If approved, the Pentagon’s proposed 40 percent reduction in destroyers built between 2021 and 2025 would shrink the Naval fleet to 287 from its current 293 ships.
Susan Collins
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Sen. Collins says she’s open to calling witnesses in impeachment trial
Maine’s Republican senator also says it was inappropriate for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pledge ‘total coordination’ between the White House and the Senate during the trial.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Partisanship is the whole point of impeachment
As we head toward a Senate trial, neither party has grounds to express shock at how biased the process has become.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Politics, Times Record, Uncategorized
Republican groups pressing Sen. Collins as impeachment trial nears
A new ad released by the Republicans for the Rule of Law urges voters to call her ‘and tell her these witnesses must testify.’
Posted inElections, Maine, Nation & World, Politics
Trump backs re-election of Sen. Collins
In a tweet Monday, he says he agrees 100% that she is needed to ensure Republicans keep control of the Senate next year.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Opinion
The View From Here: Is Collins making a mistake?
The senator may not be able to adjust to a much more polarized political environment.
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Term limits remain a hot issue on the campaign trail
Opponents criticize Susan Collins for vowing to leave after two terms, but now seeking a fifth.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Will she run? Sen. Collins set to announce 2020 plans
Maine’s senior senator, who has raised more than $8 million for a re-election campaign, is expected to announce whether she will run.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Echoes of Watergate – with one glaring difference
Longtime Maine mover-and-shaker Severin Beliveau doesn’t just remember the scandal that took down President Richard Nixon. He found himself in its cross hairs.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate passed a bill expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance.