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.
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