They are encouraged by Trump’s call to create jobs and lower the cost of prescription drugs.
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Sen. Collins aims to ‘get to the bottom’ of Russian ties to election, whatever it takes
She and Maine’s Sen. Angus King both want Michael Flynn to testify; Collins doesn’t rule out a subpoena of Trump tax returns.
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Sen. Collins says call volume is overwhelming staff
Collins worries that constituents having trouble accessing Social Security or veterans’ benefits may not be able to get through.
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Scott Pruitt, longtime EPA adversary, wins confirmation to lead the agency
Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King both vote against the nominee.
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Collins says she’ll vote against confirming Scott Pruitt to head EPA
Maine’s Republican senator cites the Oklahoma attorney general’s lawsuits against the environmental agency on ‘numerous issues that are of great importance to the state of Maine.’
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Sen. Angus King says Intelligence Committee probing Flynn’s talks with Russian diplomats
He and Senate colleague Susan Collins have confidence in their committee and see no need for the independent commission being called for by Democrats.
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Bill Nemitz: Even under fire, Collins remains best hope for Senate sanity
She argues that her committee vote on Betsy DeVos was moot, and that she sought to avert the Rule 19 vote.
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Susan Collins defends her vote to silence colleague Elizabeth Warren
Collins voted in favor of upholding an obscure rule after the Massachusetts senator read a scathing letter that Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow wrote about Jeff Sessions, who was confirmed Wednesday as Trump’s attorney general.
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Protest group accuses Collins of hard-right turn after Trump’s election
But a spokeswoman for Maine’s senior U.S. senator disputes the allegation, saying she makes the best decisions she can ‘regardless of political pressure from either side.’
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Republicans in Congress start to eliminate Obama-era rules
A bill to repeal stream protections is sent to the White House and the House targets a gun restriction as Republicans move to reverse years of what they call excessive regulations.