AUGUSTA — A Maine Democratic lawmaker wants to strip the governor of his power to appoint a replacement in the event of a U.S. Senate vacancy. Matt Moonen’s bill has raised questions about whether Democrats are concerned about the possibility of Republican Sen. Susan Collins leaving her six-year term early to run for governor in […]
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Collins traveling to Selma for civil rights commemoration
AUGUSTA — Sen. Susan Collins is heading to Selma, Ala., this weekend to honor the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights marches there. On Saturday, Collins and other lawmakers will visit the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where white police beat demonstrators advocating for black voting rights on March 7, 1965, which was called “Bloody Sunday.” […]
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C. Richards: Questionable decision
I was appalled to see a full page advertisement (Feb. 2) praising Sen. Susan Collins for her vote for the Keystone pipeline. It was paid for by the Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions. How does allowing a foreign country the right to build a pipeline, carrying the dirtiest oil ever, through the heart of this […]
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Collins working on immigration compromise
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday maneuvered to put Democrats on record again as opposing legislation that would fund the Homeland Security Department and overturn President Barack Obama’s recent actions on immigration. Obama countered by hosting an Oval Office meeting with a half-dozen young immigrants protected by his policies. The GOP legislation would subject Obama’s […]
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Bill from Shaheen, Collins, would help disabled veterans
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A bill reintroduced by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen from New Hampshire and Susan Collins from Maine would expand access to national parks for disabled veterans. The bill would give all veterans with a service-connected disability free, lifetime national parks passes for hunting, fishing and recreation. The bill would amend the 2004 […]
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Collins, King push for more heating aid
PORTLAND — Senators from Maine and Rhode Island are leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers who want increased federal heating assistance for low-income families. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine and Jack Reed of Rhode Island say they and 40 other senators want President Barack Obama to provide at least $4.7 billion in […]
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B. Gray: Rules for truckers needed revising
In a Sun Journal story (Dec. 11), Daphne Izer, a truck safety advocate, criticized Sen. Susan Collins for adding an amendment to the federal spending bill that would change sleep-time rules for the nation’s truck drivers. My heart goes out to Izer, who lost her son in 1993 when a big rig hit his car. […]
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Collins bill aiming to create women’s history museum passes
A bill authored by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, aimed at establishing a National Women’s History Museum will become law, according to a release from the senator’s office. The bill is part of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, which passed both houses of Congress and is slated to be signed by President Barack Obama. “I […]
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U.S. Senate report condemns CIA for use of torture
WASHINGTON — Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices Tuesday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation with narratives of life-saving interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records. Treatment in secret prisons a decade ago was worse than the government told Congress or […]
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Collins, King visit Guantanamo Bay
AUGUSTA — Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are heading to Guantanamo Bay to review the detention center there. Collins, a Republican, and King, an Independent, are among a bipartisan group of seven lawmakers traveling to the U.S. military base in Cuba on Friday. The senators’ offices called the trip a “fact-finding oversight mission” […]