King is an independent who has caucused with Democrats since coming to the Senate in 2013.
He has worked behind the scenes in recent days to lower the income cutoff for people who are eligible to receive direct stimulus payments, helping to reduce the threshold for complete phaseout from $100,000 in individual income which House Democrats approved to $80,000.
King also voiced support this week for reducing weekly federal unemployment benefits to $300. President Biden and House Democrats favored a $400 weekly federal plus-up.
King in 2014 supported raising the federal minimum to $10.10 an hour.
Maine Public Radio reported in January that King supported raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour but did not quote him saying so.
Mar 3, 2021
Rep. Deb Haaland listens as President-elect Joe Biden announces her as his nominee for secretary of Interior at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Updated: Deb Haalandâs confirmation could happen as soon as Monday March 15, an expert says
Aliyah Chavez
With crucial support from bipartisan Sens. Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski, Rep. Deb Haaland is very likely to become the next Interior secretary. This ultimately would make her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency in history.
But the question on many minds is when she could officially be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in order to take office.
POLITICO
Get Playbook PM
Sign Up
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Presented by
President Joe Biden and the party are up against the mid-March expiration of unemployment benefits, so from their vantage point there isn’t time to mess around. Still, it’s a staggering amount of government spending. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo
Law enforcement on alert after plot warning at US Capitol 9news.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 9news.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.