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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.
3 days ago · Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group Introduce Bill to Fully Fund Veterans’ Benefits
Collins, a longtime moderate Republican senator from Maine, told reporters on Friday that she intended to write in the former South Carolina governor’s name on the ballot in November. The move recalls 2016, when Collins said she wrote in then-House Speaker Paul Ryan for president over Trump.
In 2020, she made history by becoming the first-ever Republican woman to win a 5th term. She is also the first popularly elected U.S. Senator from Maine to be elected to a 5th term. She is the seventh-most senior member of the Senate and the most senior Republican woman.
Jul 29, 2024 · FILE - Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks in front of American flags during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in honor of “Rosie the Riveter”, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to only purchase American flags completely manufactured in the U.S ...
Jul 21, 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.
2 days ago · Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to immediately put Brown and Collins’ bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act on the Senate Floor for a vote. The legislation, which was introduced in March, would restore full Social Security benefits for law ...
Nov 3, 2020 · Susan Collins ( Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Maine. She assumed office on January 3, 1997. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027. Collins ( Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Maine. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Nov 27, 2020 · Empowered by an Odds-Defying Win, Susan Collins Is Ready to Deal. The senator from Maine has emerged from the toughest re-election battle of her career more influential than ever, and ready...
Nov 4, 2020 · Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has won the hardest-fought race of her career, turning back a challenge by Democrat Sara Gideon and surviving to serve a fifth term. Collins, one of...
