Both U.S. Sen. Angus King and the Republican who hopes to take King’s place in Congress are unhappy with a decision by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to crack down on state efforts to make marijuana legal. State Sen. Eric Brakey, an Auburn Republican, called the move “a clear unconstitutional overreach by the federal government.” […]
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Dismayed by GOP tax bill
As the executive director of the New Mainers Public Health Initiative, a small nonprofit that helps immigrant and refugee communities in this state achieve better health, I am deeply shocked and dismayed by the recently passed tax bill. I am shocked that Sen. Susan Collins would vote for that bill twice, despite the fact that […]
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Sen. Collins’ vote on Republican tax plan risks her moderate reputation
Sen. Susan Collins’ support for her party’s polarizing tax reform overhaul may have shored up her relationship with the White House and Republican congressional colleagues, but it also may have tarnished her reputation among centrists and liberals as a champion of process and policy-driven governance. Collins, Maine’s most powerful elected official, was on the receiving […]
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Susan Collins says votes promised on bills to stabilize ACA won’t happen until 2018
Sen. Susan Collins announced Wednesday that crucial Affordable Care Act stabilization bills will be delayed until 2018 despite the promises she received from Republican leaders that they would be approved by the end of this year. Collins had emphasized passage of the two bills to secure her vote for the tax reform bill. “I think the policy […]
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Susan Collins says media coverage of her is ‘unbelievably sexist’
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is calling media coverage of her support for a tax overhaul “unbelievably sexist.” Her comments Tuesday were made in response to a question posed by a reporter in a hallway near her office in the Senate, which was poised to vote on the Republican tax plan late Tuesday. Collins, a […]
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Sen. Collins and the tax bill
I was just wondering how the new tax bill will affect Sen. Susan Collins. Will she get to take advantage of the breaks for millionaires? Seems like a lot of CEOs are saying that the extra money they get will go to stockholder dividends and CEO pay and not to worker wages and more infrastructure. […]
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Please, Sen. Collins, vote 'no'
I am deeply disappointed to read of Sen. Susan Collins’ likely support for the proposed income tax bill. Every nonpartisan analysis I have read points to great benefits to corporations and the wealthy; meager and declining benefits for small businesses, middle class and poor families. The switch in taxing corporations at a territorial rather than […]
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Protesters arrested at Sen. Susan Collins' Lewiston office
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, right. (AP file photo) LEWISTON — Lewiston police confirmed that five protesters were arrested at Sen. Susan Collins’ office Monday just after 5 p.m. Police said the protesters refused to leave the office and were charged with criminal trespass. They were very cooperative and extremely polite, police said. The protesters were taken […]
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Sen. Susan Collins says she’s a ‘yes’ on Republican tax bill
In remarks from the Senate floor Monday, Collins affirmed her support and detailed several amendments she sought that provided relief to middle income taxpayers. Maine Sen. Susan Collins took to the Senate floor on Monday to announce her support of the Republican tax reform bill speeding its way through Congress. Collins had voted for the […]
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Expand earned income credit
It may be understandable that Sen. Susan Collins relented to the massive and continuous pressure from her Republican colleagues, including Rep. Bruce Poliquin and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and voted for massive new corporate tax cuts. She still has the chance to listen to the ongoing pressure from her constituents and vote “no” on the […]