House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also names the seven representatives who will prosecute the case.
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House will vote Wednesday to send impeachment articles to Senate
Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets privately at the Capitol with Democrats about next steps.
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Pelosi to send impeachment articles to Senate for historic trial
Meanwhile, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she is in discussions with other Republicans on a strategy that would allow the Senate to hear new testimony.
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Former U.S. Senate candidate Levasseur arrested on domestic violence charge in Fairfield
Derek Levasseur, 45, of Fairfield, briefly ran for the U.S. Senate earlier this year and was convicted of domestic violence assault in 2012 while also working as a local police reserve officer.
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Is Susan Collins running in 2020? Not yet, officially, but you’d never know it.
Maine’s Republican senator, seen by Democrats as someone they can unseat, is widely expected to seek another term but keeps saying she will decide ‘in the fall.’
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Out-of-state donors flood Maine’s closely watched U.S. Senate race
In a campaign that could decide control of the Senate in 2020, they make the vast majority of $200-plus donations to Susan Collins and Sara Gideon.
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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.
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In ‘Late Show’ appearance, Stephen King says it’s time for Sen. Collins to go
The Bangor-based novelist tells the show’s host, Stephen Colbert, that he wants a senator with a more ‘liberal bent.’
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New poll finds support drops for Susan Collins in Maine
The Morning Consult poll found the Republican incumbent had the second-lowest approval rating of any senator, while Sen. Angus King was the most-liked senator.
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Money from away flows into campaigns for Maine’s 2020 U.S. Senate race
Intense national interest is fueling record donations to Sen. Susan Collins, while challenger Sara Gideon raised over $1 million in about a week.