Sen. Susan Collins

Collins: Third Stimulus Package In The Works Aimed At Helping Businesses Survive Coronavirus

By • Mar 20, 2020
Susan Walsh / Associated Press

Maine U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says negotiations are underway between Republicans and Democrats over a third stimulus package to help provide loans and other relief to small businesses and their employees affected by the coronavirus pandemic. 

Maine's Congressional Delegation Wants Shipyard Workers To Get Paid Time Off

By • Mar 19, 2020

Maine’s Congressional delegation is urging the Navy to take steps to protect workers at Bath Iron Works and the Portsmouth Naval shipyard from the spread of the coronavirus.

Collins Introduces $300 Billion Small Business Bailout

By • Mar 18, 2020

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is sponsoring legislation would provide loans to help keep small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic up and running.

Collins Says Appropriations Committee Has Reached Agreement On Coronavirus Emergency Funding Measure

By • Mar 4, 2020
David Ryder / PBS Newshour

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says an agreement has been reached on an emergency funding measure to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.

Collins Asks Feds To Reverse Funding Changes That Would Affect Rural Maine Schools

By • Feb 14, 2020

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is asking the federal government to reverse changes that have put more than $1 million in grants for rural Maine schools in jeopardy.

Collins Is Getting Death Threats After Impeachment Acquittal

By • Feb 8, 2020
Patrick Semansky / AP

Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she's getting death threats after her vote to acquit President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial, saying three of them were deemed "credible" and are being investigated.

Collins made the disclosure Friday while addressing the Maine Chiefs of Police Association winter conference. She said she's always appreciated law enforcement officers but that she now has a "personal appreciation" for what they do to keep people safe.

Sen. Collins On Her Decision To Vote For Acquittal And What She Is Hearing From Constituents

By • Feb 5, 2020
J. Scott Applewhite / AP

The Impeachment drama has continued right up to the actual Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump.

Maine Public Radio Senior Political Reporter Mal Leary spoke Wednesday afternoon before the vote with Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins about her decision to acquit the President on both charges and about what she has been hearing from constituents. 

In Senate Trial, Susan Collins Says She'll Vote To Acquit Donald Trump; Angus King To Convict

By • Feb 4, 2020
J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced Tuesday that she will vote to acquit President Donald Trump of impeachment charges, a decision that could affect her reelection bid in a state frayed over the president’s rhetoric and conduct.

Collins Says She's Disappointed That The Senate Voted Against Calling Witnesses

By • Feb 3, 2020
J Scott Applewhite / AP

U.S. Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she is disappointed that the Senate has voted against calling its own witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial.

Collins And King Back Attempt To Call More Impeachment Witnesses, Collins Remains Under Scrutiny

By • Feb 2, 2020
Steve Helber / AP

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King joined Democrats Friday in a failed attempt to gather additional witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

Collins Says She'll Vote In Favor Of Calling Witnesses In Trump's Impeachment Trial

By • Jan 31, 2020
Steve Helber / Associated Press

Maine Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says she will vote in favor of calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

Activists Call On Sen. Collins To Support Calling Witnesses For Impeachment Trial

By & • Jan 29, 2020
Willis Ryder Arnold / Maine Public

Activists in Portland Wednesday called on U.S. Republican Sen. Susan Collins to support calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial.

Democrat Sara Gideon Raises $3.5M In Bid To Unseat Sen. Collins

By • Jan 29, 2020

Democrat Sara Gideon's campaign says it raised $3.5 million in the last three months of 2019 and spent nearly that much over the period in her bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

Collins, King Say Reported Bolton Revelations Bolster Case For More Impeachment Witnesses

By • Jan 27, 2020
J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says new revelations in a book draft by former national security advisor John Bolton strengthen the case for witnesses in President Trump's ongoing impeachment trial.

Collins: Latest Trade Deal With China Will Benefit Maine's Lobster Industry

By • Jan 15, 2020
Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press/file

U.S. Senator Susan Collins is claiming a victory for lobstermen in President Trump's just-announced trade deal with China. But after taking a big hit during the height of the trade war, some in the industry are being cautious about the latest developments.

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