C001035 1952-12-07 11016 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.EmailIssue 202-224-2693 Susan 'r':4 'sen':1 'susan':2,6,8 'collin':3,7,9 F 300025 Collins Susan_Collins M. Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME] 5844 N00000491 12035 Republican 202-224-2523 Catholic ME Susan Collins 2.56923076923077 http://collins.senate.gov SenatorSusanCollins 300025 Person democrat Fri Nov 27 11:11:51 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Louisiana: 1,600 spots at a cost of $600,000 targeted Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. Maine: The home state of Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, two GOP votes Democrats would like to get on the health bill, saw 870 ads at a cost of $300, '1':8 'ad':3,48 'tv':5 '000':16 '300':53 '600':9,15 '870':47 'get':41 'gop':35 'saw':46 'sen':19,28 'two':34 'bill':45 'care':2 'cost':13,51 'home':24 'like':39 'main':22 'mari':20 'snow':33 'spot':10 'star':55 'vote':36 'bring':4 'state':25 'susan':29 'would':38 'collin':30 'health':1,44 'target':17 'olympia':32 'windfal':6 'democrat':18,37 'landrieu':21 'louisiana':7 'republican':27 'indianapoli':54 6804320 true true daylife Indianapolis Star http://www.indystar.com/ OK http://www.indystar.com/article/20091127/BUSINESS/91127001/1003/BUSINESS 300025 Person democrat Fri Nov 27 11:11:51 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Louisiana: 1,600 spots at a cost of $600,000 targeted Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. Maine: The home state of Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, two GOP votes Democrats would like to get on the health bill, saw 870 ads at a cost of $300, '1':8 'ad':3,48 'tv':5 '000':16 '300':53 '600':9,15 '870':47 'get':41 'gop':35 'saw':46 'sen':19,28 'two':34 'bill':45 'care':2 'cost':13,51 'home':24 'like':39 'main':22 'mari':20 'snow':33 'spot':10 'star':55 'vote':36 'bring':4 'state':25 'susan':29 'would':38 'collin':30 'health':1,44 'target':17 'olympia':32 'windfal':6 'democrat':18,37 'landrieu':21 'louisiana':7 'republican':27 'indianapoli':54 6804321 true true daylife Indianapolis Star http://www.indystar.com/ OK http://www.indystar.com/article/20091127/BUSINESS/91127001/1007/LIVING 300025 Person democrat Fri Nov 27 11:11:51 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Democrat up for re-election next year, saw 1,900 spots at a cost of $1 million. • Maine: The home state of Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, two GOP votes Democrats would like to get on the health bill, saw 870 ads at a cost of $300,0 '0':60 '1':19,26 'ad':5,54 're':14 'tv':9 '300':59 '870':53 '900':20 'get':47 'gop':41 'saw':18,52 'sen':34 'two':40 'usa':61 'bill':51 'care':4 'cost':24,57 'home':30 'like':45 'main':28 'next':16 'snow':39 'spot':21 'vote':42 'year':17 'blitz':1 'elect':15 'state':31 'susan':35 'today':62 'would':44 'collin':36 'health':3,50 'million':27 'olympia':38 'windfal':7 'democrat':10,43 're-elect':13 'republican':33 6804324 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/dF0zRRjo0BU/2009-11-26-health-care-ads_N.htm 300025 Person democrat Fri Nov 27 11:11:51 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Democrat up for re-election next year, saw 1,900 spots at a cost of $1 million. • Maine: The home state of Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, two GOP votes Democrats would like to get on the health bill, saw 870 ads at a cost of $300,0 '0':60 '1':19,26 'ad':5,54 're':14 'tv':9 '300':59 '870':53 '900':20 'get':47 'gop':41 'saw':18,52 'sen':34 'two':40 'usa':61 'bill':51 'care':4 'cost':24,57 'home':30 'like':45 'main':28 'next':16 'snow':39 'spot':21 'vote':42 'year':17 'blitz':1 'elect':15 'state':31 'susan':35 'today':62 'would':44 'collin':36 'health':3,50 'million':27 'olympia':38 'windfal':7 'democrat':10,43 're-elect':13 'republican':33 6804325 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomWashington-TopStories/~3/dF0zRRjo0BU/2009-11-26-health-care-ads_N.htm 300025 Person democrat Fri Nov 27 11:11:51 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...spots at a cost of $600,000 targeted Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. •Maine:The home state of Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, two GOP votes Democrats would like to get on the health bill, saw 870 ads at a cost of $300,000.... 'ad':5,48 'tv':9 '000':16,54 '300':53 '600':15 '870':47 'abc':55 'get':41 'gop':35 'saw':46 'sen':19,28 'two':34 'bill':45 'care':4 'cost':13,51 'home':24 'like':39 'main':22 'mari':20 'news':56 'snow':33 'spot':10 'vote':36 'blitz':1 'state':25 'susan':29 'would':38 'collin':30 'health':3,44 'target':17 'olympia':32 'windfal':7 'democrat':18,37 'landrieu':21 'republican':27 6804323 true true daylife ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/ OK http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blitz-health-care-ads-windfall-tv/story?id=9186244 300025 Person democrat Fri Nov 27 11:11:51 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Louisiana: 1,600 spots at a cost of $600,000 targeted Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. Maine: The home state of Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, two GOP votes Democrats would like to get on the health bill, saw 870 ads at a cost of $300, '1':8 'ad':3,48 'tv':5 '000':16 '300':53 '600':9,15 '870':47 'get':41 'gop':35 'saw':46 'sen':19,28 'two':34 'bill':45 'care':2 'cost':13,51 'home':24 'like':39 'main':22 'mari':20 'snow':33 'spot':10 'star':55 'vote':36 'bring':4 'state':25 'susan':29 'would':38 'collin':30 'health':1,44 'target':17 'olympia':32 'windfal':6 'democrat':18,37 'landrieu':21 'louisiana':7 'republican':27 'indianapoli':54 6804322 true true daylife Indianapolis Star http://www.indystar.com/ OK http://www.indystar.com/article/20091127/BUSINESS/91127001 300025 Person congress Fri Nov 27 22:08:17 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Can a conservative win in California given the shellacking John McCain, for whom Ms. Fiorina was a top economic adviser, ... 'ms':24 'top':28 'win':14 'john':20 'snow':10 'wall':31 'want':2 'advis':30 'given':17 'susan':6 'collin':7 'econom':29 'mccain':21 'reboot':4 'street':32 'conserv':13 'fiorina':25 'journal':33 'olympia':9 'shellack':19 'california':5,16 6808424 true true google news Wall Street Journal OK http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703499404574558302616877092.html 300025 Person republican Fri Nov 27 22:08:18 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, scolded Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for offering senators "generalizations and non-answers" ... 'non':20 'sen':1 'main':4 'time':23 'human':9 'offer':15 'scold':6 'senat':16 'susan':2 'answer':21 'collin':3 'health':7 'servic':10 'general':17 'kathleen':12 'non-answ':19 'sebelius':13 'secretari':11 'republican':5 'washington':22 6808425 true true google news Washington Times OK http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/28/what-you-see-is-what-well-get/ 300025 Person congress Thu Nov 26 22:01:56 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 WASHINGTON The congressional debate over health care has produced an unexpected recession windfall: a television advertising boom in the home states of pivotal lawmakers. The multimillion-dollar effort to win votes could determine the fate of 'ad':5 'tv':9 'usa':47 'win':40 'boom':26 'care':4,16 'fate':45 'home':29 'vote':41 'blitz':1 'could':42 'debat':13 'pivot':32 'state':30 'today':48 'dollar':37 'effort':38 'health':3,15 'lawmak':33 'produc':18 'recess':21 'televis':24 'windfal':7,22 'advertis':25 'determin':43 'unexpect':20 'washington':10 'congression':12 'multimillion':36 'multimillion-dollar':35 6801794 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-11-26-health-care-ads_N.htm?csp=34 300025 Person democrat Fri Nov 27 22:08:18 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Louisiana: 1600 spots at a cost of $600000 targeted Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. • Maine: The home state of Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia ... 'sen':11,20 'usa':25 '1600':2 'cost':6 'home':16 'main':14 'mari':12 'spot':3 'state':17 'susan':21 'today':26 '600000':8 'collin':22 'target':9 'olympia':24 'democrat':10 'landrieu':13 'louisiana':1 'republican':19 6808426 true true google news USA Today OK http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-11-26-health-care-ads_N.htm 300025 Person congress Fri Nov 27 22:08:14 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0600 2009 White House Counsel Greg Craig has indicated that he will refuse to allow any of the 18 new “czar” positions created by President Obama to testify before Congress, according to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the ranking Republican on the ... 'r':43 '18':25 'new':26 'sen':39 'czar':2,27 'greg':12 'hous':10 'main':44 'rank':46 'allow':21 'craig':13 'creat':29 'ignor':3 'indic':15 'obama':32 'posit':28 'refus':19 'susan':40 'white':9 'accord':37 'climat':1 'collin':41 'nation':5,50 'presid':31 'prevar':8,53 'r-main':42 'counsel':11 'testifi':34 'climateg':4 'congress':36 'institut':6,51 'republican':47 6808420 false true google blog National Institute of Prevarication http://prevarication.net/ OK http://prevarication.net/2009/11/27/climate-czar-ignores-climategate/ 300025 Person sen\. Fri Nov 27 11:11:46 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 A group of nine GOP senatots voted for her: George Voinovich (Ohio), Susan Collins (Maine), Olympia Snowe (Maine), Judd Gregg (NH), Richard Lugar (Ind.), Kit Bond (Mo.), then-Sen. Mel Martinez (Fla.), Lindsey Graham (SC) and Lamar ... 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Ben Nelson, D-Neb., has said likewise, and "has also suggested that the bill is too expensive, and that it should focus more immediately on controlling the rise of health care costs for everyone rather than on expanding health benefits to the mo 'd':15 'mo':55 'ben':12 'neb':16 'sen':11 'also':22 'back':7 'bill':10,26 'blog':3,58 'care':43 'cost':44 'rise':40 'said':18 'd-neb':14 'focus':34 'rural':2,57 'senat':8 'union':6 'expand':50 'expens':29 'farmer':5 'health':9,42,51 'immedi':36 'nation':4 'nelson':13 'rather':47 'benefit':52 'control':38 'everyon':46 'likewis':19 'suggest':23 6793216 false true google blog The Rural Blog http://irjci.blogspot.com/ OK http://irjci.blogspot.com/2009/11/national-farmers-union-backs-senate.html 300025 Person republican Wed Nov 25 22:15:56 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...abortion funding ban. Joined by most of the Republican conference, but offset by pro-abortion Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, the combined bipartisan pro-life forces do not appear to have the strength to get enough votes for a Stu 'ban':15 'get':52 'pro':27,41 'stu':57 'bill':12 'care':11 'forc':43 'fund':14 'join':16 'life':42 'main':36 'seek':3 'snow':31 'vote':54 'abort':13,28 'amend':7 'senat':9 'susan':33 'appear':46 'bishop':2 'cathol':1 'collin':34 'combin':38 'confer':22 'enough':53 'health':10 'offset':24 'stupak':6 'olympia':30 'pro-lif':40 'sponsor':4 'strength':50 'pro-abort':26 'bipartisan':39 'republican':21,29 'lifenews.com':58 6793228 false true daylife Lifenews.com http://www.lifenews.com/ OK http://www.lifenews.com/nat5703.html 300025 Person sen\. Wed Nov 25 22:15:52 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Adele – Asma al-Assad (Syria's First Lady) – John Atta-Mills (Ghana) – Michele Bachmann – John Boehner – Dan Brown – David Cameron – James Clyburn – Susan Collins – Tom Cruise – Howard Dean – Elizabeth Edwards – John Ensign – '26':5 'al':11 'dan':26 'tom':34 'adel':8 'asma':9 'atta':19 'dean':37 'jame':30 'john':17,24,40 'ladi':16 'mill':20 'week':1 'assad':12 'brown':27 'cruis':35 'david':28 'first':15 'ghana':21 'susan':32 'syria':13 'collin':33 'edward':39 'ensign':41 'howard':36 'michel':22 'novemb':4 'boehner':25 'cameron':29 'clyburn':31 'creativ':6,42 'al-assad':10 'atta-mil':18 'bachmann':23 'elizabeth':38 'numerolog':3,7,43 'numerology-novemb':2 6793219 false true google blog Creative Numerology http://creativenumerology.wordpress.com/ OK http://creativenumerology.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/weekly-numerology-november-26/ 300025 Person sen\. Thu Nov 26 11:09:46 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0600 2009 A group of nine GOP senatots voted for her: George Voinovich (Ohio), Susan Collins (Maine), Olympia Snowe (Maine), Judd Gregg (NH), Richard Lugar (Ind.), Kit Bond (Mo.), then-Sen. Mel Martinez (Fla.), Lindsey Graham (SC) and Lamar ... 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