Senator Susan Collins

Republican  •  Maine  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 1997
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11/09/09
RealClearPolitics - Video - Lieberman To Filibuster House Bill ...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) says there were "red flags" that were missed about. Sen. Gregg: GOP Will Filibuster Health Care If It Resembles House Bill. SEN. JUDD GREGG: "If this bill is in any way near the form ...

11/09/09
Poll: Gov. Baldacci isn't popular in Maine | SeacoastOnline.com

Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe have now and have always had strong approval ratings, this time of 69 and 70 percent respectively. "It looks like Sen. Snowe's stand on the health care bill didn't reduce her popularity," said ...

11/09/09
Liberals threaten to sink health bill over Stupak abortion ...

Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, who support such rights. Snowe voted against Hatch's amendment in the Finance Committee. In the House, all but one Republican voted for the Stupak amendment. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) voted present. ... But Sen. Clai

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11/09/09
House health bill unacceptable to many in Senate | Washington Examiner

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said Monday it's unlikely he could support a bill that doesn't clearly prohibit federal dollars from going to pay for abortions. His spokesman said Nelson is weighing options, including offering an amendment ... Olympia Sn

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11/09/09
McCaskill now says she opposes Stupak abortion amendment - The ...

Joseph Cao (R-La.), favored the amendment. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a Republican that Democrats may court to support the Senate bill said today that she opposes the abortion provisions. Cross-posted to the Twitter Room. Source: ...

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11/09/09
9 November SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog)

Mr. Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said he will work with the panel's ranking Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, to investigate the shooter's motives. ...

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11/09/09
Carol's Closet: The Club for Growth Endorses Marco Rubio

GOPer Collins Opposes House Dems (The Note) - The Note: *GOPer Collins Opposes House Dems* — ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: Here's a wrinkle in the abortion debate: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, one o... 14 minutes ago ...

11/09/09
Abortion Could Roil Senate Health Care Debate - Health News Story ...

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said Monday he could not support a bill unless it clearly prohibits federal dollars from going to pay for abortions. Nelson is weighing options, including offering an amendment similar to the one passed by the ... Olympia Snowe an

11/09/09
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Republicans Far Behind on ...

Perhaps the rising influence of moderate Republican women like Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, signals the importance of this change for the future of the party, but no such high profile individuals have yet been spotted on the House side. ..... ...but S

11/09/09
Between the Hedges

Senator Susan Collins of Maine , the senior Republican on the homeland security committee, said today a witness list is being drawn up for a hearing that might take place as early as next week. Wall Street Journal: ...

11/09/09
Senate Republicans Decry Health Reform – Talk Radio News Service

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said that health reform will result in billions of dollars in new taxes nation-wide. The bill would drive up the cost of health insurance premiums and a six point seven billion dollar annual fee that ...

11/09/09
FDL News Desk » Senate Likely To Need 60 Votes To Insert Stupak ...

Lisa Murkowski (AK), Barbara Boxer (CA), Dianne Feinstein (CA), Mary Landrieu (LA), Susan Collins (ME), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Claire McCaskill (MO), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY). That's 33 votes, and there are 30 other ...

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11/09/09
Michael D. Brown: The Audacity of Hindsight Could Help FEMA

Senator Lieberman continues to espouse the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act as solving all of FEMA's problems. Nothing could be further from the truth nor more disingenuous as to how Washington works. The post-Katrina act made superficial

11/09/09
GOPer Collins Opposes House Dems - The Note

ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: Here's a wrinkle in the abortion debate: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, one of the few Republicans considered to be a strong supporter of abortion rights, said today she opposes the language inserted in the ...

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11/09/09
Republicans hope for influence in Senate health debate | McClatchy

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, one of three GOP senators to vote for the Democratic-authored economic stimulus plan earlier this year, said moderates from both parties are discussing potential areas of agreement. The odds are still long, ...

11/09/09
Firedoglake » Suggestion Box

Include tools such as “E-MAIL Your Senator or Representative.” Include tools such as “FAX Your Senator or Representative.” Organize Hill visit days, in which activitists against the FISA bill visit their Representatives or Senator. ... For example

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11/08/09
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) questions Cass Sunstein regarding his ...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) questions Cass Sunstein regarding his stance on hunting … Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) questions Cass Sunstein regarding his stance on hunting.

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11/08/09
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

He'll hold some hearings with Susan Collins. That's because he chairs the Senate committee that deals with Homeland Security. Lieberman says that he will vote against the public option by not allowing the bill to come to a final .... REPUBLICANS A

11/08/09
Forget Bipartisanship - Page 1 - The Daily Beast

The fetishists of bipartisanship are clucking, but I am clapping. The price of bipartisanship on the president's stimulus package was steep. In order to get the vote of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Democrats trimmed $83 billion in badly ...

11/08/09
Inside Voice by Andrew Powaleny: Paula Deen, Lots Of Butter & A ...

Sen. Susan Collins and I. Sen. Susan Collins and I Love this lady. This Day in History. Retire Dodd. Retire Dodd. TFAS. TFAS The Fund for American Studies. Georgetown University. Georgetown University. Folk Life Festival ...

11/07/09
Girl Scouts Silver Commemorative Coins in 2013 | Silver Coins Today

The act, which was introduced as House Resolution 621 by Rep. Jack Kingston, enjoyed bipartisan support. A companion bill in the Senate, S. 451, was introduced by Sen. Susan Collins guaranteeing quicker recognition in both chambers. ...

11/07/09
Reps King, Hoekstra Attempt To Wrap Capitol With Health Care Bill

Snowe, Collins Refuse To Say How They Voted On Maine Gay Marriage Vote. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, two Senate Republicans from Maine, have amassed outsized power by playing their legislative cards very tightly and keeping their colleagues. ... Andre

11/07/09
Surprise: Anti-Jesus Pro-Allah Judge David Hamilton Will Get ...

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11/06/09
ENDA Senate Hearing - 'An Issue of Basic Equality and Fundamental ...

In spite of the bill having bi-partisan support and 42 co-sponsors including Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (also R-Maine), no Republican committee member attended yesterday's hearing. Senator Merkley said that he ...

11/06/09
Perez Says Bill Would 'Level Playing Field' For Gay Workers – Main ...

The bill has the support of at least two Republicans, Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, who co-sponsored the legislation. Sen Al Franken (D-Minn.) said he appreciated the parallel that Perez drew between the modern gay rights ...

11/06/09
Bill to increase oversight of IT projects gets big boost from ...

Carper and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, released a statement calling the overruns unacceptable and indicative of the larger state of IT management in the federal government. "At a time when our country faces record deficits and dramatic ...

11/06/09
National Journal Online -- Tech Daily Dose -- Carper, Collins Urge ...

Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs ranking member Susan Collins and Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., on Friday said a Government Accountability Office report showing that 16 critical federal information technology projects will ...

11/06/09
Obama Names ANOTHER Liberal 'NUT CASE' To a JUDGE POSITION! A REAL ...

To support Sessions and Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) who called for a filibuster, back in April & May 2009 we sent nearly 700000 fax petitions to the full Senate against Hamilton, and we successfully persuaded all Republicans to unite against ... xz Blanc

11/06/09
Hill Heat : Senate Watch: Baucus, Collins, Conrad, Dorgan, Gregg ...

I don't know if it's going to be this year—probably next year. Susan Collins (R-Maine). E&E News Collins also criticized the EPW Committee process yesterday. “It's certainly going to make it much more difficult for people like me, who

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11/06/09
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Senator Collins votes to extend unemployment benefits With Senator Susan Collins` support, the U.S. Senate voted 98-0 to offer an additional 14 weeks of unemployment benefits for all states, and an additional six weeks of benefits in ...

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