MONHEGAN (AP) — Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are traveling to Monhegan to celebrate the island’s 400th year anniversary. The parade and ceremony on the tiny island Wednesday will honor the anniversary of Cpt. John Smith’s visit to Monhegan Plantation in 1614. The parade is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. at […]
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Sens. Collins, King say US should do more to counter promises Central American gangs make to young immigrants
BANGOR — Returning from a tour of immigration facilities on the Texas-Mexico border, both Maine’s U.S. senators criticized the Obama administration for failing to stem misinformation that has led tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American children to the U.S. border. “I’ve called on the administration to make much clearer that these children, for the […]
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Maine senators part of congressional fact-finding visit at U.S.-Mexico border
Seven U.S. senators, including Susan Collins and Angus King, have visited the Texas-Mexico border on a fact-finding mission focusing on the immigration crisis. The group met Friday with Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske during a visit to a border patrol station, port of entry and centralized processing center. They also visited a military […]
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St. Mary’s administrator testifies before Congress on Medicare bill
An administrator at St. Mary’s Health System in Lewiston testified Wednesday before a U.S. Senate committee in support of a bill that would force Medicare to pay for skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services for patients who had been kept for observation at hospitals but were never admitted. Bob Armstrong, vice president of elder care […]
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GOP ticket in Maine features conflicting views
LEWISTON — She’s been endorsed by labor unions, a leading environmental organization, a national gay rights group and Maine’s popular independent U.S. senator, Angus King. At first blush it would be easy to mistake Susan Collins — seeking her fourth term in the U.S. Senate — as a Democrat. But Collins is most decidedly a […]
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R. Caron: Time for Collins to step aside
It is high time that the voters make an honest woman of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. When she first started campaigning, she made a promise that she didn’t want to make the job into a political career; that she would serve two terms and then bow out, leaving someone else to take over. Greed and […]
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J. Becker: EPA plan continues carbon reductions
I would like to commend President Obama and the EPA’s Clean Power Plan announced last month. It is the most important step the United States has yet taken to ensure the reduction of our carbon footprint. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins should wholeheartedly endorse the plan, as it will protect current and future generations of Mainers […]
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K. Kelley: Misrepresenting the facts
In response to Daphne Izer’s letter, “Keep Highways Safe” (July 7), there have been many great improvements in truck safety during the past decade. Sen. Susan Collins supports those improvements and is working to ensure our roads and highways become safer. Last year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration implemented new rules affecting truck drivers. […]
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Bellows challenges Collins to 10 debates in U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — Democratic candidate Shenna Bellows is going to debate Republican Sen. Susan Collins 10 times in the race for the U.S. Senate seat. The former head of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine said in a letter to Collins on Thursday that voters would benefit from 10 debates — the same number Collins […]
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Collins, Bellows battle over endorsements in U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — The early support that Republican Sen. Susan Collins has received from national groups that typically back liberal candidates signals the uphill battle Democrat Shenna Bellows faces in unseating the popular incumbent, political observers say. Collins’ endorsement from the powerful environmental group, the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, on Monday came on the […]