Angus King
Angus King
Angus Stanley King, Jr.is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from the state of Maine. As a political independent, he served as the 72nd Governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003, winning his first election in a 3-way race with 35.37% of the vote...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 March 1944
CountryUnited States of America
box guy senator somebody threat
I've come to realize that an unencumbered U.S. senator is a profound threat to the whole system. It's somebody that they can't put in a box and say, 'Oh, well, we know how this guy is going to vote.'
intention politics retired
I had no intention of getting back into politics. I was teaching at Bowdoin and happily retired from politics.
either lower people piece seriously
My view of the filibuster is either you've got to lower vote edge or make people really filibuster if they feel that seriously about a piece of legislation.
bill kennedy public senate ted welfare worked
I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and my old boss, Bill Hathaway, and Walter Mondale.
necessary
If it's necessary to join a caucus and get a committee assignment, I'll do it.
harder life produce
One of my life principles is that if something isn't working, doing something harder isn't necessarily going to produce the same result.
fantastic
I have a Twitter account; I have a fantastic Facebook page.
imperial money presidency refusing richard spend
I'm old enough to remember Richard Nixon. They called it the imperial presidency when he was refusing to spend money that Congress had appropriated.
thinking issues host
There's a host of difficult issues here, and that's why when you mentioned at the top of the show that the committees were looking at this, that's where I think we should be going.
thinking issues people
I would say it would be worth it if, in fact, it would - if you could demonstrate that that would be the case and that the results and ramifications around the world wouldn't lead to more problems and more people dying. It's a very complex issue, and that's why I think we need to decide it.