PORTLAND — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says the possibility of charging border crossing fees on people entering the U.S. by land from Canada or Mexico is all but dead. The Maine senator says the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee has approved the department’s fiscal year 2014 funding bill with language that expressly prohibits funding any […]
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U.S. Senate reaches a compromise on Obama nominations
WASHINGTON — The Senate stepped away from the brink of a meltdown on Tuesday, clearing the way for confirmation of one of President Barack Obama’s nominees long blocked by Republicans, nearing a deal to fill several other vacancies and finessing a Democratic threat to overturn historic rules that protect minority-party rights. “Nobody wants to come […]
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Collins says no thanks to Homeland Security possibility
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told reporters Tuesday that she’s not interested in leading the Department of Homeland Security, according to the Washington Post blog Post Politics. “The White House has not contacted me, I do not expect to be contacted by the White House and I am very happy being senator from […]
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Collins’ staff to hold office hours in Rumford
RUMFORD — Staff from U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ office will hold office hours to meet with constituents from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, July 18, at the Town Office. A staff member will be available to provide assistance with federal issues and agencies, such as the Social Security Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs and […]
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Is Collins on the list to lead Homeland Security?
While no serious short list of names has emerged in Washington to replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is being mentioned. Collins and independent Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman co-wrote the legislation that created the department a decade ago. Lieberman also is on a few short lists. Politico.com is quoting Rep. […]
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Why is Susan Collins backing Grassley move on appeals court judges?
Sen. Susan Collins is among the last of the Republican moderates, acceptable to Maine voters in a way tea party candidates are not. Collins has husbanded her reputation, particularly as other GOP moderates have left the Senate by retirement or defeat, including Maine’s Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania, Gordon Smith from Oregon and Lincoln […]
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Jeb Bush hosting fundraiser for LePage
KENNEBUNKPORT (AP) — Maine’s self-proclaimed “blue-collar governor” is headed to genteel Kennebunkport for a fundraiser. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is headlining Tuesday’s event to raise money for Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s re-election campaign. The fundraiser is being held at the waterfront Nonantum Resort in the coastal town where Bush’s father, former President George H.W. […]