, but Cutler returned the favor […]