Sen. Susan Collins

Immigrant advocates in Maine quickly pushed back on that idea. But a spokesperson for the city of Portland said the city is supportive of the Senator's efforts.

Maine Republican Susan Collins said she believes the Senate will vote next week on a bill she co-authored to protect same-sex marriages under federal law.

Collins and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia unveiled the bipartisan bill in July after leading months of negotiations with their colleagues. Their goal is to modernize a 135-year-old law whose vagaries and ambiguities have concerned constitutional scholars for generations — and that former President Trump exploited in the lead-up to the deadly January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.

In this week’s Pulse: Democrats find hope in Kansas, the Reproductive Freedom For All Act, Green Party co-founder dies, and leftovers from the notebook.

Maine Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King are playing key roles in an effort to head off any future attempts to overturn presidential elections.

While the decision is unlikely to immediately impact access to abortion in Maine, abortion is likely to be a top issue in state elections this fall.

The Dobbs vs. Jackson decision drags Maine’s senior U.S. senator back into the spotlight as Collins, one of the few Republicans to publicly support abortion rights, was a key vote to confirm Kavanaugh and cited in part his reassurance that he viewed Roe v. Wade as an important precedent.

Members of Maine's congressional delegation reacted with horror to the school shooting in Texas that left 19 children and two adults dead. But with Congress seemingly locked in partisan gridlock over gun issues, members were unclear whether this latest mass shooting will change any of the political dynamics in Washington.

Sen. Susan Collins was confronted with a message in support of abortion rights Saturday night when an unknown person or persons wrote in chalk on the sidewalk outside her West Broadway home in Bangor, prompting a police response.

In this week's Pulse: Maine braces for the fall of Roe v. Wade, Collins again haunted by Kavanaugh vote and Mills outraises LePage.