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Susan Collins
Susan Collins Called the Police Over Sidewalk Chalk Because a constituent asking you to support abortion rights in washable art is wrong, apparently.
life after roe
May 3, 2022
Senate’s Biggest Sucker Complains About Being Suckered Susan Collins is shocked — shocked! — to find lying going on in her establishment.
u.s. supreme court
Mar. 30, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmation Will Be (Barely) Bipartisan Senator Susan Collins said she backs Jackson for the Supreme Court. That should give the judge at least one Republican vote.
A Last-Ditch Effort to Codify Roe v. Wade Just Failed Republicans in the Senate voted against protecting abortion rights in advance of the Supreme Court’s ruling.
2022 midterms
Feb. 7, 2022
What’s the Point of Manchin and Murkowski Endorsing Each Other? Manchin has made a habit of backing relatively moderate Republican colleagues, but it probably won’t help Murkowski’s complex path to reelection.
Trump Incoherently Attacks Electoral Count Act Reform Trump’s argument against fixing the statute contradicts his own legal team. His decision to weigh in may still hurt reform efforts.
Can Kamala Harris Break a Tie on a Supreme Court Confirmation? In 2020, Laurence Tribe claimed the vice-president has no tiebreaking powers on judicial confirmations. Republicans are looking into the theory.
republicans
Dec. 21, 2021
Will the ‘Post-Trump Era’ Ever Begin? Considering a potential retirement over Senate leadership, Republican John Thune may be realizing that politics after Trump is actually far away.
Of Course Susan Collins Won’t Vote to Protect Abortion Rights She says she supports codifying Roe v. Wade , but won’t show that support via her vote.
republicans
Sept. 22, 2021
Susan Collins Reminds Us She Is Hardly a Moderate By hedging her bets on abortion and endorsing a return to power by Paul LePage, Collins makes it clear her independence goes only so far.
2022 midterms
July 9, 2021
Paul LePage Is Running for Governor of Maine Again He’s counting on midterm backlash and an independent spoiler to beat Democrat Janet Mills. If he does, it will be seen as an omen for Trump ’24.
biden cabinet
Mar. 18, 2021
Becerra Confirmed as HHS Secretary in Closest Vote Yet The California attorney general drew special Republican heat for antagonizing anti-abortion activists and for challenging Donald Trump in court.
bipartisanship
Feb. 22, 2021
biden cabinet
Feb. 22, 2021
Susan Collins Deals (Likely) Death Blow to Tanden Nomination Senate moderates are poised to sacrifice Biden’s OMB pick on the altar of civility — but the White House isn’t relinquishing Tanden just yet.
republicans
Feb. 17, 2021
Republican Impeachment Supporters Catch Hell Back Home Going against Donald Trump remains a deeply risky maneuver.
impeachment trial
Feb. 13, 2021
Senate Acquits Trump; 7 Republicans Joined All 50 Democrats in ‘Guilty’ Vote Mitch McConnell spoke after the verdict to denounce Trump’s conduct while insisting his trial was unconstitutional.
covid-19 stimulus
Feb. 1, 2021
Republicans Offer Another Very Skinny Stimulus Proposal Biden has agreed to talk to the Republican senators, but a deal is unlikely unless he maintains the freedom to quickly follow up with a partisan bill.
voting rights
Jan. 29, 2021
Why Democrats Must Keep the Filibuster From Killing Voting Rights With red states racing to further restrict voting, some limited filibuster reform to allow voting-rights legislation to be passed is now essential.
impeachment trial
Jan. 27, 2021
Centrists Air Censure Option As Trump Conviction Hopes Fade It could be an alternative to or fallback after a trial. But it would force Republicans to defend or condemn Trump’s conduct.
McConnell and Most Republican Senators Vote to Dismiss Trump’s Impeachment It’s a sure sign there’s not remotely enough support to convict the ex-president.
lisa murkowski
Jan. 22, 2021
GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski Rules Out Party Switch The occasionally heretical Alaska senator dislikes what Trump did to her party, but she dislikes Democratic environmental policies even more.
impeachment
Jan. 14, 2021
Are There Enough Senate Republican Votes to Convict Trump? With the MAGA base still strong and plenty of excuses for Republicans to say no, conviction faces steep odds.
2020 elections
Nov. 30, 2020
Democrats Didn’t Have As Bad an Election As You Might Think The conventional wisdom is that Biden won but his party “lost” the battle for the House and the Senate. That’s not really true.
democrats in disarray
Nov. 19, 2020
The Election Should Reduce, Not Increase, Democratic Infighting Given the likely balance of power in the Senate, there’s less for party to fight about than it expected.
election reform
Nov. 18, 2020
Alaska Voters Approve Two Major Election Reforms Ballot Measure 2 gives Alaska a top-four nonpartisan primary system and (like Maine) ranked-choice voting. It could be good news for Lisa Murkowski.
117th congress
Nov. 12, 2020
Who Will Hold Power in the Next Congress? Depending on what happens in Georgia’s Senate runoffs, Democrats will have either a narrow path for governing or a tough row to hoe.
poll position
Oct. 28, 2020
COVID Resurgence May Keep Trump From Closing the Gap With Biden As Trump urges voters to stop dwelling on his handling of the pandemic, COVID-19 is making an attention-grabbing comeback, especially in the Midwest.
2020 elections
Oct. 14, 2020
We May Have to Wait for Senate Election Results, Too For reasons ranging from slow counts of mail ballots to funky majority-vote requirements, we may not know who controls the Senate until January.
poll position
Oct. 10, 2020
It’s Harder Than it Looks for Democrats to Win the Senate Recent polls show many newly competitive Democratic Senate candidates, but they could still fall short of a majority even if Biden wins.
ruth bader ginsburg
Sept. 20, 2020
RBG’s Death: Latest Updates on Reaction, Political Aftermath The enormous political ramifications are continuing to play out.
action item
Sept. 18, 2020
13 Down-Ballot Races You Should Be Excited About From New York to Texas, here are the progressive candidates to watch.
2020 elections
Sept. 15, 2020
Ranked-Choice Voting Would Prevent Minor-Party Spoilers Susan Collins might not like Maine’s new system come November, but it helps protect the freedom to choose minor parties and avoids the “spoiled” vote.
coronavirus stimulus
Aug. 5, 2020
At-Risk Republicans Ask McConnell to Get Stimulus Deal or Suspend Senate Recess Republicans in close races want to put off the August break to close the stimulus package, including a potential extension of the $600 weekly benefit.
supreme court
July 27, 2020
Trump’s Next Supreme Court List Could Be Really Extreme Conservatives are again feeling betrayed on abortion and LGBTQ rights. Trump needs to convince them his future picks would be infallibly reactionary.
filibuster reform
July 20, 2020
Could Civil Rights Force Democrats to Kill the Filibuster? Voting rights and racial-justice legislation may provide the perfect reason for Democrats to unite in favor of filibuster reform.
2020 elections
July 15, 2020
Susan Collins Wants to Debate Her Opponent 16 Times In one of the closest and most important Senate races, the Republican incumbent appears to be running scared.
2020 elections
July 7, 2020
Ranks of Republican Women in Senate Could Be Decimated in November As many as four of the GOP’s nine women in the Senate could lose, and a fifth is a prospect for a party switch.
2020 elections
June 28, 2020
Biden’s Surge Could Flip the Senate — and Boost His Presidency A rising tide from the top of the ticket may lift Democrats to control of the Senate, which would make a successful Biden administration more likely.
supreme court
May 8, 2020
Republicans Ready to Rock and Roll With a Preelection SCOTUS Confirmation Neither charges of hypocrisy, nor peril to his own vulnerable senators, will keep McConnell from adding a conservative to SCOTUS. It’s the ball game.
2020 elections
May 5, 2020
The Senate Map Is Beginning to Look Pale Blue It won’t be easy for Democrats to retake the upper chamber, but it’s looking slightly better for them every day.
2020 elections
Apr. 13, 2020
Susan Collins’s Popularity Keeps Sinking Maine’s Republican senator is caught between an unpopular president who demands loyalty and an electorate that demands independence.
2020 elections
Apr. 1, 2020
Republican Women in Congress Will Remain a Small Band in 2021 The small ranks of Republican women in the Senate could fall in 2020, and probably won’t rise above the current 13 members in the House.
The Immoderate Susan Collins After a long career voting across the aisle, why did the Maine senator gamble her legacy on Trump?
Senate Acquits Trump of Impeachment Charges, 52–48 Mitt Romney’s “guilty” vote on the abuse of power article interrupted the party-line conclusion.
senate trial
Feb. 5, 2020
Susan Collins: Trump Has ‘Learned’ a ‘Pretty Big Lesson’ From Impeachment It’s unlikely that a president who said the Constitution gives him “the right to do whatever I want” would learn anything from his acquittal.
impeachment
Jan. 30, 2020
What We Learned on Day 9 of the Trump Impeachment Trial Lamar Alexander’s decision against hearing witnesses left Democrats pondering final steps before acquittal.
impeachment
Jan. 29, 2020
What We Learned on Day 8 of the Trump Impeachment Trial There was plenty of conflict on day one of questions, but Republicans seem to be consolidating their wall of shame preventing additional witnesses.
impeachment
Jan. 21, 2020
What We Learned on Day One of the Trump Impeachment Trial Some argued the proceeding showed McConnell had lost his grip on Republican senators — but maybe he actually proved his mastery of them.
impeachment
Jan. 16, 2020
No Senator Is Less Popular in Their Own State Than Susan Collins Collins has been losing ground with voters on both the left and right. Impeachment is going to make things worse.
impeachment
Jan. 10, 2020
What We Know About Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial Impeachment trial procedures are an amalgam of constitutional provisions, Senate rules, and ad hoc procedures controlled by Mitch McConnell’s GOP.
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