LEWISTON — She’s been endorsed by labor unions, a leading environmental organization, a national gay rights group and Maine’s popular independent U.S. senator, Angus King. At first blush it would be easy to mistake Susan Collins — seeking her fourth term in the U.S. Senate — as a Democrat. But Collins is most decidedly a […]
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R. Caron: Time for Collins to step aside
It is high time that the voters make an honest woman of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. When she first started campaigning, she made a promise that she didn’t want to make the job into a political career; that she would serve two terms and then bow out, leaving someone else to take over. Greed and […]
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J. Becker: EPA plan continues carbon reductions
I would like to commend President Obama and the EPA’s Clean Power Plan announced last month. It is the most important step the United States has yet taken to ensure the reduction of our carbon footprint. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins should wholeheartedly endorse the plan, as it will protect current and future generations of Mainers […]
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K. Kelley: Misrepresenting the facts
In response to Daphne Izer’s letter, “Keep Highways Safe” (July 7), there have been many great improvements in truck safety during the past decade. Sen. Susan Collins supports those improvements and is working to ensure our roads and highways become safer. Last year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration implemented new rules affecting truck drivers. […]
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Bellows challenges Collins to 10 debates in U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — Democratic candidate Shenna Bellows is going to debate Republican Sen. Susan Collins 10 times in the race for the U.S. Senate seat. The former head of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine said in a letter to Collins on Thursday that voters would benefit from 10 debates — the same number Collins […]
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Collins, Bellows battle over endorsements in U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — The early support that Republican Sen. Susan Collins has received from national groups that typically back liberal candidates signals the uphill battle Democrat Shenna Bellows faces in unseating the popular incumbent, political observers say. Collins’ endorsement from the powerful environmental group, the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, on Monday came on the […]
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Susan Collins becomes fourth GOP senator to publicly support same-sex marriage
AUGUSTA — After receiving the endorsement of the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday indicated for the first time her personal support for same-sex marriage. “A number of states, including my home state of Maine, have now legalized same-sex marriage, and I agree with that decision,” Collins said in response […]
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Democrat Bellows to replicate Republican tradition of ‘the Walk’ in quest for U.S. Senate
LEWISTON — When Shenna Bellows walks into Lewiston on Aug. 4, if all goes as planned, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate will be at least figuratively following in the footsteps of some mighty Maine Republicans. Bellows, the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the underdog challenger to […]
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J. Green: Would help working families
Susan Collins says she’s an independent thinker, but although she talks about thinking over the issues, she votes right along the Republican hard line. She boasts about ending the government shutdown, without mentioning she voted for the shutdown three times. She voted against equal pay for women; against raising the minimum wage; against better medical […]
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Collins joins Democrats on student loan bill blocked by Republicans
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation aimed at letting people refinance their student loans at lower rates, a pre-ordained outcome that gave Democrats a fresh election-year talking point against the GOP. But Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was one of three Republicans who voted with the Democrats. The 56-38 vote fell short of the […]