Portland to receive nearly $900,000 to help cover cost of aiding asylum seekers

Sen. Susan Collins

Published
October 11, 2019

Portland to receive nearly $900,000 to help cover cost of aiding asylum seekers

The federal funding includes $864,000 for the city of Portland, plus another $28,500 for 2 local nonprofits that helped provide housing and other services.
Published
October 7, 2019

Maine delegation members call Syria withdrawal ‘harmful mistake,’ ‘terribly unwise’

The criticism echoes bipartisan condemnation from other members of Congress.
Published
October 7, 2019

Green Independent Party candidate explores run against Sen. Collins

Teacher and activist Lisa Savage is the latest potential contender in what is expected to be one of the nation's most closely watched U.S. Senate races in 2020.
Published
October 1, 2019

Sen. Collins is among targets of pro-impeachment group’s ad campaign

Need to Impeach's two-year effort has, until now, been focused on persuading Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry.
Published
September 30, 2019

Republicans once critical of Collins now circle wagons around her

The senator used to endure blistering criticism from leading Maine Republicans, including former Gov. Paul LePage, who is now singing her praises.
Published
September 26, 2019

Maine delegation members say whistleblower complaint heightens concerns

Two members of the state's congressional delegation participated in closed-door briefings with the director of national intelligence and the inspector general of the country's intelligence agencies.
Published
September 24, 2019

Maine’s congressional delegation reacts along party lines to impeachment inquiry

Sen. Collins declines to comment because an impeachment inquiry could result in a trial in the Senate, while Reps. Pingree and Golden, and Sen. King say the president has crossed a line if a whistleblower's accusations are true.
Published
September 17, 2019

Outside group spends big on media blitz to support Sen. Collins’ campaign

The campaign by 1820 PAC is the latest effort by independent groups – many funded by secretive 'dark money' – to flood Maine with ads in the 2020 U.S. Senate race.
Published
September 16, 2019

New questions about Kavanaugh’s conduct reignite issue in Collins’ re-election bid

Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, the senator's most prominent opponent for 2020, posted a photo of Collins and the Supreme Court justice on Twitter with a link to Gideon's fundraising page.
Published
September 12, 2019

Collins’ vote on border wall measure becomes fodder for Democrats

The Maine Democratic Party faults her for voting against an amendment on Trump's border wall, but she says it was the wrong legislation to address presidential overreach.