Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin says he won’t vote for the current version and Susan Collins says repealing the Affordable Care Act coverage mandate, which could be folded into the tax bill, would be a mistake.
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Sen. Susan Collins says Roy Moore should step aside in Alabama’s Senate race
Maine’s senior senator says his denials are not believable and she joins Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other prominent Republicans in calling on Moore to step aside.
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Bill Nemitz: Can ‘fanatical moderate’ Susan Collins recruit others?
Her serving as honorary co-chair of the bipartisan group No Labels could be a light at the end of a long, dark political tunnel.
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Ivanka Trump joins Sen. Collins to pitch Republican tax reform effort in Biddeford
The two speak about potential benefits to the middle class and small businesses at an event that draws about 250 mostly Republican invited guests.
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Sen. Collins calls on Roy Moore to quit Senate race if he abused underage girl
Calling the allegations ‘horrific,’ she says he ‘should immediately step aside’ if there is any truth to them.
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Collins and Manchin will co-chair No Labels group
The Maine Republican and West Virginia Democratic senators are backing a bipartisan group that seeks to solve problems in government and overcome partisan divisions that impede progress.
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Trump signs into law Sens. Collins, Shaheen bill on diabetes
The law will establish a commission of experts on treatment and prevention.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Along with roll call votes last week, the Senate also passed a bill (S. Res. 211), condemning the violence and persecution in Chechnya; and passed a bill (S. Res. 245), calling on Iran to release unjustly detained United States citizens and legal permanent resident aliens. The House also passed the National Forest System Vegetation Management […]
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Sen. Collins says states need federal help to protect elections
Collins introduces legislation to stave off foreign meddling with American election systems.
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Russians used LePage’s controversial views as tool on Facebook to sow discord
They praised and criticized his racially charged comments in their campaign to pit Americans against each other, Sen. Collins says at a hearing on election meddling.