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Susan M. Collins

Current U.S. senator for Maine, serving since January 1997 and seeking a sixth term. Campaign affiliation: Republican.

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Background, stated goals, record, and money

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Susan M. Collins

Background

  • Maine's senior U.S. senator, a Republican; Congress.gov records her in every Congress since January 1997. She is seeking a sixth term.
  • Her campaign says she chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and also sits on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Intelligence Committee.
  • Before the Senate, her campaign says, she worked for Representative and later Senator Bill Cohen, was Maine's Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation, and ran the Small Business Administration's regional office.

What they say they want to do

  • Health care that is more affordable and accessible for families, seniors and people in rural Maine.
  • A $35 monthly cap on insulin for people with private or employer insurance, through the INSULIN Act.
  • Wider access to workforce training, so Mainers can secure good-paying jobs.
  • Keeping Maine's seat at the head of the Appropriations Committee, which her campaign calls an influential seat at the table.
  • Keeping the government funded, including the Department of Homeland Security, in the words of her campaign's spokesman.

What the official record shows

  • Voted Yea on Senate passage of H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, 76 to 20; it became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025.
  • Voted Nay on Senate passage of H.R. 1, the 2025 reconciliation act, which passed 51 to 50 on the Vice President's vote and became Public Law 119-21.
  • Voted Yea on Senate passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, 71 to 29; it became Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026.
  • Cast her 10,000th consecutive roll-call vote, which the majority and minority leaders marked on the floor; she voted Yea on Roll Call 147, the vote the minority leader said would be her 10,000th.
  • Introduced the Reproductive Choice Act with Lisa Murkowski, to write the core holdings of Roe v. Wade and Casey into federal law. In 2023 she joined Tim Kaine, Murkowski and Kyrsten Sinema on the Reproductive Freedom for All Act. Neither bill got past committee.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 10 committees$4,281,989
Corporation PACs 99 committees$386,200
Leadership PACs 39 committees$330,500
Trade Association PACs 45 committees$212,000
PAC - Qualified 20 committees$108,100
Party committees 1 committee$62,000
Membership Organization PACs 17 committees$57,750
Committees the FEC records no type for 12 committees$49,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 5 committees$27,000
Labor Organization PACs 5 committees$16,500
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 3 committees$9,500
PAC - Nonqualified 2 committees$5,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

Receipts from political committees on lines 11B (party committees), 11C (other political committees) and 12 (transfers from joint fundraising committees) of her committee's 2025-2026 cycle filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's recorded organization type or designation of the giving committee. The party row is line 11B, $62,000.00 from one committee. The joint fundraising row is $4,281,989.20 reported on line 12 from ten committees; the other rows, $1,201,550.00, are line 11C. Each line's itemized rows sum to the committee's own summary total for that line to the cent, and the table totals $5,545,539.20. Memo entries are left out because they restate money counted elsewhere: 2,312 on line 12 itemize what the joint fundraising committees passed on, and 5 on line 11C. Not in the table: contributions from individuals, including any made through WinRed or ActBlue, which are individual contributions and not committee money. The rows sum to 5,545,539.20 dollars.

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

Susan M. Collins

Ukraine aid

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What they say

Collins said she managed Ukraine funding on the Senate floor.

What the record shows ·

On April 23, 2024, she urged passage of H.R.815, then voted for its final agreement. Appropriations Chair Patty Murray credited her work on the package, which included Ukraine aid.

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What they say

Collins said she managed Ukraine funding on the Senate floor.

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On April 23, 2024, she urged passage of H.R.815, then voted for its final agreement. Appropriations Chair Patty Murray credited her work on the package, which included Ukraine aid.

Limit: This verifies public support and shared legislative work, not sole credit or aid outcomes.

Susan M. Collins

WIC funding

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What they say

Collins said she supported WIC, the nutrition program for women, infants and children.

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She voted for H.R.5371 on November 10, 2025. The law, signed November 12, appropriated $8.2 billion for WIC for fiscal 2026.

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Collins said she supported WIC, the nutrition program for women, infants and children.

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She voted for H.R.5371 on November 10, 2025. The law, signed November 12, appropriated $8.2 billion for WIC for fiscal 2026.

Limit: Her vote covered the whole bill. This does not assess every safety-net program or the funding’s results.

Susan M. Collins

Russian diesel deal

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What they say

Collins said she joined other senators in opposing Russian oil imports that week.

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On October 13, 2026, she joined a letter asking President Trump to withdraw from the Russian diesel agreement and rescind its sanctions license.

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What they say

Collins said she joined other senators in opposing Russian oil imports that week.

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On October 13, 2026, she joined a letter asking President Trump to withdraw from the Russian diesel agreement and rescind its sanctions license.

Limit: This verifies her joint request, not a policy reversal or its effects.

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What they say

Collins said she secured affordable-housing funding in Cumberland County.

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Collins requested $509,000 for technology at a Scarborough affordable-housing project; the 2023 law funded it, listing Collins and King as requestors.

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Collins said she secured affordable-housing funding in Cumberland County.

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Her FY2023 request sought $509,000 for smart-home and telehealth technology at 3i Housing of Maine’s Scarborough project. Congress appropriated that amount, listing Collins and King as requestors.

Limit: This checks technology funding, not completed homes, disbursement or sole credit.

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What they say

Collins said she increased funding by millions for ICE training, including de-escalation.

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The law allocated $2 million for DHS de-escalation training; Collins backed seven failed motions to take up the bill, which later passed the Senate by voice vote.

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Collins said she increased funding by millions for ICE training, including de-escalation.

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The April 30, 2026 law allocated $2 million through federal training centers for DHS de-escalation training, including ICE and CBP. Collins backed seven failed motions to take up the bill; final Senate passage was by voice vote.

Limit: This verifies funding and procedural support, not an increase, Collins’s authorship, actual spending or training results.

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What they say

She said Maine’s entire congressional delegation requested an inspector-general investigation of the Biddeford shooting.

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A July 14, 2026 delegation letter asks the DHS inspector general for a comprehensive, transparent and expedited investigation. It names Collins, King, Pingree and Golden.

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She said Maine’s entire congressional delegation requested an inspector-general investigation of the Biddeford shooting.

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A July 14, 2026 delegation letter asks the DHS inspector general for a comprehensive, transparent and expedited investigation. It names Collins, King, Pingree and Golden.

Limit: This verifies the joint request, not the investigation’s findings.

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What they say

Her campaign calls her the author of the Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law in 2025, and says more than 25,000 Mainers have since had their earned benefits restored.

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For 20 years she introduced it beside its Senate sponsor, never as sponsor herself; she backed the House bill enacted in January 2025. The 25,000 Mainers figure was not checked.

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What they say

Her campaign calls her the author of the Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law in 2025, and says more than 25,000 Mainers have since had their earned benefits restored.

“As the author of the Social Security Fairness Act which was signed into law in 2025, Susan is the leader in the Senate for Social Security.”

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The Act was introduced in the Senate in every Congress from 2003 to 2023, and the text of every version as introduced names her: first after the sponsor in ten of those eleven Congresses, on Dianne Feinstein's bills of 2003 to 2009, John Kerry's of 2011 and Sherrod Brown's of 2015 to 2023, and third on Mark Begich's of 2013. Before that, in November 2001, she was the first senator to cosponsor Feinstein's 2001 version, S. 1523. The Congressional Record of February 11, 2003 prints her saying she was pleased to join Feinstein in introducing it. No version names her as sponsor. The measure that became law was the House bill, H.R. 82, sponsored by Representative Garret Graves; in the Senate debate she thanked Brown for his leadership and said they had championed the bill together for several years. She voted Yea when the Senate passed it 76 to 20 in the sitting that began December 20, 2024 (Roll Call 338), and it became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025.

Limit: The label reads author as the record shows her role: for twenty years she introduced the bill beside its sponsor, which is a co-author's part. The record does not make her its only author. Each Senate version was another senator's bill, and the one that became law was the House's. Her campaign's FAQ lists the Act among legislation she authored or co-authored, which is the closer description. The figure of 25,000 Mainers is the Social Security Administration's to publish and is not checked here.

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What they say

Her campaign says she was the author of the Paycheck Protection Program, and that the program saved and protected more than 250,000 jobs in Maine.

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Senate colleagues named her and Rubio as PPP authors and four senators as negotiators. No drafting record was found; the 250,000 jobs figure was not checked.

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Her campaign says she was the author of the Paycheck Protection Program, and that the program saved and protected more than 250,000 jobs in Maine.

“She was the author of the bipartisan Paycheck Protection Program that provided forgivable loans to small businesses during the pandemic, saving and protecting more than 250,000 jobs in Maine.”

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The program was created by section 1102 of the CARES Act, Public Law 116-136, which the Senate passed 96 to 0 on March 25, 2020 and which was signed on March 27. Its forerunner, small business loans that could be forgiven, was in S. 3548, the Senate Republican bill Mitch McConnell introduced for himself and six committee chairmen; Collins is not among them. The Congressional Record names her as one of its authors. In June 2020 the majority leader called Marco Rubio and Collins the program's chief architects and thanked them for authoring it, and in April Ben Cardin said it was negotiated by Rubio, Collins, Jeanne Shaheen and himself. In September 2020 she sponsored S. 4773, the Continuing the Paycheck Protection Program Act.

Limit: The Record makes her one of the program's authors, not its only one: the majority leader names Rubio beside her, and Cardin names four senators who negotiated it. Those are colleagues' statements on the floor, not a drafting record; no committee document assigning the drafting was found. The jobs figure rests on Small Business Administration loan data this desk did not read.

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What they say

Her campaign says she has cast more than 10,000 consecutive roll-call votes without missing one.

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Senate leaders marked her 10,000th straight roll-call vote on June 4, 2026, as printed in the official Record; nothing read shows a missed vote.

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Her campaign says she has cast more than 10,000 consecutive roll-call votes without missing one.

“Senator Collins has cast more than 10,000 consecutive roll call votes without missing one.”

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The Congressional Record for June 4, 2026 prints the majority leader and the minority leader marking her 10,000th consecutive roll-call vote that day, and the Democratic whip calling her the first senator in the country's history to reach it. The Record prints 27 roll calls for that day, votes 137 to 163, held from 10:30 a.m. to 4:42 a.m. the next morning. The Senate's own vote records list her voting Yea or Nay on every one, Yea on Roll Call 147, the vote after the tribute.

Limit: The number 10,000 is the party leaders' statement on the Senate floor, printed in the official Record, not a count this desk made; counting it would mean reading every Senate roll call since January 1997. Nothing read for this desk shows a missed vote. Her campaign's home page still gives an older figure, more than 9,800.

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What they say

In a July op-ed she says that as Appropriations chair she secured a record $200 million for the Special Diabetes Program in this year's funding legislation.

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The 2026 funding law she voted for sets the program at $200 million, its largest yearly amount; the record does not show who wrote that figure.

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In a July op-ed she says that as Appropriations chair she secured a record $200 million for the Special Diabetes Program in this year's funding legislation.

“Earlier this year, as Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I secured a record $200 million for the National Institutes of Health’s Special Diabetes Program in this year’s funding legislation.”

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Section 6402 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, signed February 3, 2026, sets the Special Diabetes Program for Type 1 diabetes at $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, against $159,228,188 for 2025 and $155,619,196 for 2024. The program's schedule in the U.S. Code has no year before 2024 above $150,000,000, so $200 million is the largest annual amount it has had. She voted Yea when the Senate passed the act 71 to 29 on January 30 (Roll Call 20). Her own reauthorization bill, S. 2211, introduced in July 2025, had asked for $160,000,000 a year.

Limit: The amount, the year and the word record are borne out by the law. "I secured" is a claim about her part in writing it, which no roll call settles: she chaired the committee that produced the year's spending bills and voted for the package, and the enacted amount is larger than her own bill asked for, but the health extensions in it are authorizing provisions that other committees also shaped.

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What they say

Her campaign lists the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act, signed in 2026, among the legislation she has authored or co-authored.

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Her 2025 bill stalled in committee, but both of its changes became law inside the 2026 funding act, with funding starting a year later than she proposed.

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Her campaign lists the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act, signed in 2026, among the legislation she has authored or co-authored.

“the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act (signed 2026)”

What the record shows ·

She introduced S. 830, the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2025, with Tammy Baldwin on March 4, 2025. The bill went no further than committee, but both of its operative changes became law as section 6506 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, signed February 3, 2026: the definition of a family caregiver changes from an unpaid adult to an unpaid individual, in the same words, and the program's funding runs through 2030, for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 rather than the 2025 through 2030 her bill proposed.

Limit: What became law is her bill's text inside a larger act, not the stand-alone Act the campaign names, and its funding starts a year later than she proposed. It is the same provision, so the claim holds in substance. The dollar amounts the program receives are set elsewhere and were not compared.

Susan M. Collins

Insulin: the INSULIN Act

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What they say

In a July op-ed she says she joined three Senate colleagues this spring to introduce the INSULIN Act, and that it passed the Senate health committee by a bipartisan vote of 17 to 5.

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She was the first cosponsor of the 2026 INSULIN Act, and the Senate health committee approved it 17 to 5 in July; it has not passed the Senate.

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In a July op-ed she says she joined three Senate colleagues this spring to introduce the INSULIN Act, and that it passed the Senate health committee by a bipartisan vote of 17 to 5.

“Stories like Bek’s are why I joined three Senate colleagues this spring to introduce the bipartisan INSULIN Act.”

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S. 4189, the INSULIN Act of 2026, was introduced on March 25, 2026 by Jeanne Shaheen for herself, Collins, Raphael Warnock and John Kennedy, with eight more original cosponsors; Collins is named first. The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee ordered it reported with a substitute on July 22, 2026; the committee's own record of that session lists it as agreed to by roll call vote, 17 to 5. It was placed on the Senate calendar on August 7. The reported text keeps a cap of $35 per 30-day supply for private and employer coverage. It has not passed the Senate.

Limit: The introduction, the committee's approval and its 17-to-5 tally are on the record, and Congress.gov lists Shaheen as the sponsor, which is what "joined three Senate colleagues" says. The committee's page does not list each senator's vote, but the tally shows both parties voted yes: neither party has 17 seats on the committee (the Senate's roster lists 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats). A bill reported from committee is not law.

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On the Senate floor on March 12, 2026, nearly a month into the lapse in Homeland Security funding, she urged the Senate to take up the department's funding bill and said defunding ICE and Customs and Border Protection is not a serious policy solution.

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She backed seven DHS debate motions and a June 2026 law adding $38.5 billion for ICE and $26 billion for CBP, plus failed votes on an ICE cut and taking up a DACA funding shift.

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On the Senate floor on March 12, 2026, nearly a month into the lapse in Homeland Security funding, she urged the Senate to take up the department's funding bill and said defunding ICE and Customs and Border Protection is not a serious policy solution.

“Now, while defunding ICE and CBP may resonate well with far-left activists, it is not a serious public policy solution.”

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She voted Yea on all seven motions to take up H.R. 7147, the Homeland Security funding bill, from February 12 to March 26, 2026 (Roll Calls 38, 39, 47, 54, 59, 71 and 74). Each fell short of the 60 votes needed. The version the Senate then passed by voice vote became law on April 30 and set funding in the bill for ICE, and for CBP's border security operations, at zero. On June 5 she voted Yea on S. 2, the Secure America Act, which passed 52 to 47 and became law on June 10. It gives ICE another $38.5 billion, including $7.45 billion for Homeland Security Investigations, and CBP another $26 billion, available through September 2029.

Limit: The seven votes were on starting debate, and the Senate passed the bill without a recorded vote. She also voted for Bernie Sanders's failed amendment on January 30 to take back some ICE money and undo Medicaid changes, and on June 5 to waive budget rules for Dick Durbin's failed amendment to move some ICE money to DACA applications.

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In the October 6 and October 8 debates she said she has voted nine times to end the war in Iran, because under the War Powers Act a war should not go past 60 days without Congress's approval.

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She voted yes on all nine Senate votes to end U.S. hostilities with Iran from April 30 to September 24, 2026, after voting no on the first five; most were votes to move a measure forward.

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In the October 6 and October 8 debates she said she has voted nine times to end the war in Iran, because under the War Powers Act a war should not go past 60 days without Congress's approval.

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The Senate held 14 roll calls in 2026 on measures to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran. She voted against the first five, from March 4 to April 22, and for all nine since, from April 30 to September 24. Two of the nine carried: a motion on May 19 to bring S.J.Res. 185 out of committee, 50 to 47, and H.Con.Res. 86 on June 23, 50 to 48. On June 27, 2025 she also voted against a similar measure, S.J.Res. 59.

Limit: Most of the nine were votes to bring a measure out of committee or onto the floor, not to pass it. She voted no on the five before them. When the 60 days she cites began is not settled here.

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In both debates she said she has voted against the tariffs on Canada, and on October 8 that she did so every time the Senate voted on them.

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She voted for both Senate resolutions to end the emergency behind the Canada tariffs, in April and October 2025; both passed the Senate and neither became law.

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In both debates she said she has voted against the tariffs on Canada, and on October 8 that she did so every time the Senate voted on them.

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The Senate has voted twice on ending the national emergency the Canada tariffs rest on, and she voted Yea both times: on S.J.Res. 37, which passed 51 to 48 on April 2, 2025, and on S.J.Res. 77, which she cosponsored and which passed 50 to 46 on October 29, 2025. She also voted Yea both times the Senate voted on ending the emergency behind the global tariffs, on April 30 and October 30, 2025. Neither Canada resolution has become law.

Limit: These were votes to end the emergency the tariffs rest on; the Senate has held no other vote on the Canada tariffs. Her work to get single items like road salt taken off the list is not on a public record and is not checked.

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In both debates, defending her 2018 vote for Brett Kavanaugh, she said she is the only Republican senator to have voted to confirm Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson, all named by Democratic presidents.

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She was the only Republican to vote for all three; she also voted for Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

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In both debates, defending her 2018 vote for Brett Kavanaugh, she said she is the only Republican senator to have voted to confirm Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson, all named by Democratic presidents.

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She voted Yea on all three: Sonia Sotomayor, confirmed 68 to 31 on August 6, 2009; Elena Kagan, 63 to 37 on August 5, 2010; and Ketanji Brown Jackson, 53 to 47 on April 7, 2022. No other Republican voted for all three. The others who backed Kagan were Lindsey Graham, who voted against Jackson, and Judd Gregg, Richard Lugar and Olympia Snowe, who had left the Senate by 2022. She also voted for Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 and against Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.

Limit: The record shows how she voted, not why. Her account of her Kavanaugh vote is her own and is not checked.

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In the October 8 debate she said she would vote for a bill creating federal protections for abortion access, that she wrote such a bill with Senator Tim Kaine to codify Roe v. Wade nationwide, and that it never reached the Senate floor.

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She was an original cosponsor of Kaine's 2022 and 2023 bills to enact Roe's main holdings and sponsored her own in 2022; none got a committee or floor vote.

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In the October 8 debate she said she would vote for a bill creating federal protections for abortion access, that she wrote such a bill with Senator Tim Kaine to codify Roe v. Wade nationwide, and that it never reached the Senate floor.

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In August 2022 and again in February 2023, Kaine introduced the Reproductive Freedom for All Act with Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Kyrsten Sinema as its original cosponsors; he told the Senate it would enact the essential holdings of Roe v. Wade. In February 2022 she had sponsored her own bill with the same aim, the Reproductive Choice Act. All three bills went to the Judiciary Committee and got no vote. In 2022 she twice voted against taking up the Women's Health Protection Act, which she said went far beyond codifying Roe.

Limit: Congress lists Kaine as the sponsor and her as one of three original cosponsors; who drafted the text is not on the record. The record does not say why the bills never got a vote.

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In her October 6 closing she said she coauthored the Terrorism Prevention Act, and in her October 8 opening that she authored it and that it has made the country safer.

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She sponsored the 2004 law with Joe Lieberman as its original cosponsor; its final version passed the Senate 89 to 2 and was signed in December 2004.

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In her October 6 closing she said she coauthored the Terrorism Prevention Act, and in her October 8 opening that she authored it and that it has made the country safer.

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She sponsored S. 2845, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, with Joe Lieberman as its original cosponsor. The Senate agreed to the final version 89 to 2 on December 8, 2004, with her Yea, and it became Public Law 108-458 on December 17, 2004.

Limit: Congress lists her as the sponsor and Lieberman as its original cosponsor. Whether the law made the country safer is not something the record can show.

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In both debates she said she voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill because of its Medicaid cuts, but voted to let it reach the floor, and that this let her author its $50 billion rural health fund. On October 6 she said she had proposed paying for the fund by raising taxes on top earners.

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She voted to start debate and against final passage; the $50 billion fund was in the bill before her amendment to enlarge it, which failed, so the record does not show she wrote it.

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In both debates she said she voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill because of its Medicaid cuts, but voted to let it reach the floor, and that this let her author its $50 billion rural health fund. On October 6 she said she had proposed paying for the fund by raising taxes on top earners.

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She voted Yea on the motion to take up H.R. 1 on June 28, 2025, which carried 51 to 49, and Nay on passage on July 1, which carried 50 to 50 on the Vice President's tie-breaking vote. The law, Public Law 119-21, creates the Rural Health Transformation Program with $10 billion a year from 2026 to 2030. The fund was already in the Senate's substitute text when she offered an amendment to raise its first two years to $22.5 billion each, paid for with a 39.6 percent tax rate on income over $25 million. The amendment was ruled out of order, and a motion to waive the rule failed 22 to 78, with her Yea.

Limit: Her two votes on the bill are on the record and match what she said. Who wrote the fund is not: it was in the text before her amendment, which failed. The captions have her putting the tax on people making over $250,000 a year; her amendment's rate started at $25 million. The $190 million she said Maine got in the first year was not checked; the federal agency's site refused our script.

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In the October 8 debate she said that as head of the Senate Aging Committee she looked into high drug prices, found barriers keeping lower-priced generics off the market, and wrote the law that speeds up approval of generic drugs. On October 6 she said she had worked to speed approval of lower-cost generics.

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Her 2017 bill with Claire McCaskill became, in changed form, one section of a larger FDA law she voted for that year.

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In the October 8 debate she said that as head of the Senate Aging Committee she looked into high drug prices, found barriers keeping lower-priced generics off the market, and wrote the law that speeds up approval of generic drugs. On October 6 she said she had worked to speed approval of lower-cost generics.

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In February 2017 she sponsored S. 297, with Claire McCaskill, to have the FDA put generic drugs with little or no competition first in line for review and act on them within 150 days. A version of that section became law as section 801 of the FDA Reauthorization Act, Public Law 115-52, signed August 18, 2017: the FDA must prioritize generics of drugs with few competitors and act within 8 months, and its line letting the FDA speed up inspections of their plants is word for word from her bill. She voted for the act, which passed the Senate 94 to 1 on August 3, 2017. That day she told the Senate it carried provisions based on her bill with McCaskill, which grew out of the Aging Committee's investigation of price spikes, adopted as her amendment in committee.

Limit: Her bill became part of a larger law, not all of it, and the version that passed gives the FDA 8 months to act, not her bill's 150 days. The committee's record of her amendment was not read; the floor statement is her own account.

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In both debates she said she secured funding for body cameras for ICE officers.

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She voted seven times to take up the April 2026 law with $20 million for immigration officers' body cameras, and for a June law listing them among ICE's uses; neither shows who put that in.

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In both debates she said she secured funding for body cameras for ICE officers.

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The Homeland Security funding law signed April 30, 2026, Public Law 119-86, sets aside $20 million for body-worn cameras for agents and officers doing immigration enforcement. She voted seven times to take that bill up; the Senate passed it without a recorded vote. On June 5 she also voted for S. 2, the Secure America Act, which passed 52 to 47 and became law June 10; it gives ICE another $38.5 billion, and lists body-worn cameras among the technology uses of $31.1 billion of that.

Limit: Neither law shows who put the camera money in.

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In both debates she said she blocked Biden administration proposals that she said would have shut down lobstering in Maine.

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She voted for the 2022 spending law that put off new right whale rules for lobstering until the end of 2028; it delayed them rather than ending them, and does not show who wrote that part.

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In both debates she said she blocked Biden administration proposals that she said would have shut down lobstering in Maine.

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On December 22, 2022 she voted Yea as the Senate passed the 2023 spending bill, 68 to 29; it became Public Law 117-328 on December 29. Its Division JJ says the government's 2021 right whale rule is enough for the lobster and Jonah crab fisheries to meet the whale protection laws until December 31, 2028, and has the fisheries service write new rules for them that take effect by then.

Limit: The law put off new whale rules for lobstering until the end of 2028; it did not end them. The law does not show who wrote that part. Her other examples, medical research cuts and the Job Corps centers, were not checked.

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In the October 13 debate, Collins said she had introduced a bill to expand Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy.

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She sponsored the 2026 bill; the proposed expansion has not become law.

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In the October 13 debate, Collins said she had introduced a bill to expand Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy.

What the record shows

Collins sponsored S. 3934, the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2026, introduced February 26. It would expand Medicare nutrition therapy services. It was referred to Senate Finance; the October 22 record lists no law.

Limit: This verifies the bill she introduced. It does not show that the proposed coverage expansion is in force.

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In the October 13 debate, Collins said she had cosponsored a bill to give Congress more authority over tariffs.

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She cosponsored the Trade Review Act; it remains a proposal.

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In the October 13 debate, Collins said she had cosponsored a bill to give Congress more authority over tariffs.

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Collins cosponsored S. 1272, the Trade Review Act of 2025, introduced April 3. It would end newly imposed duties after 60 days unless Congress enacted approval. Section 2(d) excludes antidumping and countervailing duties under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930. The October 22 record lists no law.

Limit: Cosponsorship does not establish changed tariff policy or any particular exemption.

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In the October 15 debate, Collins described herself as one of the early cosponsors of McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform.

What the record shows

She cosponsored the 2001 Senate bill. How early she joined was not assessed.

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In the October 15 debate, Collins described herself as one of the early cosponsors of McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform.

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Congress.gov lists Collins as a cosponsor of S. 27, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001, sponsored by John McCain.

Limit: This checks cosponsorship of the 2001 Senate bill. Her rank among early cosponsors and her broader statement about constitutional rulings were not assessed.

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In the October 13 debate, Collins said she had introduced a bill to improve Medicare fraud screening and on-site inspections.

What the record shows

Her home-health proposal includes screening and inspection measures; it is not law.

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In the October 13 debate, Collins said she had introduced a bill to improve Medicare fraud screening and on-site inspections.

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Collins sponsored S. 5250, introduced August 5, 2026. It proposes more home-health agency screening, inspections and funding for unannounced visits. The October 22 record lists no law.

Limit: This verifies her home-health proposal, not savings, increased hospital payments or an enacted reform.

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Collins said she introduced a bill to make student-loan interest tax-deductible.

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Collins introduced a student-loan interest deduction proposal in June 1997; Congress enacted the deduction through a separate law.

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Collins said she introduced a bill to make student-loan interest tax-deductible.

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She introduced S. 930 on June 18, 1997. Section 3 proposed a deduction for interest paid on qualifying education loans.

Limit: The deduction became law separately in the 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act.

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Collins said she helped a mobile-home park get a better water supply.

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A Brunswick ordinance packet records shared congressional funding work for Bay Bridge Estates’ water extension; completed construction is not verified.

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Collins said she helped a mobile-home park get a better water supply.

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Brunswick’s 2024 ordinance packet records a $1.94 million federal award sought through Collins, King and Pingree for Bay Bridge Estates’ water extension.

Limit: This verifies shared funding work, not completed construction.

Susan M. Collins

NIH funding increase

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Collins said medical-research funding increased $415 million instead of being cut.

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Collins voted for the 2026 spending law with a reported $415 million NIH funding increase; this does not assign her sole credit.

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Collins said medical-research funding increased $415 million instead of being cut.

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She voted for the 2026 spending law. Appropriators reported a $415 million increase for NIH, including ARPA-H.

Limit: This checks that funding package, not all research spending or sole credit.

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Collins said she was Maine’s first Appropriations chair in nearly a century.

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Collins became Appropriations chair in 2025, the first Mainer since Frederick Hale’s 1932–1933 chairmanship.

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Collins said she was Maine’s first Appropriations chair in nearly a century.

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She became chair in January 2025. The previous Mainer, Frederick Hale, chaired the committee in 1932–1933.

Limit: This verifies the office history, not her claimed project totals.

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Collins said she helped negotiate the Safer Communities Act.

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She was one of 20 senators announcing a gun-safety proposal on June 12, 2022, then voted for S.2938 on June 23. It became law June 25.

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Collins said she helped negotiate the Safer Communities Act.

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She was one of 20 senators announcing a gun-safety proposal on June 12, 2022, then voted for S.2938 on June 23. It became law June 25.

Limit: The announcement and vote verify her public support, not her negotiating role or the law’s effects.

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Collins said she introduced bipartisan legislation for rural medical residencies.

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Collins originally cosponsored a bill to support rural medical residencies, including obstetrics; it remains a proposal.

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Collins said she introduced bipartisan legislation for rural medical residencies.

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She originally cosponsored S.5232 on August 4, 2026. It would authorize grants for rural residencies, including family medicine and obstetrics.

Limit: The bill remains in committee; it has not become law.

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Collins said she organized opposition to Hegseth’s confirmation.

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Collins voted against Hegseth’s confirmation; her vote does not establish her claimed organizing role or a colleague’s change of mind.

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Collins said she organized opposition to Hegseth’s confirmation.

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She voted against him on January 24, 2025. Senators split 50–50; Vice President Vance broke the tie to confirm him.

Limit: This verifies her vote, not her organizing role or the claimed vote switch.

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Collins said she cosponsored and voted for data-center electricity guardrails.

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Collins cosponsored a data-center cost bill and supported advancing its House counterpart; the motion failed, and the proposal required consideration rather than universal adoption.

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Collins said she cosponsored and voted for data-center electricity guardrails.

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She cosponsored S.5028 and voted to advance H.R.9340 on September 30, 2026; the motion failed 57–43.

Limit: It is not law; states would consider cost protections, not automatically adopt them.

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Collins said she secured the earliest-ever release of heating aid.

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Collins joined an early-release request; her role in securing the release and the earliest-ever claim remain unverified.

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Collins said she secured the earliest-ever release of heating aid.

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She joined a September 17, 2026 letter urging early release. Federal officials released funding October 9.

Limit: Her advocacy is documented; her role in securing the release and the earliest-ever claim remain unverified.

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Bump-stock ban proposal

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Collins said she voted to ban bump stocks.

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Collins originally cosponsored the 2023 BUMP Act; this checks her sponsorship, not her claimed vote. The bill did not become law.

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Collins said she voted to ban bump stocks.

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She was an original cosponsor of S.1909, the 2023 BUMP Act, to ban bump-stock devices. The bill did not become law.

Limit: This verifies cosponsorship, not her claimed vote.

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Collins said the ROAD to Housing law would stop private equity from buying single-family homes.

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Collins backed a law restricting purchases by covered investors controlling at least 350 homes, with exceptions and a January 2027 start.

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Collins said the ROAD to Housing law would stop private equity from buying single-family homes.

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She backed the final Senate agreement on June 22, 2026. The law restricts purchases by covered investors controlling at least 350 homes.

Limit: Restrictions begin January 7, 2027, with exceptions and no forced sales of existing holdings. Housing-price effects remain unverified.

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Collins said she increased the DHS inspector general’s budget by 17%.

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Collins voted to advance funding with a 17% annual OIG-base increase; her motion failed, and the package later became law.

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Collins said she increased the DHS inspector general’s budget by 17%.

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She voted to advance H.R. 7147 on March 12, 2026; the motion failed. Its April 30 law provided $257.6 million for OIG operations, about 17% above the prior $220.1 million annual base.

Limit: This verifies procedural support and annual appropriations, not all resources or her sole credit.

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Collins said she supported the original assault-weapons ban and discussed an attempted extension.

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Collins backed the 2004 extension amendment, then opposed the amended bill, which failed.

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Collins said she supported the original assault-weapons ban and discussed an attempted extension.

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Collins voted for a 10-year extension on March 2, 2004. Amendment 2637 passed 52–47; she then voted against the amended S.1805, which failed 8–90.

Limit: This checks her 2004 votes, not her original-ban support or her explanation of why the extension failed.

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Collins said she secured tariff relief for concrete, road salt and pulp.

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Collins sought Canadian salt and cement tariff relief; a proclamation removed an extra 50% duty, but her role in securing relief and pulp relief remain unverified.

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Collins said she secured tariff relief for concrete, road salt and pulp.

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In an August 28, 2026 letter, she urged exemptions for road salt and cement. A September 8 presidential proclamation removed the extra 50% duty on Canadian salt and nonwhite Portland cement from September 15.

Limit: Her advocacy is documented; her role in securing relief and pulp relief remain unverified. This was not an exemption from all tariffs.

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Bath housing funding

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Collins said she secured funding for affordable housing projects in Bath.

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Collins requested $4 million for Centre Street Housing, and Congress appropriated it to Bath Housing Development Corporation.

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Collins said she secured funding for affordable housing projects in Bath.

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Her FY2024 request sought $4 million for Centre Street Housing. Congress appropriated that amount to Bath Housing Development Corporation.

Limit: This checks the funding request and appropriation, not completed apartments or sole credit.

Susan M. Collins

Lewiston center funding

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Collins said she secured funding for affordable housing projects in Maine.

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Collins requested $4 million for a proposed senior housing and services center, and Congress appropriated it to Lewiston Housing Authority.

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Collins said she secured funding for affordable housing projects in Maine.

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Her FY2023 request sought $4 million for St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, proposing senior housing and services. Congress appropriated that amount to Lewiston Housing Authority.

Limit: This checks the request and appropriation, not completed housing, disbursement or sole credit.

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Collins said she secured funding for affordable housing projects in Maine.

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Collins requested $4 million for BioHome3D housing research; Congress appropriated it, with Collins and King listed in the final table.

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Collins said she secured funding for affordable housing projects in Maine.

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Her FY2024 request sought $4 million for UMaine’s BioHome3D housing research. Congress appropriated that amount; its final table lists Collins and King.

Limit: This checks research funding, not completed homes, sole credit or a housing site in Bangor.

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Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    Official candidate list reviewed

    The Secretary of State's general election candidate list, and its withdrawal and replacement list updated September 22, show Susan M. Collins and Troy D. Jackson for U.S. Senate. Declared write-ins are listed separately.

  2. race event

    Jackson's nomination received

    The Secretary of State received his nomination as the Democratic replacement candidate on July 27, 2026. His campaign says the party's convention chose him the Saturday before.

  3. race event

    Collins files her July Quarterly report

    Covering May 21 to June 30, 2026: $4,004,781.67 received, $11,038,115.42 cash on hand.

  4. race event

    The Democratic primary winner withdraws

    Graham C. Platner withdrew from the U.S. Senate race, the Secretary of State records.

  5. finance

    FEC filing snapshot

    July Quarterly 2026, principal campaign committee COLLINS FOR SENATOR.

  6. race event

    Collins's 10,000th consecutive vote

    The party leaders marked it on the Senate floor, as printed in the Congressional Record.

  7. race event

    Senate passes the 2026 spending package

    Collins voted Yea on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which carried her respite care bill's text and set the Special Diabetes Program at $200 million.

  8. race event

    Senate passes the 2025 reconciliation act

    Collins voted Nay; it passed 51 to 50 on the Vice President's vote.

  9. race event

    Senate passes the Social Security Fairness Act

    Collins voted Yea on H.R. 82, which passed 76 to 20 and became law on January 5, 2025.

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Sources182 source records

How we use sources

  1. Susan M. Collins, member recordhttps://www.congress.gov/member/susan-collins/C001035

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API: Republican senator for Maine in every Congress from the 105th (1997) to the 119th. Also the source of her sponsored-legislation list, 1,208 items, which holds no Social Security Fairness Act of her own.

    official office record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money; Social Security: the Fairness Act

  2. FAQhttps://susancollins.com/faq/

    Collins for Senator · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Names her committees, her bid for a sixth term, legislation she says she authored or co-authored, and her roll-call streak.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Showing up: 10,000 consecutive votes; Caregivers: the respite care reauthorization

  3. Abouthttps://susancollins.com/about/

    Collins for Senator · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source, used for biography.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  4. Track Recordhttps://susancollins.com/track-record/

    Collins for Senator · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source and the fullest statement of the record she runs on: workforce, health care, Alzheimer's, diabetes, Social Security and congressionally directed spending.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Social Security: the Fairness Act; The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  5. We are one step closer to affordable insulin for all Americans | Sen. Susan Collinshttps://susancollins.com/op-ed/we-are-one-step-closer-to-affordable-insulin-for-all-americans-sen-susan-collins/

    Collins for Senator · Published Jul 29, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Her op-ed, republished on the campaign site on July 29, 2026. Used for the INSULIN Act and the Special Diabetes Program figure.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Diabetes research: the $200 million figure; Insulin: the INSULIN Act

  6. New Collins for Senator ad highlights Collins' long record of successhttps://susancollins.com/press-release/press-release-new-collins-for-senator-ad-highlights-collins-long-record-of-success/

    Collins for Senator · Published Jul 28, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign press release and ad script of July 28, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  7. Playing Politics with DHS Funding Has Real Consequenceshttps://susancollins.com/press-release/playing-politics-with-dhs-funding-has-real-consequences/

    Collins for Senator · Published Apr 26, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Statement by the campaign's spokesman, April 26, 2026. It is the campaign's only statement on homeland security funding the desk found.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  8. Roll Call Vote 338, H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act, on passagehttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2024-12-20/html/CREC-2024-12-20-pt1-PgS7302.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Congressional Record for the sitting that began December 20, 2024; the vote was taken after midnight, on December 21. Passed 76 to 20. Read with the shared collector, which checks the printed names against the block headers and the announced tally.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Social Security: the Fairness Act; Senate passes the Social Security Fairness Act

  9. H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, Public Law 118-273https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Representative Garret Graves. The bill that became law, on January 5, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Social Security: the Fairness Act; Senate passes the Social Security Fairness Act

  10. Roll Call Vote 372, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2025-06-30/html/CREC-2025-06-30-pt1-PgS4037-6.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Printed in the Record of the June 30, 2025 legislative day; Congress.gov dates the vote July 1, 2025. 50 to 50, with the Vice President voting to pass it. Read with the shared collector.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund; Senate passes the 2025 reconciliation act

  11. H.R. 1, 119th Congress, Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The 2025 reconciliation act; became law July 4, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  12. Roll Call Vote 20, H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, on passagehttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-01-30/html/CREC-2026-01-30-pt1-PgS411.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Congressional Record of January 30, 2026. Passed 71 to 29. Read with the shared collector.

    official legislative record

    Senate roll 20, H.R. 7148, January 30, 2026

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Collins Yea; H.R.7148 passed the Senate 71–29.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Diabetes research: the $200 million figure; NIH funding increase; Senate passes the 2026 spending package

  13. H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7148

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Signed February 3, 2026. The enrolled text (GovInfo BILLS-119hr7148enr) was read for sections 6402, the special diabetes programs, and 6506, lifespan respite care.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Diabetes research: the $200 million figure; Caregivers: the respite care reauthorization; Senate passes the 2026 spending package

  14. Senator Collins' 10,000th Vote, and Roll Call Votes 137 to 163https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-06-04/html/CREC-2026-06-04-pt1-PgS2545-8.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Congressional Record of June 4, 2026. Prints the majority leader, minority leader and Democratic whip marking her 10,000th consecutive roll-call vote, and 27 roll calls. The shared collector read 26 of them against the Record's own tallies and refused one, vote 160, whose NAYS header says 53 while 55 names are printed; she is recorded voting in all 26 it read, Yea on Roll Call 147, the vote after the tribute. The Senate's own record of vote 160 lists her Nay (see senate-gov-votes-2026-06-04).

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Showing up: 10,000 consecutive votes; Collins's 10,000th consecutive vote

  15. S. 3713, Reproductive Choice Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3713

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced February 28, 2022 by Collins, with Lisa Murkowski as the only cosponsor; referred to the Judiciary Committee and not acted on. Its title: to codify the essential holdings of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. That August she was also an original cosponsor of Tim Kaine's S. 4688, the first Reproductive Freedom for All Act.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  16. Introducing the Reproductive Choice Act, Congressional Record, February 28, 2022https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2022-02-28/html/CREC-2022-02-28-pt1-PgS838-4.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 28, 2022 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Her floor statement introducing S. 3713. She says it would codify the protections of Roe v. Wade and Casey, and that the Women's Health Protection Act then before the Senate went further than that.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  17. S. 317, Reproductive Freedom for All Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/317

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced February 9, 2023 by Tim Kaine for himself, Lisa Murkowski, Kyrsten Sinema and Collins; referred to the Judiciary Committee and not acted on.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  18. COLLINS FOR SENATOR, receipts from committees, lines 11B, 11C and 12https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00314575&two_year_transaction_period=2026&line_number=F3-11C

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on September 23, 2026: 1 row on line 11B, 404 on line 11C and 2,370 on line 12 for the 2025-2026 cycle through June 30, 2026, each line reconciled to the committee's summary total to the cent. No individual contribution was read.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  19. COLLINS FOR SENATOR (C00314575)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00314575/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Principal campaign committee of candidate S6ME00159, registered since 1996; its FEC record gives the website WWW.SUSANCOLLINS.COM.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  20. Maine Public debate, Collins on Ukraine aidhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=3294s

    Maine Public / NEWS CENTER Maine / Portland Press Herald · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Paraphrase from one saved native English-caption copy, about 54:42–55:08. The surrounding exchange was checked; caption cue timings locate the passage, not exact speech boundaries.

    candidate statement

    For: Ukraine aid

  21. Congressional Record, April 23, 2024, S2943–S2992https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2024-04-23/html/CREC-2024-04-23-pt1-PgS2943-8.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Apr 23, 2024 · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Collins urged passage of H.R.815; Roll Call 154 records her Yea on final agreement, which passed 79–18. Appropriations Chair Patty Murray credited Collins’s work. Shared legislative work does not establish sole credit or aid outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Ukraine aid

  22. Maine Public debate, Collins on WIChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=1560s

    Maine Public / NEWS CENTER Maine / Portland Press Herald · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Paraphrase from one saved native English-caption copy, about 26:01–26:26. The surrounding exchange was checked; caption cue timings locate the passage, not exact speech boundaries.

    candidate statement

    For: WIC funding

  23. Senate Roll Call 618, H.R.5371, November 10, 2025https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00618.htm

    U.S. Senate · Published Nov 10, 2025 · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Final passage carried 60–40; Collins voted Yea. Her vote covered the complete bill.

    official legislative record

    For: WIC funding

  24. Public Law 119-37, Division B, Title IV: WIChttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Signed November 12, 2025. Division B, Title IV, 139 Stat. 534 appropriates $8.2 billion for fiscal 2026 WIC. The total includes a $150 million reserve available through September 30, 2027; an appropriation is not spending or outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: WIC funding

  25. Maine Public debate, Collins on the Russian diesel dealhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=3245s

    Maine Public / NEWS CENTER Maine / Portland Press Herald · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Paraphrase from one saved native English-caption copy, about 54:05–54:38. The surrounding exchange was checked; caption cue timings locate the passage, not exact speech boundaries.

    candidate statement

    For: Russian diesel deal

  26. Joint Senate letter opposing the Russian diesel agreement, October 13, 2026 (document)

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Dated joint letter asks the President to withdraw from the agreement and rescind the sanctions license. Checks a request, not a policy reversal or effects. No signer-count claim is made.

    official office record

    For: Russian diesel deal

  27. Murkowski office release on the joint Russian diesel letterhttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/murkowski-colleagues-urge-president-to-reverse-russian-diesel-deal-enforce-sanctions

    Office of Senator Lisa Murkowski · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Original Senate-office release reproduces the request and identifies Collins among the senators. It corroborates the joint letter; it is not proof of a policy reversal.

    official office record

    For: Russian diesel deal

  28. WABI / WAGM Maine Senate debate, October 13, 2026, 31:19–31:36https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=1879s

    WABI / WAGM · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Native captions, 31:19–31:36; paraphrase of the housing-funding claim, not an exact quotation.

    candidate statement

    For: Assistive technology for affordable housing; Bath housing funding; Lewiston center funding; 3D-printed housing research

  29. Collins FY2023 Labor–HHS funding request, 3i Housing of Maine, page 7 (document)

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Page 7 requests $509,000 for smart-home and telehealth technology for supportive housing in Scarborough. The request describes approximately 45 units; no current unit total is inferred.

    official office record

    For: Assistive technology for affordable housing

  30. Final FY2023 Labor–HHS allocation and law, House Appropriations committee print, volume II, printed pages 1851–1852, 1986 and 2033 (document)

    U.S. House Appropriations Committee / U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    PDF page 601 (printed 2033): 3i Housing of Maine, independent-living opportunities including equipment, $509,000; Collins and King are Senate requestors. PDF page 554 defines requestors as members who requested each item. Division H’s Administration for Community Living proviso binds the final project table through section 4 of Public Law 117-328.

    official legislative record

    For: Assistive technology for affordable housing

  31. 3i HoME affordable-housing technology funding announcement, January 11, 2023https://www.poah.org/news/maine%E2%80%99s-first-its-kind-affordable-housing-people-physical-disabilities-receives-federal-funding

    Preservation of Affordable Housing · Published Jan 11, 2023 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Co-developer’s dated primary account connects the $509,000 to assistive/smart-home and telehealth technology for low-income residents with disabilities at the planned Scarborough housing development. Its expectations are not verified construction or outcomes.

    original reporting

    For: Assistive technology for affordable housing

  32. Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 2617)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-117publ328

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Became law December 29, 2022. Division JJ, section 101, deems the 2021 right whale rule enough for the lobster and Jonah crab fisheries to comply with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act until December 31, 2028, and has the National Marine Fisheries Service issue new rules for those fisheries that take effect by then. Section 4 and Division L, Title II bind the final housing-funding table.

    official legislative record

    For: Assistive technology for affordable housing; Lobstering and the right whale rules; Lewiston center funding

  33. WABI/WAGM Senate debate, October 13, 2026, about 63:32https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=3812s

    WABI / WAGM · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Paraphrase from one saved native-caption copy, cues 1121–1124. Overlapping cue durations locate the passage; they are not exact speech boundaries.

    candidate statement

    For: DHS de-escalation training funds

  34. Congressional Record, January 22, 2026, Book II, H1682, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    H1682 (PDF page 330), Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), Operations and Support, Law Enforcement Training: $2 million for DHS de-escalation training, including ICE and CBP personnel. This is a funding allocation, not evidence it increased over prior funding, was spent or produced training results.

    official legislative record

    For: DHS de-escalation training funds

  35. Public Law 119-86, section 4 and Division A, Title IVhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ86/html/PLAW-119publ86.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Signed April 30, 2026. Section 4 gives the January 22 spending statement conference-statement effect for allocation and implementation. The separate ICE and CBP Border Security Operations exclusions do not remove FLETC’s allocation. This is not an ICE-only operating appropriation or evidence of Collins’s authorship.

    official legislative record

    Public Law 119-86, Division A, Title I, OIG operations

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Annual operations appropriation $257,599,000; includes defined oversight allocations. Not every transfer or supplemental resource.

    official legislative record

    For: DHS de-escalation training funds; DHS inspector-general annual funding

  36. Senate roll call votes 18, 38, 39, 47, 54, 59, 71 and 74, 119th Congress, 2nd sessionhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_119_2.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    The Senate's own vote records (vote_119_2_00018.xml and so on), read September 25, 2026. Votes 38 to 74, February 12 to March 26, 2026, are the seven cloture votes on the motion to proceed to H.R. 7147; each was rejected under the three-fifths rule, and each lists Collins (R-ME) Yea. Vote 18, January 30, is Sanders Amendment 4290 to H.R. 7148, rejected 49 to 51, with Collins Yea.

    official legislative record

    Senate roll call votes 137 to 163, 119th Congress, 2nd session

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Senate's own vote records (one XML file per vote, vote_119_2_00137.xml to vote_119_2_00163.xml), read September 23, 2026. The 27 votes printed in the June 4 Record ran from 10:30 a.m. on June 4 to 4:42 a.m. on June 5; each lists Collins (R-ME) as voting Yea or Nay. Vote 160, which the Record's printed tally could not be read against, lists her Nay.

    official legislative record

    Senate roll call votes on removing U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran, 2025 and 2026

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The Senate's own vote records (vote_119_2_00046.xml and so on), read October 10, 2026. Its 2026 list has 14 such votes: Collins Nay on 46, 58, 69, 79 and 88 (March 4 to April 22) and Yea on 113, 118, 129, 174, 184, 192, 207, 216 and 244 (April 30 to September 24). Vote 328 of 2025, June 27, on S.J.Res. 59: Collins Nay.

    official legislative record

    For: DHS de-escalation training funds; Showing up: 10,000 consecutive votes; Homeland Security and ICE funding; Iran war: her votes to end it; ICE body cameras: the funding

  37. H.R. 7147, Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-86https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7147

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsor Tom Cole. The action list records the seven failed cloture votes, Senate passage with an amendment by voice vote on March 27, 2026 (March 26 in the law's printed history), and enactment on April 30.

    official legislative record

    For: DHS de-escalation training funds; Homeland Security and ICE funding; ICE body cameras: the funding

  38. Maine debate, October 15, 2026, about 31:52https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=1912s

    Maine Public · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Paraphrase from one saved native-caption copy, cues 667–670. Overlapping cue durations locate the passage; they are not exact speech boundaries.

    candidate statement

    For: Biddeford investigation request

  39. Maine delegation letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari, July 14, 2026, two pages (document)

    Maine congressional delegation · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Maine delegation letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari, July 14, 2026, two pages. Its printed names are Angus S. King Jr., Susan M. Collins, Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden. Pingree’s same-day office publication names all four and republishes the request body. This supports the joint request, not whether an investigation occurred, its independence, findings or effects.

    official legislative record

    For: Biddeford investigation request

  40. Maine delegation requests an expedited investigation of the Biddeford shootinghttps://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6801

    Office of Representative Chellie Pingree · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Co-signer office publication names all four members and republishes the request. It concerns the same letter, not a separate inquiry or its findings.

    official legislative record

    For: Biddeford investigation request

  41. Maine delegation calls for full, expedited investigation into ICE fatal shooting in Mainehttps://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/maine-delegation-calls-for-full-expedited-investigation-into-ice-fatal-shooting-in-maine

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Published Jul 14, 2026 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Same-day office publication of the joint request; not a second independent action or investigation finding.

    official legislative record

    For: Biddeford investigation request

  42. S. 1523, Social Security Fairness Act of 2001, 107th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1523

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced by Dianne Feinstein alone on October 10, 2001 and referred to Finance. Collins is the first of 14 cosponsors, joining November 7, 2001; none was an original cosponsor.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  43. S. 349, Social Security Fairness Act of 2003, 108th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/349

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Dianne Feinstein, introduced February 11, 2003. Introduced text: "Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Ms. Collins, ..."; Collins is the first of 30 cosponsors, an original one.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  44. S. 619, Social Security Fairness Act of 2005, 109th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/619

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Dianne Feinstein, introduced March 14, 2005, "for herself, Ms. Collins, ..."; Collins first of 29 cosponsors, an original one.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  45. S. 206, Social Security Fairness Act of 2007, 110th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/206

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Dianne Feinstein, introduced January 9, 2007, "for herself, Ms. Collins, ..."; Collins first of 38 cosponsors, an original one.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  46. S. 484, Social Security Fairness Act of 2009, 111th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/484

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Dianne Feinstein, introduced February 25, 2009, "for herself, Ms. Collins, ..."; Collins first of 31 cosponsors, an original one.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  47. S. 2010, Social Security Fairness Act of 2011, 112th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2010

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor John Kerry, introduced December 16, 2011 "for himself and Ms. Collins"; she was its only original cosponsor.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  48. S. 896, Social Security Fairness Act of 2013, 113th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/896

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Mark Begich, introduced May 8, 2013 "for himself, Mr. Heller, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Collins"; Collins third of three original cosponsors.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  49. S. 1651, Social Security Fairness Act of 2015, 114th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1651

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Sherrod Brown, introduced June 23, 2015, "for himself, Ms. Collins, ..."; Collins first of 25 cosponsors, an original one.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  50. S. 915, Social Security Fairness Act of 2017, 115th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/915

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Sherrod Brown, introduced April 24, 2017, "for himself, Ms. Collins, ..."; Collins first of 27 cosponsors, an original one.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  51. S. 521, Social Security Fairness Act, 116th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/521

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Sherrod Brown; Collins first among 38 cosponsors, an original one.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  52. S. 1302, Social Security Fairness Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1302

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Sherrod Brown; Collins first among 42 cosponsors, an original one.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  53. S. 597, Social Security Fairness Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/597

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Sherrod Brown; Collins first among 62 cosponsors, an original one, and first named in the introduced text ("Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Collins, ...").

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  54. Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions: S. 349, Social Security Fairness Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2003-02-11/html/CREC-2003-02-11-pt1-PgS2188-3.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 11, 2003 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Congressional Record of February 11, 2003. Prints S. 349 introduced "By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Collins, ..." and Collins's statement that she is "pleased to join with my colleague from California, Senator Feinstein, in introducing the Social Security Fairness Act".

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  55. Social Security Fairness Act debate, December 18, 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2024-12-18/html/CREC-2024-12-18-pt1-PgS7134-3.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 18, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Congressional Record of December 18, 2024. Collins speaks in support of H.R. 82, thanks Senator Brown for his leadership and says "We have championed this bill together for several years." Her own account, printed in the official Record.

    official legislative record

    For: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  56. Public Law 116-136, CARES Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-116publ136

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Signed March 27, 2020. Section 1102 is the paycheck protection program. The law names no author of any section.

    official legislative record

    For: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  57. S. 3548, CARES Act, 116th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3548

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Senate Republican bill introduced March 19, 2020 by Mitch McConnell for himself and six committee chairmen: Alexander, Crapo, Grassley, Rubio, Shelby and Wicker. Collins is not among them.

    official legislative record

    For: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  58. H.R. 748, 116th Congress, the vehicle for the CARES Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passed the Senate 96 to 0 on March 25, 2020 (Record Vote 80) and became Public Law 116-136 on March 27, both from Congress.gov's action list. The Record prints vote 80 without name blocks, so the shared collector cannot read it; the tally is Congress.gov's.

    official legislative record

    For: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  59. Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act: the majority leader's statement, June 3, 2020https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2020-06-03/html/CREC-2020-06-03-pt1-PgS2690.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jun 3, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Congressional Record of June 3, 2020. Mitch McConnell: "Thanks especially to its chief architects, Senator Rubio and Senator Collins" and "I want to thank Senator Collins and Senator Rubio once more for their leadership in authoring this historic program in the first place."

    official legislative record

    For: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  60. Senator Cardin's statement on small business relief, April 9, 2020https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2020-04-09/html/CREC-2020-04-09-pt1-PgS2168.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Apr 9, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Congressional Record of April 9, 2020. Ben Cardin, the senator from Maryland: "The Paycheck Protection Program was negotiated in good faith by Senator Rubio, Senator Collins, Senator Shaheen, and myself".

    official legislative record

    For: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  61. S. 4773, Continuing the Paycheck Protection Program Act, 116th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4773

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Collins; introduced September 30, 2020 and placed on the Senate calendar; not passed.

    official legislative record

    For: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  62. 42 U.S.C. 254c-2, Special diabetes programs for type I diabetes (2024 edition)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2024-title42/USCODE-2024-title42-chap6A-subchapII-partD-subparti-sec254c-2

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The program's appropriation schedule from its start: $30,000,000 transferred a year for 1998 to 2002, plus $70,000,000 appropriated a year for 2001 and 2002, $100,000,000 for 2003, $150,000,000 a year for 2004 to 2023, and short-term amounts after.

    official legislative record

    For: Diabetes research: the $200 million figure

  63. S. 2211, Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2211

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Collins, with Jeanne Shaheen; introduced July 8, 2025 and referred to committee. Proposed $160,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

    official legislative record

    For: Diabetes research: the $200 million figure

  64. S. 830, Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/830

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Collins, with Tammy Baldwin; introduced March 4, 2025 and referred to committee. Its two operative changes were compared with section 6506 of Public Law 119-75.

    official legislative record

    For: Caregivers: the respite care reauthorization

  65. S. 4189, INSULIN Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4189

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor Jeanne Shaheen; Collins first of eleven original cosponsors. Ordered reported by the HELP Committee with a substitute on July 22, 2026; placed on the calendar August 7. The reported text (GovInfo BILLS-119s4189rs) keeps a $35 cap per 30-day supply.

    official legislative record

    For: Insulin: the INSULIN Act

  66. Executive Session, July 22, 2026https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/the-following-agenda-to-be-considered-07-22-2026

    Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The committee's own page for the July 22, 2026 executive session lists "S. 4189, INSULIN Act of 2026 (Agreed to by Roll Call Vote, 17-5)", a manager's amendment agreed to by voice vote, and a Baldwin amendment agreed to 12 to 10. It does not list how each senator voted.

    official legislative record

    For: Insulin: the INSULIN Act

  67. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, membership (document)

    United States Senate · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Senate's membership file, read September 23, 2026: 23 members, 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats. A 17-vote yes needs members of both parties under any split in which neither party holds 17 seats.

    official office record

    For: Insulin: the INSULIN Act

  68. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, motion to proceed: Collins floor remarks, March 12, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-03-12/html/CREC-2026-03-12-pt1-PgS1024.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Congressional Record of March 12, 2026. Collins urges the Senate to end the Homeland Security shutdown and take up the department's funding bill, and says defunding ICE and CBP is not a serious public policy solution.

    official legislative record

    Congressional Record, March 12, 2026, Senate roll call 54

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Collins Yea on cloture to proceed to H.R.7147; motion failed 51–46. Procedural support, not final passage.

    official legislative record

    For: Homeland Security and ICE funding; DHS inspector-general annual funding

  69. Public Law 119-86, Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ86

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Approved April 30, 2026. Section 4 sets the spending-table amounts under the ICE heading, and under CBP's Border Security Operations, to $0, and the Act has no ICE appropriation of its own (read in the enrolled text, BILLS-119hr7147enr). Section 109 of Division A adds $20,000,000 to the Office of the Secretary for body-worn cameras for agents and officers doing immigration enforcement. Division B covers the lapse that began on or about February 14, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Homeland Security and ICE funding; ICE body cameras: the funding

  70. S. 2, Secure America Act, Public Law 119-98https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsor Lindsey Graham; the 2026 reconciliation bill. Passed the Senate 52 to 47 on June 5, 2026 (Roll Call 163, with Collins Yea) and became law June 10.

    official legislative record

    For: Homeland Security and ICE funding; ICE body cameras: the funding

  71. Public Law 119-98, Secure America Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ98

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Approved June 10, 2026. Sections 102 and 202 give ICE $7,450,000,000 and $31,075,000,000, and Sections 101, 103 and 201 give CBP $9,550,000,000, $3,450,000,000 and $13,020,000,000. All of it is in addition to amounts otherwise available and stays available until September 30, 2029. Section 202 lists body-worn cameras among the uses of ICE's information technology money.

    official legislative record

    For: Homeland Security and ICE funding; ICE body cameras: the funding

  72. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Collins on her Iran war votes (38:58)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=2338s

    CBS 13 News (WGME) · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    38:58-39:24. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Iran war: her votes to end it

  73. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins on her Iran war votes (19:20)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=1160s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    19:20-19:58. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Iran war: her votes to end it

  74. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Collins on the Canada tariffs (48:02)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=2882s

    CBS 13 News (WGME) · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    48:02-48:31. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Canada tariffs: her votes

  75. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins on the Canada tariffs (53:05)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=3185s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    53:05-53:28. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Canada tariffs: her votes

  76. Senate roll call votes 160, 225, 598 and 600, 119th Congress, 1st sessionhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_119_1.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The Senate's own vote records, read October 10, 2026. Votes 160 (April 2, 2025, S.J.Res. 37) and 598 (October 29, 2025, S.J.Res. 77) are on ending the emergency behind the Canada tariffs; 225 (April 30, S.J.Res. 49) and 600 (October 30, S.J.Res. 88) on the global tariffs. Collins Yea on all four. No other roll call in 2025 or 2026 names the Canada tariffs.

    official legislative record

    For: Canada tariffs: her votes

  77. S.J.Res. 37, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/37

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Tim Kaine's resolution. Passed the Senate 51 to 48 on April 2, 2025; received in the House and held at the desk. Not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Canada tariffs: her votes

  78. S.J.Res. 77, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/77

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Tim Kaine's second resolution, with Collins among the original cosponsors. Passed the Senate 50 to 46 on October 29, 2025; held at the desk in the House. Not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Canada tariffs: her votes

  79. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Collins on her Supreme Court votes (23:19)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=1399s

    CBS 13 News (WGME) · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    23:19-23:55. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  80. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins on her Supreme Court votes (46:46)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=2806s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    46:46-47:15. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  81. Roll Call Vote 262, confirmation of Sonia Sotomayorhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1111/vote_111_1_00262.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    August 6, 2009. Confirmed 68 to 31. Collins, Graham, Gregg, Lugar and Snowe among the Republicans voting Yea; Murkowski Nay.

    official legislative record

    For: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  82. Roll Call Vote 229, confirmation of Elena Kaganhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1112/vote_111_2_00229.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    August 5, 2010. Confirmed 63 to 37. The Republicans voting Yea were Collins, Graham, Gregg, Lugar and Snowe; Murkowski voted Nay, and Romney was not yet a senator.

    official legislative record

    For: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  83. Roll Call Vote 134, confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jacksonhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00134.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    April 7, 2022. Confirmed 53 to 47. The Republicans voting Yea were Collins, Murkowski and Romney; Graham voted Nay, and Gregg, Lugar and Snowe were no longer senators.

    official legislative record

    For: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  84. Roll Call Vote 223, confirmation of Brett Kavanaughhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1152/vote_115_2_00223.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    October 6, 2018. Confirmed 50 to 48; Collins Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  85. Roll Call Vote 224, confirmation of Amy Coney Barretthttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1162/vote_116_2_00224.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    October 26, 2020. Confirmed 52 to 48; Collins Nay.

    official legislative record

    For: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  86. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins on a bill to codify Roe v. Wade (44:36)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=2676s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    44:36-45:17. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  87. S. 4688, Reproductive Freedom for All Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4688

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Introduced August 1, 2022 by Tim Kaine for himself, Lisa Murkowski, Kyrsten Sinema and Collins; referred to the Judiciary Committee and not acted on.

    official legislative record

    For: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  88. Introductory statement on S. 4688, Congressional Record, August 1, 2022https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2022-08-01/html/CREC-2022-08-01-pt1-PgS3806-2.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Aug 1, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Kaine says he, Murkowski, Sinema and Collins are introducing the bill to enact the essential holdings of Roe v. Wade and other cases.

    official legislative record

    For: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  89. Senate roll call votes 65 and 170, 117th Congress, 2nd sessionhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_117_2.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Cloture votes on taking up the Women's Health Protection Act: vote 65, February 28, 2022 (H.R. 3755), failed 46 to 48; vote 170, May 11, 2022 (S. 4132), failed 49 to 51. Collins Nay on both.

    official legislative record

    For: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  90. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Collins's closing statement (54:09)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=3249s

    CBS 13 News (WGME) · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    54:09-55:11. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: The 2004 intelligence reform law; Lobstering and the right whale rules

  91. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins's opening statement (3:45)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=225s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    3:45-4:52. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: The 2004 intelligence reform law; Lobstering and the right whale rules

  92. S. 2845, Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/2845

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Collins, with Joe Lieberman as original cosponsor. Became Public Law 108-458 on December 17, 2004.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2004 intelligence reform law

  93. Roll Call Vote 216, S. 2845 conference reporthttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1082/vote_108_2_00216.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    December 8, 2004. Agreed to 89 to 2; Collins Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2004 intelligence reform law

  94. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Collins on the 2025 reconciliation bill (6:59)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=419s

    CBS 13 News (WGME) · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    6:59-8:13. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  95. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins on the 2025 reconciliation bill (26:54)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=1614s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    26:54-28:32. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  96. Roll Call Vote 329, motion to proceed to H.R. 1https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00329.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    June 28, 2025. Agreed to 51 to 49; Collins Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  97. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ21

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Section 71401 creates the Rural Health Transformation Program, with $10,000,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 to 2030.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  98. Text of amendment SA 2812, Congressional Record, June 30, 2025https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2025-06-30/html/CREC-2025-06-30-pt1-PgS4132-8.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jun 30, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Collins's amendment to SA 2360, the substitute Thune offered for Graham. It adds a 39.6 percent rate on taxable income over $25 million ($50 million for joint filers) and raises the rural fund's first two years from $10 billion to $22.5 billion each.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  99. S.Amdt. 2812 to H.R. 1, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/amendment/119th-congress/senate-amendment/2812

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Collins. Ruled out of order by the chair on July 1, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  100. Roll Call Vote 355, motion to waive the Budget Act for Collins Amendment 2812https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00355.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    July 1, 2025. Rejected 22 to 78, with three-fifths needed; Collins Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  101. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins on generic drugs (29:25)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=1765s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    29:25-29:58. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  102. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Collins on insulin and generic drugs (4:50)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=290s

    CBS 13 News (WGME) · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    4:50-5:02. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  103. S. 297, Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act, 115th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/297

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Introduced February 2, 2017 by Collins for herself and Claire McCaskill. Section 101 has the FDA prioritize, and act within 150 days on, generic drug applications for drugs with little or no generic competition or on the drug shortage list.

    official legislative record

    For: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  104. Public Law 115-52, FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (H.R. 2430)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-115publ52

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Approved August 18, 2017. Section 801 has the FDA prioritize, and act within 8 months on, generic drug applications for drugs with no more than three approved versions and no blocking patents or exclusivities, or on the drug shortage list, and lets it speed up plant inspections for them.

    official legislative record

    For: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  105. Roll Call Vote 187, H.R. 2430, on passagehttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1151/vote_115_1_00187.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    August 3, 2017. Passed 94 to 1; Collins Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  106. Collins on the FDA Reauthorization Act, Congressional Record, August 3, 2017https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2017-08-03/html/CREC-2017-08-03-pt1-PgS4782-3.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Aug 3, 2017 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Her floor statement before passage. She says the bill includes key provisions, based on legislation she and McCaskill sponsored after the Aging Committee's investigation of price spikes, adopted unanimously as her amendment in committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  107. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Collins on ICE body cameras (44:45)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=2685s

    CBS 13 News (WGME) · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    44:45-45:18. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: ICE body cameras: the funding

  108. WMTW debate, October 8: Collins on ICE body cameras (50:22)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=3022s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    50:22-50:34. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: ICE body cameras: the funding

  109. Roll Call Vote 421, H.R. 2617, the 2023 spending billhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00421.htm

    U.S. Senate · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    December 22, 2022. The motion that passed the Senate's version of the spending bill was agreed to 68 to 29; Collins Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Lobstering and the right whale rules

  110. WABI/WAGM Senate debate, Collins on Medicare nutrition therapyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=2351s

    WABI / WAGM · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    39:11. Paraphrase of saved native English captions; no second transcript compared.

    candidate statement

    For: Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy

  111. S. 3934, Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3934

    Congress.gov / U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 26, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Collins sponsor confirmed by Congress.gov API; introduced text read from GovInfo. No law listed at the October 22 readback.

    official legislative record

    For: Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy

  112. WABI/WAGM Senate debate, Collins on tariff authorityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=2972s

    WABI / WAGM · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    49:32. Paraphrase of saved native English captions; no second transcript compared.

    candidate statement

    For: Congressional review of tariffs

  113. S. 1272, Trade Review Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1272

    Congress.gov / U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Apr 3, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Congress.gov confirms Collins cosponsorship. Introduced text sets the 60-day approval rule, excluding title VII antidumping and countervailing duties in section 2(d). No law listed at October 22 readback.

    official legislative record

    For: Congressional review of tariffs

  114. Maine Public Senate debate, Collins on campaign-finance reformhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=2717s

    Maine Public / NEWS CENTER Maine / Portland Press Herald · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    45:17. Paraphrase of saved native English captions; no second transcript compared.

    candidate statement

    For: McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform

  115. S. 27, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/27

    Congress.gov / U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    McCain sponsor and Collins cosponsor confirmed by Congress.gov API. Introduced text title verified. This is not a check of the legal validity or later judicial treatment of every provision.

    official legislative record

    For: McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform

  116. WABI / WAGM debate, Medicare home-health fraud screeninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=2485s

    WABI / WAGM · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    41:25; paraphrase of saved native English captions; no second transcript compared.

    candidate statement

    For: Medicare home-health fraud screening

  117. S. 5250, Medicare Home Health Payment Integrity and Protection Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5250

    Congress.gov / U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Primary record reviewed October 22, 2026 for this debate comparison.

    official legislative record

    For: Medicare home-health fraud screening

  118. Maine Public Senate debate, Collins on student-loan interesthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=75s

    Maine Public / NEWS CENTER Maine / Portland Press Herald · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 26, 2026

    1:15–1:29. Paraphrase of saved native English captions; no second transcript compared. Covers the bill introduction, not sole credit for enactment.

    candidate statement

    For: Student-loan interest deduction proposal

  119. S. 930, College Affordability and Access Act of 1997https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-105s930is/html/BILLS-105s930is.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jun 18, 1997 · Reviewed Oct 26, 2026

    105th Congress. Collins introduced the bill June18,1997; section3 proposes an education-loan-interest deduction. Congress.gov lists no law for this bill.

    official legislative record

    For: Student-loan interest deduction proposal

  120. Public Law 105-34, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-105publ34/html/PLAW-105publ34.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Aug 5, 1997 · Reviewed Oct 26, 2026

    H.R.2014, approved August5,1997. Section202 separately enacts an education-loan-interest deduction, with terms differing from S.930. No sole authorship or causal credit is assigned.

    official legislative record

    For: Student-loan interest deduction proposal

  121. Maine Public debate, Collins on mobile-home park waterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=2401s

    Maine Public / NEWS CENTER Maine / Portland Press Herald · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 26, 2026

    40:01–40:13. Paraphrase of saved native English captions; no second transcript compared. She does not name the park; Bay Bridge is a documented supporting example.

    candidate statement

    For: Bay Bridge Estates water funding

  122. Old Bath Rd Water Extension Ordinance, proposed October 21, 2024 (document)

    Town of Brunswick, Maine · Published Oct 21, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 26, 2026

    Three-page town packet records notice of a $1,940,000 federal award and funding sought through Collins, King and Pingree. Hearing/adoption fields are blank. No adoption or completed-construction finding.

    official office record

    For: Bay Bridge Estates water funding

  123. Maine Public debate, Collins on research fundinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=1120s

    Maine Public · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions; the exact proposed-cut percentage is not assessed.

    candidate statement

    For: NIH funding increase

  124. Congressional Record, H.R. 7148 appropriations debate, January 22, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-01-22/html/CREC-2026-01-22-pt1-PgH1185-2.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Appropriators report a $415 million NIH increase. The enacted NIH/ARPA-H funding text matches this bill block.

    official legislative record

    For: NIH funding increase

  125. Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 3, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Enacted February 3, 2026. Division B funds NIH and ARPA-H; the reported increase concerns this grouping, not all medical research.

    official legislative record

    For: NIH funding increase

  126. FY2026 Labor-HHS conference bill summary, page 2 (document)

    U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Reports $48.7 billion for NIH including ARPA-H, $415 million above FY2025. Complete summary read; the figure is attributed rather than independently recalculated from every prior-year account.

    official legislative record

    For: NIH funding increase

  127. Maine Public debate, Collins on Appropriations chairmanshiphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=89s

    Maine Public · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions at 1:29; the project totals mentioned nearby are not assessed.

    candidate statement

    For: Appropriations chair history

  128. S.Res.16, committee membership, agreed January 7, 2025https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119sres16ats/html/BILLS-119sres16ats.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 7, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Committee on Appropriations lists Ms. Collins (Chair).

    official legislative record

    For: Appropriations chair history

  129. Senate Appropriations Committee, Collins becomes chair, January 7, 2025https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/senator-collins-officially-becomes-chair-of-senate-appropriations-committee?source=email

    U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations · Published Jan 7, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Identifies Collins as the first Mainer to chair the committee in 92 years.

    official office record

    For: Appropriations chair history

  130. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, S.Pub.113-7, chair table, printed page 11 (document)

    U.S. Senate Historical Office · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Frederick Hale (R-ME) chaired in 1932–1933. Table runs through 2013; the separate 2025 announcement supplies the later history.

    official legislative record

    For: Appropriations chair history

  131. Senate Appropriations Committee membershiphttps://www.appropriations.senate.gov/about/members

    U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Current membership identifies Susan Collins of Maine as chair; historical dates are established separately.

    official office record

    For: Appropriations chair history

  132. Maine Public debate, Collins on the Safer Communities Acthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=3050s

    Maine Public · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions at 50:50. Card checks her vote; negotiating role, other gun claims and effects remain unassessed.

    candidate statement

    Maine Public debate, 2026-10-15

    Maine Public · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions; exact timestamp retained. Independent factual review and owner approval October 29, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; Assault-weapons ban extension

  133. Senate roll 242, S.2938, June 23, 2022https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00242.htm

    U.S. Senate · Published Jun 23, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Collins voted Yea; the motion carried 65–33.

    official legislative record

    For: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

  134. Public Law 117-159, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, June 25, 2022https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ159/html/PLAW-117publ159.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jun 25, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Enacted June 25, 2022. This supports law status, not the individual negotiating role or effects.

    official legislative record

    For: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

  135. Bipartisan Group of Senators Announce Agreement, June 12, 2022https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/bipartisan-group-of-senators-announce-agreement

    Office of Senator Chris Murphy · Published Jun 12, 2022 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Murphy’s June 12, 2022 office announcement names Collins among 20 senators issuing a gun-safety proposal. Reed’s June 13 statement names her among its ten Republican supporters. These concern the same framework and establish public support, not her negotiating role. Retain Senate roll 242 and Public Law 117-159 for the unchanged vote and enactment facts.

    official legislative record

    For: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

  136. Reed: Bipartisan Gun Safety Framework Is an Overdue Step Forward, June 13, 2022https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-bipartisan-gun-safety-framework-is-an-overdue-step-forward-but-more-action-needed

    Office of Senator Jack Reed · Published Jun 13, 2022 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Official-office commentary names Collins among ten Republican supporters of the same framework. Reed is not among the June 12 announcement’s 20 issuers. This establishes support, not her negotiating role.

    official legislative record

    For: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

  137. WABI debate, 2026-10-13https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=2389s

    WABI · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Paraphrase from the dated debate; timestamp links to the statement.

    candidate statement

    For: Rural medical-residency proposal

  138. S.5232, Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5232

    U.S. Congress · Published Aug 4, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Collins is an original cosponsor; the bill remains a proposal.

    official legislative record

    For: Rural medical-residency proposal

  139. S.5232 introduced text, August 4, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s5232is/html/BILLS-119s5232is.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Aug 4, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Authorizes rural residency grants, including family medicine and obstetrics.

    official legislative record

    For: Rural medical-residency proposal

  140. S.5232 official sponsorship and action history (document)

    U.S. Congress · Published Aug 4, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Smith sponsored the bill; Collins joined as an original cosponsor August 4.

    official legislative record

    For: Rural medical-residency proposal

  141. Maine Public debate, 2026-10-15https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=385s

    Maine Public · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Paraphrase from the dated debate; timestamp links to the statement.

    candidate statement

    For: Hegseth confirmation vote

  142. Senate roll 15, Hegseth confirmation, January 24, 2025https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00015.htm

    U.S. Senate · Published Jan 24, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Collins voted Nay; senators split 50–50.

    official legislative record

    For: Hegseth confirmation vote

  143. Senate proceedings, January 24, 2025https://www.dailypress.senate.gov/friday-january-24-2025/

    U.S. Senate Daily Press Gallery · Published Jan 24, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Vice President Vance voted in the affirmative to break the tie.

    official legislative record

    For: Hegseth confirmation vote

  144. WABI debate, 2026-10-13https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=3498s

    WABI · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Paraphrase from the dated debate; timestamp links to the statement.

    candidate statement

    For: Data-center cost guardrails

  145. S.5028 official cosponsorship and action history (document)

    U.S. Congress · Published Sep 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Collins cosponsored September 22, 2026; the bill has not become law.

    official legislative record

    For: Data-center cost guardrails

  146. Senate roll 254, motion to proceed to H.R.9340, September 30, 2026https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00254.htm

    U.S. Senate · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Collins voted Yea; cloture failed 57–43.

    official legislative record

    For: Data-center cost guardrails

  147. H.R.9340 House-passed text, Ratepayer Protection Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr9340eh/html/BILLS-119hr9340eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Sep 16, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Requires considering electricity-cost standards, not their automatic adoption.

    official legislative record

    For: Data-center cost guardrails

  148. H.R.9340 official action history (document)

    U.S. Congress · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    The motion to proceed failed; the bill has not become law.

    official legislative record

    For: Data-center cost guardrails

  149. WABI debate, 2026-10-13https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=981s

    WABI · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Paraphrase from the dated debate; timestamp links to the statement.

    candidate statement

    For: Early heating-aid request

  150. Bipartisan LIHEAP early-release letter, September 17, 2026, signed Susan M. Collins (document)

    U.S. Senate · Published Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Requests distribution before the November 1 deadline; it does not establish causation.

    official legislative record

    For: Early heating-aid request

  151. Collins office, bipartisan LIHEAP release request, September 17, 2026https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/as-home-heating-season-approaches-senators-collins-reed-murkowski-lead-bipartisan-call-for-trump-administration-to-swiftly-release-liheap-funding

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Published Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Identifies the shared early-release request and signers.

    official office record

    For: Early heating-aid request

  152. Federal LIHEAP Clearinghouse, first FY2027 funding release, October 9, 2026https://liheapch.acf.gov/news/oct_26/first-funding-release-fy2027

    Administration for Children and Families · Published Oct 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Reports the October 9 release; it does not establish earliest-ever timing.

    official office record

    For: Early heating-aid request

  153. Maine Public debate, 2026-10-15https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=3095s

    Maine Public · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions; timestamp links to surrounding statement.

    candidate statement

    For: Bump-stock ban proposal

  154. S.1909 official sponsorship and action history (document)

    U.S. Congress · Published Jun 8, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Collins original cosponsor; introduction/referral only and no law.

    official legislative record

    For: Bump-stock ban proposal

  155. S.1909 introduced text, BUMP Act of2023https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1909is/html/BILLS-118s1909is.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jun 8, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Proposes prohibiting enumerated rate-increasing devices and modifications, with exceptions.

    official legislative record

    For: Bump-stock ban proposal

  156. S.1909 all actionshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1909/all-actions

    U.S. Congress · Published Jun 8, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only introduction/referral listed; no enactment. This does not establish the absence of a Collins vote on every related measure.

    official legislative record

    For: Bump-stock ban proposal

  157. WABI debate, 2026-10-13https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=1851s

    WABI · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions; exact timestamp retained. Independent factual review and owner approval October 29, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Large-investor housing purchases

  158. Senate roll call 182, June 22, 2026https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00182.htm

    U.S. Senate · Published Jun 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Collins Yea on final concurrence with SA5823, 85–5. Legislative history binds this version to Public Law 119-101.

    official legislative record

    For: Large-investor housing purchases

  159. Public Law 119-101, section 1001https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Covered 350-home investor threshold; exceptions, no forced divestiture, 180-day delayed start January 7, 2027.

    official legislative record

    For: Large-investor housing purchases

  160. WABI debate, 2026-10-13https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=3788s

    WABI · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions; exact timestamp retained. Independent factual review and owner approval October 29, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: DHS inspector-general annual funding

  161. H.R.7147, House-passed text, OIG operations and supporthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7147eh/html/BILLS-119hr7147eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    The measure Collins voted to advance already contained $257,599,000 for the OIG annual account.

    official legislative record

    For: DHS inspector-general annual funding

  162. Public Law 118-47, Division C, Title I, OIG operationshttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ47/html/PLAW-118publ47.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 23, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Annual operations base $220,127,000, subsequently continued for FY2025.

    official legislative record

    For: DHS inspector-general annual funding

  163. Public Law 119-4, section 1101(a)(6)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ4/html/PLAW-119publ4.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 15, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Continues the DHS annual base; carryover rescission is separate. Defined annual-base change is 17.0229%.

    official legislative record

    For: DHS inspector-general annual funding

  164. Senate roll call 24, Feinstein amendment 2637, March 2, 2004https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1082/vote_108_2_00024.htm

    U.S. Senate · Published Mar 2, 2004 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Collins Yea on ten-year extension amendment to S.1805; agreed 52–47. Amendment agreement was not enactment.

    official legislative record

    For: Assault-weapons ban extension

  165. Senate roll call 30, S.1805 as amended, March 2, 2004https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1082/vote_108_2_00030.htm

    U.S. Senate · Published Mar 2, 2004 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Collins Nay; final amended bill failed 8–90. Does not establish motive or the full debate explanation.

    official legislative record

    For: Assault-weapons ban extension

  166. WABI debate, October 13, 2026, 50:36–51:03https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=3036s

    WABI · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions; timestamp links to the statement.

    candidate statement

    For: Canadian salt and cement tariff relief

  167. Collins signed tariff letter, August 28, 2026, pages 1–2 (document)

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Published Aug 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    The signed letter requests road-salt and cement tariff exemptions; it establishes advocacy, not her role in securing relief.

    official office record

    For: Canadian salt and cement tariff relief

  168. Presidential Proclamation 11065, September 8, 2026, paragraph 1 and Annex I Part B (document)

    Federal Register · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Dated September 8, effective September 15: removes the extra 50% duty on Canadian salt (HTS 2501.00.00) and nonwhite Portland cement (HTS 2523.29.00). Other duties may continue; this does not establish pulp relief or Collins’s causal role.

    official legislative record

    For: Canadian salt and cement tariff relief

  169. Collins FY2024 THUD funding request, Centre Street Housing, page 2 (document)

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Page 2: Centre Street Housing, Bath Housing Development Corporation, $4 million, low/moderate-income rental housing.

    official office record

    For: Bath housing funding

  170. Final FY2024 THUD project-funding table, Centre Street Housing, page 187 (document)

    U.S. House Appropriations Committee · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Page 187: Centre Street Housing, Bath Housing Development Corporation, $4 million; Collins listed as Senate requestor. Final table bound by Public Law 118-42.

    official legislative record

    For: Bath housing funding

  171. Public Law 118-42, section 4 and Division F, Title IIhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ42/html/PLAW-118publ42.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Enacted March 9, 2024. Section 4 and Division F, Title II bind the final housing-funding table.

    official legislative record

    Public Law 118-42, section 4 and Division D, Title III

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Enacted March 9, 2024. Section 4 and Division D, Title III bind the final Energy Projects allocation table.

    official legislative record

    For: Bath housing funding; 3D-printed housing research

  172. Collins FY2023 THUD funding request, St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, page 10 (document)

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Page 10: $4 million for St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, Lewiston Housing Authority, proposing senior housing and services.

    official office record

    For: Lewiston center funding

  173. Final FY2023 THUD project-funding table, St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, Congressional Record S9475 (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 20, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    S9475 (PDF page 151): St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, Lewiston Housing Authority, $4 million; Collins listed as Senate requestor. Final allocation bound by Public Law 117-328.

    official legislative record

    For: Lewiston center funding

  174. Collins FY2024 Energy and Water request, BioHome3D, page 2 (document)

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Page 2 requests $4 million for University of Maine System BioHome3D affordable-housing research.

    official office record

    For: 3D-printed housing research

  175. Final FY2024 Energy and Water allocation table, BioHome3D, page 29 (document)

    U.S. House Appropriations Committee · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Final updated table, page 29: University of Maine System, BioHome3D research, $4 million; Collins and King listed as requestors.

    official legislative record

    For: 3D-printed housing research

  176. Final FY2024 DOE explanatory statement, Energy Projects, pages 79 and 173 (document)

    U.S. Department of Energy · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Page 79 lists 4,000 in thousands under Congressionally Directed Spending for Energy Projects; page 173 identifies Collins and King. Public Law 118-42 binds this final table.

    official legislative record

    For: 3D-printed housing research

  177. DOE BioHome3D determination CX-032997 / DE-EE0011452, January 17, 2025 (document)

    U.S. Department of Energy · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    DOE’s January 2025 review excludes construction or operation of a future off-site facility.

    official office record

    For: 3D-printed housing research

  178. Penquis BioHome3D project descriptionhttps://www.penquis.org/pages/biohome3d-printed-homes

    Penquis · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    The planned neighborhood is described as Greater Bangor.

    original reporting

    For: 3D-printed housing research

  179. 2026 General Election candidate list (document)

    Maine Secretary of State · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Spreadsheet listing Susan M. Collins and Troy D. Jackson for U.S. Senate. Linked from the Secretary of State's upcoming-elections page, reviewed September 23, 2026. Read by hand; the verifier cannot read spreadsheets (sha256 c628e48f...03ea).

    official election record

    For: Official candidate list reviewed

  180. 2026 candidate withdrawals and replacement candidate nominations after the June 9 primary, updated September 22, 2026 (document)

    Maine Secretary of State · Published Sep 22, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists Graham C. Platner, Democrat, withdrawn from the U.S. Senate race on July 10, 2026, and Troy D. Jackson of Allagash as the replacement candidate, received July 27, 2026. Read as a PDF (sha256 c2198174...2d92c).

    official election record

    For: Official candidate list reviewed; Jackson's nomination received; The Democratic primary winner withdraws

  181. Troy Jackson Raises $2 Million Since Securing Democratic Nominationhttps://www.jacksonformaine.com/news/troy-jackson-raises-2-million-since-securing-democratic-nomination

    Troy Jackson for Maine · Published Jul 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign release of July 27, 2026, a Monday. It says he secured the nomination at "Saturday's Maine Democratic Party convention". At the September 23 review, its fundraising figures awaited the committee’s first report.

    candidate statement

    For: Jackson's nomination received

  182. COLLINS FOR SENATOR, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Principal campaign committee, covering May 21 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026, read from OpenFEC on September 23, 2026 as the most recent report. With the pre-primary report for April 1 to May 20 ($1,701,742.11), second-quarter receipts come to $5,706,523.78, which matches the $5.7 million her campaign announced.

    fec filing

    For: Collins files her July Quarterly report; FEC filing snapshot