Just a few months before the midterms, it puts both Republicans and Democrats in awkward positions.
Susan Collins
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Along with roll call votes last week, the House also passed: the Fight Illicit Networks and Detect Trafficking Act (H.R. 6069), to require the Comptroller General of the U.S. to carry out a study on how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to buy, sell, or facilitate the financing of goods or services associated […]
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Down East physician weighs run against Collins in 2020
Cathleen London, a Democrat, says she used to respect Maine’s senior senator for her willingness to buck Republican orthodoxy, but believes that is no longer the case.
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Collins to judge Trump’s Supreme Court pick without ‘litmus tests’ such as Roe v. Wade support
Her spokeswoman says Maine’s Republican senator believes the landmark abortion ruling is settled law, and she won’t use the issue to disqualify a candidate to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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Our View: Sen. Collins should insist on keeping Anthony Kennedy’s role on court
Abortion rights and marriage equality are at risk if principled Republicans don’t speak up.
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Maine Voices: Punishment shouldn’t be used to help people fight hunger, find jobs
A Legislature that puts up barriers making it harder for people to access food is immoral and unjust.
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At Portland protest of immigration policy, ‘so much rage’ they no longer can stay silent
A Facebook call to rally in Portland draws more than 200 people eager to take a stand against White House actions at the border that have sparked outrage across the country.
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Maine Voices: Sen. Collins must stop equivocating as Trump tramples American ideals
She pretends to distance herself from his abhorrent policies, but refuses to see them for what they are.
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Sen. Collins says legislation needed to guarantee end to family separations at southern border
The Maine Republican says questions remain about the president’s executive order halting the policy, and a bipartisan group of more than a dozen senators met in her office to discuss possible bills.
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Our View: Child separation policy belongs to Trump, congressional Republicans
The caging of hundreds of kids at our border follows months of rhetoric and rules demonizing immigrants.