While Sen. Collins and Reps. Pingree and Golden find areas to agree with Trump, Sen. King says the president’s actions will be what really matter.
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Sen. Collins took in personal best $1.8 million in campaign funds in 4th quarter
Her campaign committee says it made a push for donations in late 2018, after Collins’ vote in support of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, to send a message that she would be a strong candidate in 2020.
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Sen. Collins joins colleagues in renewing wetlands conservation act
Maine is home to nearly 100 projects covered by the law.
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Sen. Collins says she wants to hear from Trump’s former lawyer
The Senate Intelligence Committee, of which Maine’s senior senator is a member, subpoenaed Michael Cohen last week to make him address false statements he made to Congress.
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Sen. Susan Collins: I worked with all sides to end federal shutdown
Shutdowns are never justified no matter who controls Congress or the White House.
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Collins, King part of bipartisan group working on shutdown compromise
Maine’s senators join 14 colleagues in pushing to reopen shuttered government programs for three weeks while negotiations continue with the White House over border security.
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Transgender woman enters U.S. Senate race to unseat Republican Susan Collins
Independent Danielle VanHelsing said the incumbent Republican, Susan Collins, is “a terrible senator” who doesn’t put the needs of Mainers first.
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Sen. Collins says she supports Trump’s plan for border wall funding to end shutdown
She also becomes the first Republican to say she will support a Democrat-sponsored bill to reopen the government if the president’s measure fails.
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Trump threats to quit NATO spur Maine lawmakers to defend 70-year-old alliance
Collins, a Maine Republican, is part of a bipartisan group that introduced a resolution this month to prohibit a president from withdrawing from NATO without first securing approval from the Senate.
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Sen. Collins says she would oppose Trump emergency declaration to build border wall
Maine’s senior senator, who is among a small group of Republicans negotiating with the White House to end a three-week government shutdown, says she’s disappointed but still hopeful.