Angus King
Centrist
Independent
Senator
Maine
Current Position: Senator from Maine
Running For: N/A
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against completely defunding Planned Parenthood
- Against the 2017 Republican tax bill
- For raising Social Security retirement age from 67 to 70
- Against privatization of the United States Postal Service
Business & Labor
- Against Bernie Sanders's $15/hour minimum wage amendment to the American Rescue Plan
Health Care
- For the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
Environment
- For action to combat climate change; opposes oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- Against the Keystone XL pipeline
- Against the Green New Deal
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights
- For same-sex marriage
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For Senate filibuster reform and voted for the nuclear option to eliminate filibuster for most presidential nominees
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations and lifting the embargo against Cuba
- For blocking arms sales to Israel during the Gaza war
- For withdrawing U.S. military aid for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen
- For the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Iran nuclear agreement)
- Against Trump's Executive Order 13769 (travel ban from Muslim-majority countries)
Public Safety
- For expanding background checks for gun purchases and limiting magazine size to 10 rounds; against assault weapons ban