The Maine Republican left no room for compromise as states pass voter-suppression laws.
Sen. Susan Collins
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Commentary: Will Sen. Collins stand up for Maine on immigration reform?
By voting ‘no’ on President Biden’s amnesty proposal, she’d promote good jobs and wages for working-class Mainers of all parties.
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Sen. Collins introduces bill to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics
The legislation would direct the Food and Drug Administration to issue a rule banning the intentional use of PFAS in cosmetics such as makeup, moisturizer and perfume.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Bipartisan group of senators crafts $1 trillion infrastructure plan
Such a package would be more than the previous Republican-only effort, but still short of the $1.7 trillion over 8 years President Biden is seeking.
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For infrastructure deal, Biden eyes ‘multiple paths forward’
The president has started new talks with a bipartisan group of 10 senators working on a deal and welcomed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan effort from a group in the House.
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Our View: Maine senators should back D.C. statehood
The disenfranchisement of Washington’s largely Black population is a stain on our democracy.
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Sen. Collins says colleagues missed an opportunity to get to the bottom of Jan. 6 insurrection
Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked passage of a bill that would have set up a nonpartisan commission to investigate the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol spurred on by former President Donald Trump.
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Senate Republicans poised to use filibuster to block panel on Jan. 6 insurrection
Ahead of Thursday’s vote, the mother of the late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was meeting with at least 6 Republican senators to try to persuade them to act.
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Sen. Collins leads effort to salvage legislation to create Jan. 6 commission
Many Republicans have still said they don’t trust that the commission studying the insurrection would be bipartisan, even though the panel itself and the staff would be evenly split between the parties.
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Our View: Collins should support independent Jan. 6 commission
The Maine Republican senator’s minor objections should not outweigh the danger of doing nothing in response to the insurrection.