Maine’s senior senator laments the administration’s handling of the budget and pokes fun at a Texas congressman who challenged her to a duel.
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Republican congressman from Texas appears to target Sen. Collins
Rep. Blake Farenthold bemoans opposition to the Senate health care bill by ‘female senators from the Northeast,’ and suggests he would challenge them to a duel if they were male and from Texas.
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Collins opposes Senate health care vote Tuesday
Maine’s senior U.S. senator also repeats her criticism of President Trump’s comments on the Russia probe.
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Collins slams current Senate bill to repeal and replace Affordable Care Act
She says the Republican proposal would throw millions of people off the health insurance they acquired under Obamacare.
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Sen. Collins says she’s a no on immediate repeal vote for ACA
Her vote, along with two other no votes from fellow Republicans, essentially kills Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s proposal to vote on the House health care bill, which calls for a full repeal of Obamacare but delays implementation for two years.
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Sen. Collins gets in on the act at Cyndi Lauper show
The ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ singer brings her ‘hero’ on stage at Friday night’s show in Bangor.
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Sen. Collins calls for Trump Jr. to testify before Senate Intelligence on Russia meeting
The Republican from Maine also expects that special counsel Robert Mueller will want to interview President Trump’s son, who admitted he met with a Russian lawyer who offered anti-Clinton material.
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Sen. Collins cheered in Maine after stand on health care
One of only a handful of Republican senators who opposed the bill, she marches unbowed in Eastport’s Fourth of July parade.
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Sen. Collins says she’ll vote against motion to advance Senate health bill
The opposition by Maine’s Republican senator casts more doubt on the likelhood that the bill will make it through the closely divided Senate this week before the July Fourth recess.
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Collins still undecided on Senate health care bill
In an appearance on ABC’s ‘This Week,’ Maine’s senior senator says she wants to see the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the measure before she makes up her mind.