Susan Collins Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Collins still undecided on Senate health care bill

by Beth Quimby June 25, 2017June 25, 2017

In an appearance on ABC’s ‘This Week,’ Maine’s senior senator says she wants to see the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the measure before she makes up her mind.

Health, Nation & World, News, Politics

Intense campaign planned to pressure Republican Senate health bill holdouts

by Sean Sullivan, Robert Costa and Kelsey Snell The Washington Post June 23, 2017June 24, 2017

President Trump is trying to build consensus, and a conservative group will pressure Nevada’s Dean Heller, the latest skeptic of the health care alternative.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Sen. Collins should fight Senate health care bill

by The Editorial Board June 23, 2017June 22, 2017

Capping federal Medicaid contributions would cause suffering for Maine’s most vulnerable.

Maine, News

Lewiston to get $3.4 million to address lead hazard in housing

by Edward D. Murphy June 21, 2017

Sen. Susan Collins announces the federal grants that will go toward lead abatement programs for 220 housing units.

Maine, Nation & World, News, Politics

Mainers hope their artwork can help lobbyists’ effort to combat climate change

by Kate McCormick June 18, 2017June 18, 2017

Work from a Canton and Winslow artist is featured in a conference in Washington, D.C., devoted to public awareness of global warming.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Secret process wrong way to fix health care

by The Editorial Board June 18, 2017June 16, 2017

Sen. Collins should keep pushing for an expansion of access to affordable care.

Health, Nation & World, News, Politics

Sen. Susan Collins criticizes secretive process of Senate health care replacement bill

by Joe Lawlor June 16, 2017June 17, 2017

Maine’s senior senator says she won’t vote for the bill being drafted by her Republican colleagues if it hasn’t been analyzed by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Op-eds, Opinion