MAINE, USA — Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins are often split on issues — after all, she’s a Republican and he’s an independent who usually votes with Democrats.

But on the government funding, they’re on the same page.

King is one of three members of the Democratic Caucus who has voted with Republicans to reopen the government consistently since the shutdown began.

They’ve also both urged Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to use contingency funds to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funded during the shutdown — which the administration has said it will not do — and co-sponsored a bill from Sen. Josh Hawley to provide appropriations to the USDA to keep SNAP funded.

King told NOTUS this week that the pair of Maine senators had met to discuss how to end the s

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