C001035 1952-12-07 12728 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] 6442 N00000491 14460 Republican 202-224-2523 Catholic ME Susan Collins 2.67073170731707 http://collins.senate.gov SenatorSusanCollins 300025 Person sen\. Mon Feb 08 11:05:58 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...implied by Mr. Leiter, that members of this list should  enter this nation, then the authorities can refuse them entry. As Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said at this hearing, all U.S. visas of people whose names appear on this list should be suspended. 'r':30 'mr':7 'sen':26 'u.s':37 'hear':35 'keep':1 'list':13,46 'main':31 'name':42 'news':51 'said':32 'visa':38 'daili':50 'enter':15 'entri':24 'impli':5 'peopl':40 'refus':22 'susan':27 'whose':41 'appear':43 'author':20 'collin':28 'leiter':8 'member':10 'nation':17 'r-main':29 'record':52 'suspend':49 'watchlist':4 7529111 true true daylife Daily News Record http://www.dnronline.com/ OK http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=44373&CHID=36 300025 Person senate Mon Feb 08 22:13:02 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced the legislation with co-sponsors Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), Edward Kaufman (D-Del.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Jea 'c':56 'd':14,33,49,60 'h':45 'n':44 'r':20,38,43,54 'co':27 'ami':30 'cap':5 'del':15,50 'jea':62 'nox':10 'r-n':42 'r-s':53 'sen':29 'so2':9 'tom':11 'bill':2 'busi':64 'judd':40 'main':39 'minn':34 'tenn':21 'calif':61 'creat':3 'd-del':13,48 'diann':57 'gregg':41 'lamar':17 'senat':1 'susan':35 'trade':7 'carper':12 'collin':36 'd-minn':32 'edward':46 'graham':52 'legisl':24 'r-main':37 'r-tenn':19 'alexand':18 'd-calif':59 'kaufman':47 'lindsey':51 'sponsor':28 'sustain':63 'introduc':22 'feinstein':58 'klobuchar':31 'co-sponsor':26 'cap-and-trad':4 7531858 true true daylife Sustainable Business http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/ OK http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/19716 300025 Person republican Mon Feb 08 22:13:02 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...of it." Republicans have been unusually caustic in their attacks on the administration over the Abdulmutallab case. Maine Sen. Susan Collins, historically moderate in tone on national security issues, charged last week that the decision to try the Niger 'sen':24 'tri':42 'u.s':45 'case':22 'issu':34 'last':36 'main':23 'news':46 'tone':30 'week':37 'charg':35 'decis':40 'moder':28 'niger':44 'secur':33 'susan':25 'unusu':11 'world':47 'attack':15 'collin':26 'follow':3 'histor':27 'nation':32 'rancor':2 'report':48 'terror':4 'announc':5 'caustic':12 'partisan':1 'administr':18 'republican':8 'abdulmutallab':21 7531860 true true daylife U.S. News & World Report http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm OK http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2010/2/8/partisan-rancor-follows-terrorism-announcement.html?s_cid=rss:partisan-rancor-follows-terrorism-announcement 300025 Person sen\. Mon Feb 08 22:13:02 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...was drawn to read Matt Apuzzo’s article “Unexpected controversy on right to remain silent” [News, Feb. 4]. Referring to Sen. Susan Collins statement that the right to have a lawyer applies to U.S. citizens and not to foreign terrorists, Apuzzo say '4':21 'feb':20 'say':45 'sen':24 'tri':1 'u.s':37 'matt':8 'news':19 'read':7 'time':48 'appli':35 'drawn':5 'refer':22 'right':15,30 'susan':25 'apuzzo':9,44 'articl':11 'collin':26 'lawyer':34 'remain':17 'seattl':47 'silent':18 'terror':2 'citizen':38 'foreign':42 'suspect':3 'unexpect':12 'statement':27 'terrorist':43 'controversi':13 7531859 true true daylife The Seattle Times http://www.seattletimes.com/ OK http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2011018782_tryingterrorsuspects.html?syndication=rss 300025 Person republican Mon Feb 08 22:12:59 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ... the ranking Republican, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, asked Michael Leiter, director of the National Counter Terrorism Center; Admiral Dennis Blair (ret. ... 'r':8 'abc':24 'ask':10 'ret':23 'sen':4 'blog':26 'main':9 'news':25 'rank':2 'admir':20 'blair':22 'denni':21 'susan':5 'center':19 'collin':6 'leiter':12 'nation':16 'r-main':7 'terror':18 'counter':17 'michael':11 'director':13 'republican':3 7531855 true true google news ABC News (blog) OK http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/02/08/2010-02-08_gop_plays_political_football_with_terror_fear_bam_aide_sez.html 300025 Person congress Mon Feb 08 22:12:59 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Their independent ways and support for measures such as Obama's economic stimulus have stoked sharp criticism from some ... 'way':8 'news':27 'snow':5 'daili':26 'obama':15 'sharp':21 'stoke':20 'susan':1 'collin':2 'critic':22 'econom':17 'measur':12 'memphi':25 'olympia':4 'support':10 'independ':7 'stimulus':18 7531854 true true google news Memphis Daily News OK http://www.miamiherald.com/business/nation/story/1469682.html 300025 Person senator Mon Feb 08 11:05:56 -0600 2010 Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010 The only two possible candidates for such cooperation appear to be the Maine delegation of Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. Snowe did vote to bring Senator ... 'two':3 'main':13 'snow':17,21 'vote':23 'bring':25 'deleg':14 'senat':26 'susan':19 'appear':9 'candid':5 'collin':20 'cooper':8 'olympia':16 'possibl':4 'examiner.com':27 7529108 true true google news Examiner.com OK http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m2d7-Defiant-Obama-fights-on 300025 Person republican Sat Feb 06 22:16:08 -0600 2010 Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...on Christmas exposed a vulnerability in the U.S. fight against terrorism, a Republican lawmaker said Saturday. Maine Sen. Susan Collins kept up the GOP drumbeat of criticism following a report by The Associated Press a week ago that a Nigerian man, Umar 'ago':42 'gop':29 'man':46 'sen':23 'u.s':13 'kept':26 'main':22 'said':20 'umar':47 'week':41 'expos':8 'fight':14 'obama':2 'palin':1 'press':39 'susan':24 'associ':38 'collin':25 'critic':32 'follow':33 'lawmak':19 'report':35 'terror':5,16 'vulner':10 'christma':7 'drumbeat':30 'mishandl':4 'nigerian':45 'saturday':21 'administr':3 'republican':18 'thenewstribune.com':48 7517427 true true daylife TheNewsTribune.com http://www.thenewstribune.com/ OK http://www.thenewstribune.com/apheadlines/nationandworld/story/1059915.html?storylink=rss 300025 Person republican Sat Feb 06 11:17:03 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...thus showing "a blind spot when it comes to the war on terrorism." From allegedly moderate and reasonable Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine: "Because of that blindness, this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in 'day':5 'see':42 'sen':30 'war':10,21 'come':18 'even':46 'main':34 'quot':2 'show':12 'spot':15 'thus':11 'alleg':25 'blind':14,38 'moder':26 'right':50 'stand':49 'susan':31 'cannot':41 'collin':32 'cultur':9 'reason':28 'terror':23 'dumbass':1 'foreign':44 'dispatch':6 'administr':40 'terrorist':45 'republican':29 'scienceblog':52 7511664 true true daylife ScienceBlogs http://www.scienceblogs.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/wUvPMub9Utg/dumbass_quote_of_the_day_104.php 300025 Person senator Mon Feb 08 11:05:56 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 It was refreshing to see White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs call the "moderate" Senator Susan Collins to account for her demagogic assertion that ... 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Susan Colli 'joe':23 'tri':16 '2008':45 'john':41 'mani':25 'open':38 'want':27 'colli':48 'elect':13 'obama':7,15 'polit':9 'senat':22 'susan':47 'thing':19 'depriv':29 'endors':36 'justic':2,50 'mccain':42 'presid':14 'senior':33 'smooth':18 'benefit':5 'dissent':1,49 'dubious':4 'campaign':39 'democrat':26 'lieberman':24,30 'presidenti':46 7537116 false true google blog DISSENTING JUSTICE http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/ OK http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2010/02/dubious-benefits-of-obamas-political.html 300025 Person republican Tue Feb 09 11:18:11 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 The House version of the stimulus bill included $20 billion for school construction. But the Senate deleted those funds. This was done largely at the urging of Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican whose vote was needed to get the ... 'c':8 'd':10 '20':20 'get':51 'sen':39 'urg':37 'bill':18 'buzz':3,55 'done':33 'earn':7 'fund':30 'hous':13 'larg':34 'main':43 'need':49 'pres':5 'vote':47 'black':1,53 'delet':28 'obama':6 'polit':2,54 'senat':27 'susan':40 'whose':46 'collin':41 'includ':19 'school':23 'billion':21 'version':14 'stimulus':17 'construct':24 'republican':45 7537117 false true google blog BLACK POLITICAL BUZZ.... http://blackpoliticalbuzz.blogspot.com/ OK http://blackpoliticalbuzz.blogspot.com/2010/02/did-pres-obama-earn-c-or-d-on-stimulus.html 300025 Person congress Tue Feb 09 11:18:11 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Such a system has already been proposed in Congress, with Sen. Maria Cantwell's (D-WA) Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act. Also sponsored by Republican Sen. Susan Collins (ME), the bill has the advantage of being ... 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T 'gop':30 'job':51 'top':49 'face':21 'seat':10 'snow':56 'take':7 'brown':1 'choic':40 'could':11 'cours':4 'craig':45 'fight':34 'invit':12 'labor':50 'minut':17 'obama':38 'senat':9,20 'spent':14 'stick':27 'susan':52 'union':43 'barack':37 'becker':46 'collin':53 'presid':36 'olympia':55 'whether':24 'attorney':44 'centrist':3 'earliest':16 'partisan':33 'question':22 'politics/ap':58 7531851 false true google blog Politics/AP http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ap/ OK http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ap/browns-centrist-course-as-he-takes-over-senate-seat-could-invite-conservative-criticism-83822677.html 300025 Person senate Mon Feb 08 22:12:56 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 During last week's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on “don't ask, don't tell,” Maine Senator Susan Collins asked if any NATO partners had reported difficulties since their implementation of open service. ... 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