The popular senior senator says she needs to stay in Washington, where she has been a pivotal moderate in an increasingly partisan Senate.
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Collins to announce decision on governor’s race today
Maine’s senior senator will announce whether she plans to run for governor next year or remain in the Senate.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate passes the National Defense Authorization Act and confirms Noel Francisco as solicitor general.
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Sen. Collins teams up with Florida Democrat on bill to shore up ACA
Maine’s Republican senator and Bill Nelson offer a reinsurance plan that would help keep premiums in check, as the Senate yet again considers a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Sen. Collins alarmed by Medicaid cuts, limits on pre-existing conditions in latest ACA repeal proposal
The Graham-Cassidy proposal would result in 32 million fewer Americans having health insurance, according to one study.
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Congress set to reject Trump’s wide range of federal program cuts
A ‘meat ax’ approach to service and research programs isn’t likely to pass even Republican muster.
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Sen. Collins supporting effort to save college loan program
The federal Perkins Loan program is set to expire on Sept. 30.
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Sen. Collins likely to be at center of Obamacare fixes
A key Senate committee that she serves on will be working on compromise plans.
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UMaine Presque Isle wins grant initially rejected because of line spacing
Sen. Susan Collins praises the Department of Education’s reversal of an ‘absurd bureaucratic decision.’
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Maine Voices: Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge because it’s God’s creation
Proposed oil drilling would have serious impacts on species of animals, birds – and the native people.