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Sen. Collins Pushes for Bipartisan Support for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
After a spike in calls to a national suicide crisis line, some federal lawmakers are pushing for more support for that lifeline. According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there were 45% more calls to the national Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in August 2022 than there were in August 2021. “The experts tell us that…
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Federal Lawmakers Are Pushing for More Support for Suicide Hotline
A suicide crisis line had a spike in calls after it switched to a much simpler number.
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Senators Announce Bipartisan Bills to Stop Candidates From Stealing Elections
The two measures would overhaul the Electoral Count Act and close other loopholes in election law in an attempt to prevent future coup attempts.
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‘I Feel Misled': Collins Facing Backlash After Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade
“I feel misled.” That is what Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, said to the New York Times this weekend about following Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh’s decision to join a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices in overturning Roe v. Wade. The decision was announced Friday. Over the weekend, Collins remained under fire from activists and others...
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‘I Feel Misled': Collins on Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe V. Wade
Maine Sen. Susan Collins voted to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh and she is now facing backlash for her comments after Friday’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Collins, Manchin Suggest They Were Misled by Kavanaugh and Gorsuch on Roe v. Wade
The two centrist senators slammed the Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate abortion rights after they voted to confirm Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch to the court.
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Maine Students Walk Out of Class to Protest Gun Violence: ‘We Want to Feel Safe'
Roughly 200 students walked out of Maine high schools on Friday to protest the nation’s gun violence and to urge Republican Sen. Susan Collins to support stricter gun laws in the United States. After leaving class around 10:00 a.m., the students — many of them from high schools in South Portland and Cape Elizabeth — marched along a downtown Portland…
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Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Maine High Schools Protesting Gun Violence
About 200 high schoolers, many from Portland and Cape Elizabeth, Maine, walked out of class on Friday to send a message to Sen. Susan Collins and advocate for stricter gun laws.
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Collins, Facing Criticism, Pitches Her Own Approach to Abortion Protection
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins is one of the 51 votes against moving forward with the Women’s Health Protection Act. The U.S. Senate held a vote to proceed on that proposal to put abortion protections, including those in Roe v. Wade, into law on Wednesday afternoon. Before casting her vote, Collins had called the effort a “partisan bill designed to fail” in a...
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Collins, Facing Criticism, Calls for Different Approach to Abortion Protection
Sen. Susan Collins, who suports abortion rights, voted no on the Women’s Health Protection Act, calling it a partisan bill designed to fail.
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Reproductive Rights Message Left Outside Sen. Collins' Home
A message left in chalk outside Sen. Susan Collins’ home urged her to support the Democratic effort to codify Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion nationwide. Bangor police responded to the Republican senator’s home in Bangor Saturday evening after a neighbor noticed the message on the sidewalk outside. A police spokesperson...
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Susan Collins Heavily Criticized Following Leak of Supreme Court Draft Decision
As reaction to the draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade ripples across America, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins is finding herself taking blame from activists who support allowing abortions.
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Sen. Collins Faces Renewed Criticism Following Roe v. Wade Leak
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins issued a statement Tuesday morning following a Politico report indicating the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. Ever since news of the leaked report broke on Monday night, Collins has been receiving heavy criticism online for her votes to confirm both Gorsuch…
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New England Lawmakers Demand Legislative Action to Protect Abortion Rights
New England’s largely Democratic delegation responded to reporting that the Supreme Court is prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade with fury and calls for Congress to protect the abortion rights it has guaranteed for half a century. Politico reported Monday that a draft opinion circulated by justices suggests the high court’s majority supports the overturning of the landmark 1973...
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Sen. Susan Collins of Maine Tests Positive for COVID-19
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has tested positive for COVID-19. Collins’ office said the veteran senator tested positive late Thursday afternoon, several hours after voting to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Collins’ office says in a statement that the 69-year-old senator would isolate and work remotely in accordance with federal guidelines. The office said...
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Maine Sen. Collins Will Support Judge Jackson's Confirmation to Supreme Court
Susan Collins is the first Republican senator to support confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Maine Sen. Collins Will Support Judge Jackson's Nomination to Supreme Court
Sen. Susan Collins is the first Republican to declare support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court.
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China Accused of Failing to Buy More Maine Lobster
China has failed to live up to its promise to buy more Maine lobster under a deal that opened the door to an easing of a trade war under former President Donald Trump, Maine’s congressional leaders say. Maine’s lobster industry was hurt by retaliatory Chinese tariffs in 2018 and failed to see substantial export gains after China committed to...
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Former President Trump Calls Maine Sen. Collins ‘Wacky'
In the same statement in which he said that former Vice President Mike Pence could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, former Republican President Donald Trump on Sunday called Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins “wacky.”
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Former President Trump Calls Maine Sen. Collins ‘Wacky'
In a statement Sunday, former President Donald Trump went after Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, calling her “wacky” and a “RINO Republican.” The senator has yet to respond to those comments, but others are weighing in on the political implications.