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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2024-12-10 ( 2 items )  
King Commemorates Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day On World War II Veteran's 101st Birthday (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs (SVAC) and Armed Services Committees (SASC), released his latest episode of "Answering the Call: Maine's Veteran Voices." In the 16th interview of the series, produced in partnership with the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project, Senator King spoke with U.S. Navy veteran Bob Miller of Millinocket, who more PR

Pingree, King, Mills Lead Push to Extend Immigrant, Asylum Seeker Work Permits as Backlog Threatens Jobs (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Senator Angus King, and Governor Janet Mills are leading a push to codify the temporary rule granting a 540-day automatic extension to expiring work authorizations for immigrants and asylum seekers. This comes as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) continues to work through an extensive backlog in work permit processing, putting hundreds of thousands at risk of lo more PR