Maine's two senators both support extending premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act but are publicly backing two different proposals just days before a likely Senate vote.

King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, has indicated that he plans to vote for a Democratic proposal that would extend for three years the subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans. The Senate is expected to vote on that Democratic proposal this Thursday as part of a controversial agreement that King and seven Democrats struck last month to end the six-week-long federal government shutdown.

Most Republicans are unlikely to support the Democratic measure, with both sides referring to Thursday's floor action as a "messaging vote. " But Republicans are under intense pressure to come up wi

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