Maine’s senior senator says the legislation will ‘send an international signal that we will never forget the girls of Nigeria’ who were kidnapped simply because they went to school.
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Sen. Collins has ‘reservations’ about privatizing Medicare, repealing health care law without replacement
Those positions would put Maine’s Republican senator at odds with party leaders, who are expected to pursue both initiatives in the new year.
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Lack of data makes financial abuse of seniors nearly impossible to measure, Collins’ committee told
Most states don’t track such cases, the Government Accountability Office reports at a Senate Aging Committee hearing that includes a reference to a recent Maine Sunday Telegram story.
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Trump suggests jail for flag-burners, defying constitutional protection of free speech
Maine’s congressional delegation splits over whether the act should be illegal, balancing free speech with what all four members consider an offensive act.
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Maine Voices: See the forest for the trees and recognize benefits of biomass
This energy source already produces 27 percent of Maine’s electricity and employs 1,300 residents.
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Gov. LePage says Susan Collins ‘is done in Maine’ for failing to back Trump
That ‘really cooked her goose,’ he says, while asserting that the senator plans to seek work in a Clinton administration. But his target says neither claim is true.
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With Trump headed for the White House, what will Susan Collins do?
Maine’s senior senator could play a key role, but her spot is a tough one: Fall in line behind a president she didn’t want or thumb her nose at a party she cares deeply about.
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Federal agency removing pain management survey questions to address opioid crisis
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was among the senators who initiated the effort to ask the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to change the questionnaire hospitals give to discharged patients.
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Current, former Maine senators lament political polarization in U.S.
But at a forum in Bangor, they express guarded optimism that the nation will eventually move back toward compromise and cooperation.
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Sen. Susan Collins weighs in on presidential race at Harvard forum
Maine’s Republican senator confirms that she won’t vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, and says she expects the Republican Party to swing back toward the political center.