WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden votes for Continuing Resolution to avoid government shutdown WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted today in favor of a seven-month Continuing Resolution, or "CR," to fund the government and avoid a harmful government shutdown. Without a new spending agreement in place, government funding is scheduled to lapse on March 14. In a shutdown, the president would have broad discretion more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Demands Answers About Cancellation of Hundreds of Contracts Supporting Veteran Care WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) is demanding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins provide transparency into the cancellation of 585 VA contracts. In a letter to Secretary Collins, the Senator requested a ful more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * UPDATE: Thousands Already Benefitting as Social Security Fairness Act Implementation Continues Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) responded to a letter she sent last month, along with 27 of her Senate colleagues, calling for the immediate implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA). Signed into law in January,  more PR