C001035 1952-12-07 413 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] N00000491 11480 Republican 202-224-2523 Catholic ME Susan Collins 2.49152542372881 http://collins.senate.gov SenatorSusanCollins 300025 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 11:15:45 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...in 2006." Lieberman said FEMA now has a renewed sense of mission, greater stature and more resources. Ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said removing FEMA from Homeland Security "would ignore the input of first-responders and unravel all the i 'r':33 'sen':29 '2006':11 'fema':6,14,37 'hous':1 'main':34 'rank':27 'said':13,35 'seek':3 'sens':19 'first':47 'ignor':42 'input':44 'remov':5,36 'renew':18 'secur':9,40 'susan':30 'would':41 'collin':31 'lawmak':2 'member':28 'r-main':32 'statur':23 'greater':22 'mission':21 'resourc':26 'respond':48 'unravel':50 'homeland':8,39 'lieberman':12 'govexec.com':54 'first-respond':46 6597838 true true daylife GovExec.com http://govexec.com/ OK http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609kp1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss 300025 Person republican Fri Nov 06 11:15:45 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...what Americans want. "This is a tough time. But I doubt Americans will begrudge spending on national parks." Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Bob Bennett of Utah, warmly embraced the t 'bob':38 'lisa':33 'main':28 'park':22 'side':4 'thad':29 'time':12,48 'utah':41 'want':7 'warm':42 'wild':3 'doubt':15 'senat':24 'spend':19 'susan':25 'tough':11 'union':49 'alaska':36 'albani':46 'collin':26 'embrac':43 'nation':21 'begrudg':18 'bennett':39 'cochran':30 'preserv':1 'american':6,16 'murkowski':34 'republican':23 'mississippi':32 'times-union':47 6597839 true true daylife Albany Times-Union http://www.timesunion.com/ OK http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=862450&LinkFrom=RSS 300025 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:07:42 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...more information about these projects so we can decide whether we want to continue funding them or not." Carper and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, released a statement calling the overruns unacceptable and indicative of the larger state of IT management i 'r':37 'big':9 'get':8 'sen':33 'bill':1 'call':42 'fund':27 'main':38 'want':24 'boost':10 'decid':21 'indic':47 'manag':54 'state':51 'susan':34 'carper':31 'collin':35 'inform':14 'larger':50 'r-main':36 'releas':39 'report':12 'continu':26 'increas':3 'nextgov':56 'overrun':44 'project':7,17 'whether':22 'unaccept':45 'oversight':4 'statement':41 6608390 true true daylife NextGov http://www.nextgov.com/ OK http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091106_3524.php?oref=rss 300025 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 11:17:41 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...softens Reid's bill." Some Democrats believe using Snowe's idea could win the vote of the other Republican senator from the Maine, Susan Collins, and maybe up to two more Republican votes (Drucker and Pierce, 11/4). In a second story, Roll Call reports 'key':1 'two':39 'use':17 'win':22 '11/4':46 'bill':9,13 'call':52 'idea':20 'main':32 'mayb':36 'news':55 'reid':11 'roll':51 'snow':18 'vote':24,42 'could':21 'medic':54 'moder':2 'pierc':45 'senat':29 'shape':5 'stori':50 'susan':33 'today':56 'believ':16 'collin':34 'health':7 'report':53 'second':49 'soften':10 'drucker':43 'democrat':15 'influenc':3 'overhaul':8 'republican':28,41 6587365 true true daylife Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/-qdFsS9EwEA/169910.php 300025 Person congress Thu Nov 05 22:25:12 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Susan Collins (R-Maine) is keeping her focus on the important issues: an amendment that would increase congressional control of “czars.” Her amendment, which she first tried to attach to an appropriations bill without success, would also require the 'r':10 'tri':34 'also':44 'bill':40 'czar':6,28 'issu':19 'keep':13 'main':11 'take':2 'amend':21,30 'anoth':3 'first':33 'focus':15 'susan':7 'swing':4 'would':23,43 'attach':36 'collin':1,8 'import':18 'r-main':9 'requir':45 'control':26 'increas':24 'success':42 'without':41 'appropri':39 'independ':49 'washington':48 'congression':25 6593564 true true daylife The Washington Independent http://washingtonindependent.com/ OK http://washingtonindependent.com/66677/collins-takes-another-swing-at-czars 300025 Person sen\. Wed Nov 04 22:32:27 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...visiting dignitaries from other educational institutions. The keynote speaker for the actual ceremony was Maine Sen. Susan Collins, who is also an alumna of St. Lawrence University and was a classmate of Dr. Fox. This background gives me a chance to bra 'dr':39 'st':31 'bra':48 'fox':40 'sen':22 'also':27 'educ':11 'give':43 'main':21 'time':51 'chanc':46 'daili':50 'faith':2 'renew':1 'susan':23 'visit':7 'actual':18 'alumna':29 'collin':24 'keynot':14 'generat':6 'lawrenc':32 'speaker':15 'univers':33 'younger':5 'ceremoni':19 'classmat':37 'institut':12 'dignitari':8 'watertown':49 'background':42 6582122 true true daylife Watertown Daily Times http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/ OK http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091104/OPINION02/311049994/ 300025 Person republican Wed Nov 04 22:32:27 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...private sector to insure that transportation systems, energy plants and other sensitive networks are equally protected. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the ranking Republican on the homeland security panel, said it will take more than a White House coordin 'sen':25 'top':48 'u.s':1 'hous':46 'main':29 'news':50 'open':4 'rank':31 'said':38 'take':41 'tech':49 'battl':6 'cyber':2 'equal':23 'insur':12 'panel':37 'plant':17 'secur':36 'susan':26 'white':45 'attack':8 'center':3 'collin':27 'comput':7 'energi':16 'privat':9 'sector':10 'sensit':20 'system':15 'coordin':47 'network':21 'protect':24 'homeland':35 'transport':14 'republican':32 6582121 true true daylife Top Tech News http://www.toptechnews.com/ OK http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=69824 300025 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 22:25:12 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...He became editorial page editor in 1982 and left the paper for eight months in 1997 to be communications director for Sen. Susan Collins in Washington. In the fall of that year he was named the paper's executive editor. Woodward's retirement will become 'sen':29 '1982':14 '1997':23 'fall':36 'left':16 'name':42 'news':3 'page':11 'year':39 'becam':9 'becom':52 'daili':2 'eight':20 'month':21 'paper':18,44 'retir':7,50 'susan':30 'bangor':1 'collin':31 'editor':5,12,47,53 'execut':4,46 'editori':10 'publish':54 'communic':26 'director':27 'woodward':48 'washington':33 6593565 true true daylife Editor & Publisher http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ OK http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004032662 300025 Person republican Tue Nov 03 22:23:30 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...teapartiers, hyperventilated that the Senator from Connecticut supported—get this—the moderate Maine Republican Susan Collins! Bipartisanship (or is it post-partisanship?) is when the other guys come to our side, not the other way around. And on 'get':18 'guy':37 'man':2,6 'one':1 'way':45 'come':38 'juda':4 'main':22 'post':31 'purg':8 'side':41 'anoth':5 'moder':9,21 'senat':14 'susan':24 'around':46 'collin':25 'reason':49 'support':17 'teaparti':10 'republican':23 'connecticut':16 'hyperventil':11 'partisanship':32 'bipartisanship':26 'post-partisanship':30 6572450 true true daylife Reason http://www.reason.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reason/HitandRun/~3/F4WBLUB8gsw/one-mans-judas-another-mans-pu 300025 Person republican Thu Nov 05 11:17:41 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...the adviser, which some have called a cybersecurity "czar," puts him at odds with the top Republican on his committee, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. But he said he is in talks with Collins over the legislation and hopes to get her support for a bill they 'r':31 'get':48 'odd':19 'put':16 'sen':27 'top':22 'bill':53 'call':12 'czar':5,15 'grow':2 'hope':46 'main':32 'pick':6 'said':35 'talk':39 'advis':8 'cyber':4 'susan':28 'absent':3 'collin':29,41 'legisl':44 'r-main':30 'nextgov':55 'support':50 'committe':26 'restless':1 'cybersecur':14 'republican':23 6587366 true true daylife NextGov http://www.nextgov.com/ OK http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091102_4291.php?oref=rss 300025 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:21:37 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The Washington Times article noted that, “Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said she was disappointed with the way the bill was approved, which she called a mistake. “'It's certainly going to make it much more difficult ... 'go':39 'sen':15 'way':26 'bill':28 'blog':2 'call':33 'crop':6 'main':19 'make':41 'much':43 'note':11 'said':20 'time':9 'moder':13 'susan':16 'approv':30 'archiv':3 'articl':10 'climat':4 'collin':17 'legisl':5 'mistak':35 'certain':38 'difficult':45 'disappoint':23 'republican':14 'washington':8 'farmpolicy.com':1,46 6604109 false true google blog FarmPolicy.com http://www.farmpolicy.com/ OK http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=1579 300025 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:21:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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 ... 'r':31,38 '42':22 'bi':18 'co':24 'sen':27 'also':36 'bill':15 'blog':54 'caus':53 'enda':1 'hear':3,47 'issu':5 'main':32,39 'post':55 'said':50 'snow':35 'basic':7 'equal':8 'senat':2,48 'spite':12 'steve':57 'susan':28 'attend':44 'collin':29 'includ':26 'member':43 'r-main':30,37 'merkley':49 'olympia':34 'sponsor':25 'support':20 'william':58 'committe':42 'partisan':19 'fundament':10 'yesterday':45 'co-sponsor':23 'republican':41 'bi-partisan':17 6604112 false true google blog Causes blog posts by Steve Williams http://www.care2.com/causes/ OK http://www.care2.com/causes/civil-rights/blog/enda-senate-hearing-an-issue-of-basic-equality-and-fundamental-fairness-for-all-americans/ 300025 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:21:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Maine Senator Susan Collins told media this week that she is desperately concerned about Obama's clique within the White House. The shadow government, she said, supplants other government departments with their own agendas. ... 'hous':29 'main':9 'said':34 'told':13 'week':16 'cliqu':25 'giddi':3 'media':14 'obama':2,23 'senat':10 'susan':11 'white':28 'agenda':42 'collin':12 'depart':38 'desper':20 'govern':32,37 'muslim':5 'shadow':31 'within':26 'concern':21 'supplant':35 'slaughter':6 'jgrantswankjr':1,43 6604111 false true google blog jgrantswankjr http://jgrantswankjr.blogspot.com/ OK http://jgrantswankjr.blogspot.com/2009/11/obama-giddy-after-muslim-slaughtered.html 300025 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:21:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Meanwhile, Lieberman's colleague Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has been extremely vocal in her opposition to this plan. She believes that the cybersecurity coordinator should report into DHS and not the White House. ... 'r':15 'dhs':36 'hot':4 'hous':41 'plan':26 'r-me':14 'polit':3 'senat':11 'susan':12 'vocal':20 'white':40 'believ':28 'collin':13 'extrem':19 'potato':5 'report':34 'untitl':42 'coordin':2,32 'opposit':23 'colleagu':10 'meanwhil':7 'lieberman':8 'cybersecur':1,31 'networkworld.com':6 6604110 false true google blog Untitled http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/feed OK http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47376 300025 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:07:35 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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 ... 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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 'r':21 'ok':22 'xz':54 'fax':37 'may':31 'nut':5 'sen':17 '2009':32 'back':28 'call':24 'case':6 'full':41 'jame':18 'judg':9 'name':2 'near':35 'r-ok':20 'real':12 'sent':34 'unit':52 'anoth':3 'april':30 'blanc':55 'inhof':19 'liber':4 'obama':1 'petit':38 'posit':10 'senat':42 '700000':36 'desert':56 'conserv':57 'persuad':48 'session':15 'success':47 'support':14 'filibust':27 'hamilton':44 'republican':50 6608383 false true google blog Desert Conservative http://www.desertconservative.com/ OK http://www.desertconservative.com/2009/11/06/obama-names-another-liberal-nut-case-to-a-judge-position-a-real-nut/ 300025 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 11:15:39 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 GRAHAM'S ENGAGEMENT: In a New York Times op-ed last month, Kerry and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) discussed their agreement on a framework for mandatory global warming pollution reductions linked to government support for the nuclear, coal, and natural 'r':31 'ed':22 'op':21 'sc':32 'new':17 'op-':20 'sen':27 'coal':52 'last':23 'link':45 'r-sc':30 'time':19 'warm':42 'york':18 'blame':4 'engag':14 'kerri':25 'month':24 'natur':54 'climat':10 'dither':8 'global':41 'govern':47 'graham':12,29 'legisl':11 'pollut':43 'reduct':44 'discuss':33 'lindsey':28 'nuclear':51 'support':48 'agreement':35 'framework':38 'mandatori':40 'alternet.org':55 6597833 false true google blog AlterNet.org http://www.alternet.org/ OK http://www.alternet.org/environment/143757/who's_to_blame_for_all_the_dithering_on_climate_legislation 300025 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:15:39 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Susan Collins (Maine), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Olympia Snowe (Maine). Fiorina's endorsement by Coburn -- a celebrated conservative for his demand for fiscal discipline in Congress -- particularly stands out, ... Sen. Jim DeM 'dem':42 'jim':41 's.c':13 'sen':40 'lisa':14 'main':10,20 'next':7 'snow':19 'polit':2,44 'senat':5 'stand':38 'susan':8 'alaska':16 'celebr':27 'coburn':25 'collin':9 'demand':31 'endors':23 'fiscal':33 'graham':12 'nation':3,45 'conserv':28 'fiorina':21 'lindsey':11 'olympia':18 'congress':36 'disciplin':34 'murkowski':15 'california':4 'particular':37 'realclearpolit':1,43 6597835 false true google blog RealClearPolitics - Politics Nation http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/ OK http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2009/11/senators_endorse_fiorina_senate.html