Updated 6:20 a.m.: Sen. Susan Collins emerged from a meeting Tuesday with President Trump and signaled she could be a “yes” vote on a sweeping tax reform bill pending in Congress. The Maine moderate previously had expressed reservations about many components of the bill, such as the expiration of tax cuts for individuals after 10 years while […]
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Susan Collins may be in a position to decide tax bill’s fate
President Donald Trump plans to meet Tuesday with Senate Republicans in a crucial week for his presidency and his tax plan that could decide whether he ends his first year with a major legislative achievement. Last-minute threats to the tax cuts that Trump has promised since early in his long-shot presidential campaign are looming among […]
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Tax bill's fate may depend on Maine's Susan Collins
Once again, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins may decide the fate of a major proposal touted by President Donald Trump — a tax overhaul. The Maine Republican’s vote is crucial to winning passage in the Senate of a tax bill that would slice the corporate rate and cut most household taxes during the next decade. The […]
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Democrats prepare to target Susan Collins with tax bill robocall
Maine’s U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is facing rising pressure to oppose a federal tax reform bill that is wending its way through Congress. The National Democratic Committee will be targeting Collins, a Republican, in automated phone call to Mainers this week urging her to vote against the reform package, which they say is little more […]
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White House open to striking health provision from tax bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it’s willing to strike a health-care provision from Senate legislation to cut taxes and overhaul the tax code if the provision becomes an impediment to passing one of President Donald Trump’s top legislative priorities. The provision would repeal a requirement that everyone in the U.S. have health insurance […]
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Susan Collins criticizes some provisions of Republican tax reform bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Susan Collins criticized elements of the Republican tax reform bill Wednesday, including provisions that would repeal the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate and also sunset tax cuts for middle-class families while making corporate tax cuts permanent. The additions to the tax reform bill were made late Tuesday night, with President Trump […]
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Teachers may lose $250 tax break under GOP plan
To help defray some of the costs teachers often bear to get supplies for their classroom, Sen. Susan Collins authored a law 15 years ago that allowed them to take a tax deduction of $250 for their expenses. Last year, the Maine Republican succeeded in making the teacher tax deduction permanent so it wouldn’t have […]
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Susan Collins wants Roy Moore to withdraw from U.S. Senate race
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, took a tougher stand against Roy Moore on Monday, calling for him to step aside in his bid to be the next U.S. senator from Alabama because of alleged sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl decades ago, when he was in his early 30s. “I have now read Mr. Moore’s […]
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Sen. Collins deserves our thanks
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins once again showed great leadership and demonstrated her support of Maine’s credit unions and other local financial institutions by voting to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s arbitration rule. Recently, I was part of a group of local credit union officials who met with her and discussed that issue at length. […]
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Ivanka Trump joins Sen. Collins in Biddeford to pitch Republican tax reform effort
The two speak about potential benefits to the middle class and small businesses at an event in Biddeford that draws about 250 mostly Republican invited guests. BIDDEFORD – The eldest daughter of the president teamed up with Maine’s senior U.S. senator Friday in an effort to build support for the Republican tax reform effort at […]