U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Wednesday said she’s not giving up on fixes to the Affordable Care Act’s individual marketplace, despite such efforts failing in Congress last month. But Collins said she’s “not very optimistic” that the measures would be taken up this year. Collins made an appearance at The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital […]
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Susan Collins celebrates Lewiston housing grant
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins stopped in Lewiston on Tuesday to help celebrate a $1.3 million grant that many believe will spark a transformation of the downtown Tree Streets neighborhood. Lewiston recently became the first city in Maine to be awarded a Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban […]
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Collins now says tax reform vote wasn’t contingent on support for her bills to boost ACA
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine appeared Thursday to contradict previous comments she made that her vote for the Republican tax reform proposal that passed in December was based on promises she secured from Republican leaders that Affordable Care Act stabilization measures would be approved. Collins said the ACA measures were among numerous issues that were […]
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Susan Collins' ACA bill may be collapsing
The Affordable Care Act stabilization measures that Maine Sen. Susan Collins sought in return for her vote for the Republican tax reform bill appear to be in danger of collapsing. Democrats and conservative Republicans have failed to come to a consensus that can pass Congress. Collins and several fellow moderate Republicans tried to rally support […]
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Susan Collins, Angus King push for better security for 2018 election season
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government efforts to protect state and local elections from Russian cyberattacks in 2016 didn’t go far enough, leaders of the Senate intelligence committee said Tuesday as the panel released recommendations to safeguard against foreign meddling in the 2018 primary season that’s already underway. Federal warnings last time did not provide enough information or in […]
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Maine may feel the pinch of retaliatory European tariffs
New research finds that Maine would be one of the hardest-hit states if the European Union takes retaliatory measures in response to President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. A report by the Brookings Institution shows that 9.5 percent of Maine’s exports to Europe would likely be slapped with retaliatory tariffs if the Trump administration […]
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Immigration, health care and a tunnel are obstacles to passing $1.3 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators struggled to finalize a $1.3 trillion spending bill to keep the government running, with several thorny issues such as health care and immigration still unresolved ahead of an end-of-week deadline. Despite hopes of reaching a deal Monday, leaders had not wrapped up the bill as of Tuesday morning. The “omnibus” spending […]
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Donald Trump tells Susan Collins he supports health subsidies in budget bill
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump assured two Senate Republicans in a weekend conference call that he wants tens of billions of dollars to lower health-care premiums included in a must-pass spending bill. Trump made the commitment related to payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act in an hour-long Saturday call with Sens. Lamar Alexander, […]
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Susan Collins and Angus King take lead on immigration proposal
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on immigration Wednesday as President Donald Trump attempted to preemptively undercut the proposal by delivering an ultimatum: Pass my plan or risk a veto. The self-dubbed “Common Sense Caucus” of senators late Wednesday circulated legislation that would fulfill Trump’s calls to grant legal status to […]
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Refunds available for scam victims
Consumers who were tricked into wiring money to scammers using Western Union have until May 31 to make a claim and get some money back, according to the office of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. The original deadline was Feb. 12, but it was extended last week to May 31, Collins’ office said. “Each year, […]