Susan Collins

Sen. Susan Collins, the moderate Republican from Maine, favors passing legislation to enshrine the protections of Roe v. Wade into law, her office said Wednesday.

Both of Maine’s U.S. senators say they support Congress strengthening Roe v. Wade protections after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to block a restrictive Texas law banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. The restriction also allows anyone in Texas to sue people who provide abortions, as well as people who help someone get receive...

Both of Maine’s U.S. senators say they support Congress strengthening the abortion protections from Roe v. Wade after Texas passed a controversial law prohibiting most of them.

The month of July is now designated in honor of Maine’s most popular fruit crop. The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution to designate July as “National Blueberry Month.” Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King co-sponsored the resolution. Maine’s state berry is the wild blueberry, and the state is the only commercial producer of...

The federal government has given Maine a $7 million boost to help prepare for another public health crisis. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King said the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has received the money from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About $1.8 million of the money is for preventing and controlling…

Discrimination would be prohibited against jurors in federal courts on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity under a bill reintroduced by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Susan Collins of Maine. The United States Code currently prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin and economic status. Eleven states prohibit exclusion...

“Tiger King” continues to have an impact in Washington, D.C., where lawmakers in Congress are working on a plan to advocate for big cats’ welfare and keeping people around them safe.

In one of their first joint in-person appearances in Maine during the COVID-19 pandemic, three of Maine’s four members of Congress toured the Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard facilities on Tuesday. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins, along with U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, were hosting the acting secretary of the U.S. Navy, Thomas Harker. While their tour...

Three of Maine’s four members of Congress toured a shipbuilding facility with the acting U.S. Navy secretary and gave their thoughts on President Joe Biden’s plan to fund infrastructure.

The Maine GOP chair has met via Zoom with county leaders to discuss whether to call a meeting to rebuke U.S. Sen. Susan Collins for her vote to convict former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial. GOP Chair Demi Kouzounas told members of the state committee in a weekend email to be prepared for an emergency meeting “in...

President Joe Biden met with Democratic senators to talk COVID relief a day after a meeting with 10 Republicans. Will he choose bipartisanship or his party’s plan?

Sen. Susan Collins is part of an effort to censure former President Donald Trump over his involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. The Maine Republican explained in a Thursday interview with NECN and NBC10 Boston that she and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, had begun discussing whether to bring a measure to censure Trump forward...

Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she supports moving forward with the impeachment trial for former Pres. Trump but says she is looking for other ways to condemn him for inciting the riot at the Capitol.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, explained why she’s discussing a measure to censure former President Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. She also told NECN that she’s got a closer relationship with President Joe Biden than either Trump or former President Barack Obama.

Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins says the Biden administration’s coronavirus relief package needs to be refined before she can sign on to it. Collins and Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, led a conference call for lawmakers with National Economics Director Brian Deese. Collins said late Sunday that she has concerns about the $1.9 trillion plan. “While I support…

A proposal to prevent surprise medical bills that was promoted by Maine’s Republican senator has been signed into law. Sen. Susan Collins said the proposal was crafted because “the last thing patients should have to worry about while they are sick or recovering is receiving an unexpected bill because they were unaware they were receiving out-of-network care.” The proposal...

It’s the time of year when politicians on both sides of the aisle come together in harmony for a holiday song with Alison King, a tradition 2020 couldn’t interrupt — for the most part.

A bipartisan, bicameral group of Senators and Congresspeople discussed the framework of a proposed COVID-19 relief bill. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, says not assurances have been made by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., or Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., that this bill could be brought to the Senate or House floor.

A Maine woman has been charged with making interstate threats against newly re-elected Sen. Susan Collins, after leaving voicemails saying she would kill or even decapitate her. Paperwork filed by a special agent with the FBI in federal court says the Bangor and Washington, D.C., offices for the Republican senator received the graphic voice messages beginning on Nov. 6. According…

A Maine woman has been charged with threatening to kill newly re-elected Sen. Susan Collins by way of voicemails left in the days following this year’s election, according to an affidavit.