She knows what the problem is: pricing and contracting practices that benefit suppliers and hospital executives at patients’ expense.
Susan Collins
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Collins votes ‘no’ as divisive White House lawyer wins 2nd circuit confirmation
Maine Sen. Susan Collins was the sole Republican to oppose Steven Menashi, joining Democrats in criticizing his record on immigration, race, women’s equality and LGBTQ rights.
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Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
Sens. Collins, King co-sponsor effort to expand regional climate programs
The group has introduced bipartisan legislation to support and expand programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Two-pronged strategy needed for Democrats to retake U.S. Senate
In blue states, try an appeal to the greater good; in red ones, encourage long-shot White House hopefuls to aim for the Senate.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Congress should act now to save ‘dreamers’
The future of undocumented immigrants brought here as children shouldn’t hinge on the Supreme Court’s views about presidential power.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Two Maine infrastructure projects get federal funding
A total of $44.7 million in grants will finance projects sought by the Maine Department of Transportation and the town of Lubec.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine’s congressional delegation backs effort to spur passage of Equal Rights Amendment
When the ERA failed to gain enough support by one old 1982 deadline, it seemed dead, but it suddenly has life again and may win approval within months.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Lisa Savage: As U.S. senator, I’ll stand up to neo-McCarthyism, say ‘no’ to U.S. wars
Smear campaigns and déjà vu Russia-baiting for anyone who dares mention defense cuts won’t stop me.
Posted inLocal & State
Collins seeks to ‘fix’ federal tax marriage penalty
Maine’s senior senator pushes to double the deduction for state and local taxes for married filers, a change that would help many in high-tax states like Maine.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate confirmed David Austin Tapp as a judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a 15-year term.