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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2024-11-20 ( 3 items )  
Energy Committee Passes End-of-Congress Public Lands Bills, Including King-Backed Legislation Benefitting Maine (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee (ENR) and Chairman of the National Parks Subcommittee, welcomed the bipartisan passage out of the ENR Committee a legislative package as the 118th Congressional session winds down. The package includes King-backed provisions to expand access to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and the renaming of an Acadia Visitors Center to honor former U.S. Senator George more PR

Golden, Gluesenkamp Perez Introduce Bill to Establish Bipartisan Electoral Reform Select Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) today announced the introduction of legislation to establish a bipartisan select committee to examine current electoral methods and recommend reforms to reduce political polarization and strengthen our nation's democracy.The Electoral Reform Select Committee Act would convene a bipartisan group of lawmakers to consider alternatives to our current winner-take-all electoral syste more PR

King Presses Congressional Appropriators to Preserve Funds to Promote Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Angus King (I-ME) is pressing Congressional appropriators to preserve funding for an advertising campaign promoting the paid family and medical leave (PMFL) tax credit. In a letter to Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), the Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations respectively, King writes in support of the $1 million approved in the FY 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations b more PR