WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today voted to pass H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act. The bill would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduce Social Security benefits for millions of public employees such as teachers and first responders. Golden helped force today's vote by signing a bipartisan discharge petition in September a procedure tha  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, led a bipartisan letter to Senate leadership emphasizing the importance of the Special Diabetes Program (SDP) that was signed by a total of 55 Senators. Earlier this year, Senators Collins and Shaheen secured a short-term reauthorization of SDP funding at an annual rate of approximately $160 million per year p  more