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Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, she has held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest-serving member of congress . Born in Caribou, Maine, Collins is a graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.
Mar 23, 2024 · Susan Collins, American politician who was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1996 and began representing Maine in that body the following year. She ran for governor of Maine in 1994 but was defeated. Learn more about Collins’s life and career.
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Below is an abbreviated outline of Collins' professional and political career: 1. 1997-Present: U.S. Senator from Maine 2. 1993: Deputy State Treasurer of the State of Massachusetts 3. 1992: New England Regional Director, United States Small Business Administration 4. 1987-1992: Commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Reg...
DHS speculation
Upon Janet Napolitano's retirement from head of the Department of Homeland Security, there was speculation that Collins may have been tapped for the position. On July 16, 2013, she told reporters, "The White House has not contacted me, I do not expect to be contacted by the White House and I am very happy being senator from Maine and I’m fully committed to seeking re-election."
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Ideology and leadership
1. 1.1. See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking' Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Collins was a centrist Republican leaderas of July 22, 2014. This was the same rating Collins received in June 2013.
Like-minded colleagues
The website OpenCongresstracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.
Lifetime voting record
1. 1.1. See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives According to the website GovTrack,Susan Collins missed 0 of 6,002 roll call votes from January 1997 to September 2015. This amounts to 0 percent, which is better than the median of 1.6 percent among current senators as of September 2015.
Nov 4, 2020 · KITTERY, Maine— When Senator Susan Collins bounded off her campaign bus here a week before the election, the obstacles to her reelection seemed insurmountable. The fourth-term Republican was...
Oct 26, 2023 · The Republican senator Susan Collins is facing sharp criticism for her previous voting record on gun control after a mass shooting in her home state of Maine that killed 18 people and injured...