WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King are co-sponsoring legislation allowing same-sex couples to claim tax refunds that were denied to them before nationwide recognition of their marriages occurred. The Refund Equality Act would give same-sex couples in states like Maine who were able to marry before the Supreme Court's Windsor decision the larger federal tax refunds received by similarly situated, h more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King are co-sponsoring legislation allowing same-sex couples to claim tax refunds that were denied to them before nationwide recognition of their marriages occurred. The Refund Equality Act would give same-sex couples in states like Maine who were able to marry before the Supreme Court's Windsor decision the larger federal tax refunds received by similarly situated,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2022: In a strong, bipartisan vote of 14-1, the Senate Rules Committee today favorably reported the Senate's legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887. The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act was co-authored by a bipartisan group led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV). Earlier today, Republican leader M more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today joined with a bipartisan group of Senators in the Senate Rules and Administration Committee to advance a package of comprehensive Electoral Count Act (ECA) reforms by an overwhelming vote of 14-1. The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act - which contains several policy recommendations from Senator King's ECA discussio more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Electoral Count Reform Act Of 2022 ECRA would reform and modernize the outdated 1887 Electoral Count Act to ensure that electoral votes tallied by Congress accurately reflect each state's public vote for President. It would replace ambiguous provisions of the 19th-century law with clear procedures that maintain appropriate state and federal roles in selecting the President and Vice President of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Presidential Transition Improvement Act The Presidential Transition Improvement Act would help to promote the orderly transfer of power by providing clear guidelines for when eligible candidates for President and Vice President may receive federal resources to support their transition into office. It would allow an eligible candidate, during the limited time period in which the outcome of a presiden more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the City of Biddeford has received a total of $3,554,085 to help address lead hazards in nearly 100 homes, helping to make them safer for low-income families with children. As the Ranking Member of the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins championed this funding. "More than half of Maine's housing stock was built prior to 1978, the year that lead- more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), applauded the unanimous passage of their bipartisan resolution--led by Senators Capito and Angus King (I-Maine)--designating September 2022 as "National Recovery Month." The senators' resolution comes as overdoses are rising across the nation. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) was also a co-sponsor of the resolution. 2021 sa more PR