WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats blocked Republican legislation Tuesday that would prohibit most late-term abortions, the second time since this summer’s release of videos involving Planned Parenthood that they’ve derailed an abortion-related drive by the GOP. Senators voted 54-42 to move ahead on the legislation, but that fell six short of the 60 votes needed to […]
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Sen. Susan Collins casts her 6,000th vote
UPDATED 12:45 P.M.: AUGUSTA — Sen. Susan Collins has become just the third U.S. senator ever to cast 6,000 consecutive votes. The Maine Republican hasn’t missed a roll call vote since taking office in 1997, and she reached the 6,000-vote milestone Thursday on two votes related to the Iran nuclear deal. She voted Yea on […]
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Sen. Susan Collins to vote against Iran nuclear deal
AUGUSTA — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins ended weeks of speculation about whether she supports the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday when she presented a floor speech against it. Collins has been mum about how she’d vote on the deal since it was announced earlier this summer. For a time, her position was seen as crucial […]
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DEP head Patricia Aho quits to work for Sen. Susan Collins
AUGUSTA — Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Patricia Aho has resigned to take a job with Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, according to Gov. Paul LePage. Aho served as commissioner since 2011 after having served as the agency’s deputy commissioner. Aho will become Collins’ state office representative in Augusta, covering Kennebec, Lincoln and Knox counties. […]
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Analysis: Democrats twist Sen. Susan Collins’ Planned Parenthood stand
Republican Sen. Susan Collins is mired in a bit of a storm regarding a procedural vote she took Monday on a bill that sought to defund Planned Parenthood and its affiliates. If you haven’t heard, the organization is at the center of a controversy around the release of a video by anti-abortion activists that shows […]
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Oxford concerts to be dedicated in memory of Rep. Heidrich
OXFORD — Members of American Legion Post 112 will dedicate the American Legion Concerts in the Park series in memory of Rep. Ted Heidrich on Tuesday evening, July 28. Tuesday is the first concert of the 2015 summer series. The concerts will be renamed The Ted Heidrich Memorial Concerts, “to honor the man who started […]
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Residents celebrate new Rumford Point bridge with ribbon-cutting ceremony
RUMFORD – More than 50 residents gathered at the new Martin Memorial Bridge on Tuesday morning to watch U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, Town Manager John Madigan and state highway Commissioner David Bernhardt officially open it to the public. In June 2012, Collins, the senior Republican on the U.S. Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the […]
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Sen. Susan Collins says her personal data were compromised
AUGUSTA — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced Wednesday her personal information — from her Social Security number to her parent’s names to her childhood neighbors — has been compromised in a cybersecurity attack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The worst part, said Collins, is that the breach dates back months and she just […]
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U.S. labor secretary visits BIW, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
PORTLAND — U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says an aging workforce at shipyards underscores the importance of training a new generation of workers with the skills needed to “punch their ticket to the middle class.” Perez made the remarks Wednesday as he got a firsthand look at an apprentice program at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and […]
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Auburn detective to address U.S. Senate committee on phone scam
LEWISTON — An Auburn police detective is expected to testify Wednesday before a congressional committee about a phone scam targeting the elderly. Jason Moore, who has been with the Auburn Police Department since 1998, prepared remarks for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, for which Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is chairwoman. She invited Moore […]