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Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Shenna Bellows are clashing over issues like universal health care, the best way to fight Ebola and the best way to boost the economy.
Collins said during a televised debate Wednesday night that she wants to bring both parties together to get things done, while Bellows said re-electing Collins could lead to GOP control of the Senate and contribute to the partisan divide.
Polls show Collins has a 20-plus-point lead over Bellows, the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. But Bellows hasn’t shied away from going on the offensive.
Bellows had a retort when Collins suggested her big ideas would lead to higher taxes, telling her, “Don’t say that this Congress under your leadership has been fiscally responsible.”
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