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As the top Senate appropriator, Sen. Susan Collins was expected to be a key player in negotiations this summer over the sweeping tax and spending bill proposed by President Donald Trump. But as the ...

Senator Susan Collins of Maine may now be approaching her toughest re-election battle yet. The moderate Republican cast a ...

Attendees say they're worried about the impacts the bill will have on health care, SNAP benefits, and heating assistance.

Ask the Senate majority leader why he is not bringing it to the floor,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “Is he afraid of Donald ...

Yet this was not enough to stop the "big, beautiful bill," and it was eventually passed by both chambers and signed into law ...

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Donald Trump gave Susan Collins a pass, for now. Will Maine voters? The Republican senator's maneuvering on Trump's tax and spending cuts bill shows she's walking a tightrope ahead of her 2026 ...