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.
Sen. Susan Collins
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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.
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FBI probing federal contractor’s donations to Sen. Collins’ campaign
The FBI alleges contributions totaling close to $195,000 were made illegally to Susan Collins’ 2020 re-election campaign and a super PAC that supported her.
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Commentary: Future of Republican Party depends on more Republicans like Susan Collins
She has defended Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney – and she could form a Senate bloc of Republicans who are willing to seek bipartisan compromise.
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Commentary: Dark money erodes our trust in democracy – Maine’s senators can restore it
The For the People Act will ensure our state’s candidates don’t see a repeat of the deluge of outside spending that took place in 2020.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Compromise needed for Equality Act to become law
Senators like Susan Collins and Joe Manchin can reach an agreement with faith groups to protect religious freedom and prevent anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.