Senator Susan Collins

Republican  •  Maine  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 1997
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10/20/09
Maine's Collins & Florida's Brown-Waite stump Saturday for Scozzafava

...of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee, and is also a member of the House Armed Services Committee. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, steps off an elevator as she arrives for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.

10/20/09
Norton Boosted by Big-Name Donors in Colorado Senate Race

...Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Minority Whip Jon Kyl (Ariz.) and Sens. John McCain (Ariz.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine), Kit Bond (Mo.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Bob Bennett (Utah) and Lindsey Graha

Source: Roll Call
10/20/09
Maine's Collins & Florida's Brown-Waite stump Saturday for Scozzafava

US Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla., will stop at Phoebe's Restaurant, Canton, on Saturday in support of Dede Scozzafava, ...

Source: WatertownDailyTimes.com
10/20/09
Maine delegation asks for fisheries disaster

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins along with Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree. Much of the Maine coast was shut down to shellfish harvesting during the ...

Source: The Associated Press
10/20/09
RE: Susan Collins

In all, E&E now lists eight Republicans as "fence sitters" on the climate bill, with the two from Maine -- Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe -- holding firm ...

Source: New York Times
10/19/09
Hill Talk: A Front Seat

...step in making the museum a reality is for a concurrent bill to be introduced in the Senate. Wages says Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) will offer the bill in the near future with the support of several other female Senators. Exhibits in the museu

Source: Roll Call
10/19/09
Commerce aide: Cybersecurity bill moving

...Rockefeller had instructed him to "move it when we get it right." Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking member Susan Collins will soon unveil a measure that would give the Homeland Security Department, rather than a White House czar, primar

Source: NextGov
10/19/09
Democratic lawmakers seek momentum, Republican votes as two versions of reform ...

The Wall Street Journal reports that Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has signaled a willingness to work with Democrats on reform, ...

Source: News-Medical.net
10/19/09
RE: Susan Collins

Susan Collins of Maine may join her colleague Olympia Snowe in defecting. But George Voinovich, a moderate Republican from Ohio, tells me: "The debt is a ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/19/09
RE: Susan Collins

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, the Maine Morons, the Republican Pigeon Sisters who have both indicated a willingness to accept the partisan bill under ...

Source: Gather.com
10/19/09
Hill Talk: A Front Seat

Wages says Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) will offer the bill in the near future with the support of several other female Senators. ...

Source: Roll Call (subscription)
10/18/09
RE: Susan Collins

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, R-Maine, along with some of his own party's pesky Blue Dogs. But if he decides to take the filibuster out back and shoot it ...

Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal
10/18/09
Marine's dad speaks out

Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican representing Maine, raised Bernard's concerns to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an Armed ...

Source: Honolulu Advertiser
10/18/09
Sen. Bill Hathaway still bucking the system

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. Both frequently espouse positions -- whether on health care or other social issues -- off to one side of GOP leadership. ...

Source: Central Maine Morning Sentinel
10/18/09
RE: Susan Collins

Earlier this summer, Senators Jeff Merkley, Susan Collins, and Olympia Snowe introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in the US Senate, ...

Source: Tips-Q GLBT News (blog)
10/17/09
Maine senators in national spotlight

... a simple majority vote, the vote the Republicans used for years.report abuse Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are nothing more than crass opportunists. ...

Source: Central Maine Morning Sentinel
10/17/09
Health Bill Clears Hurdle

The vote was 14-9, with GOP Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe the only senator to break party ranks. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, later said she may support the bill ...

Source: Investor's Business Daily
10/17/09
A Bit of Bipartisanship

Mr. Graham's conversion could encourage Senator John McCain and Maine's Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins — all past supporters of climate change legislation ...

Source: New York Times
10/17/09
UMPI gets $800000 for solar project

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Officials at the University of Maine at Presque Isle and in US Sen. Susan Collins' office are excited about the potential ...

Source: Bangor Daily News
10/16/09
RE: Susan Collins

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday said that she is open to supporting the Senate's final reform bill but ...

Source: Medical News Today (press release)
10/16/09
Snowe puts Maine, self in spotlight

It is clear that Snowe and US Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, thrive because the state's political culture is "different," Brewer said. ...

Source: Kennebec Journal
10/16/09
RE: Susan Collins

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday said that she is open to supporting the Senate's final reform bill but ...

Source: Medical News Today (press release)
10/16/09
RE: Susan Collins

It is clear that Snowe and US Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, thrive because the state's political culture is "different," Brewer said. ...

Source: Kennebec Journal
10/16/09
Negotiations Under Way To Merge Senate Health Reform Bills

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday said that she is open to supporting the Senate's final reform bill but ...

Source: Medical News Today (press release)
10/16/09
Wind power research attracts major grant

... Maine has a special niche that would help to contribute to the development of alternative energy for our country," said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. ...

Source: MaineToday.com
10/16/09
Pelosi joins fellow Dems in tough talk for health insurers

...get help from one of those two or both of those. So we're not writing off the Republicans," Reid said. One top Reid target is Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the home-state colleague of Sen. Olympia Snowe, the only Republican to vote with Democrats on the

Source: Denver Post
10/16/09
Editorial: Senate mugs the military

...help take the nation out of recession, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. From left to right are: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Inouye, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and

10/16/09
RE: Susan Collins

... Maine has a special niche that would help to contribute to the development of alternative energy for our country," said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. ...

Source: MaineToday.com
10/16/09
In Senate healthcare showdown, swing voters look to play trump cards

...priority, a handful of potential swing votes in the Senate has commanded special attention: Republicans Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, as well as Democrat Blanche Lincoln from the relatively conservative state of Arkansas, Nelson and one o

10/15/09
RE: Susan Collins

After Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) voted for the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) stated that she "share[s] the ...

Source: Media Matters for America

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