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U.S. Senate

Maine
Statewide

Election day: November 3, 2026

Two candidates are on Maine's U.S. Senate ballot. Declared write-ins have a separate list.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated November 2, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Nov 2, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Susan M. Collins

Republican

One stated goal Health care that is more affordable and accessible for families, seniors and people in rural Maine.

One checked action 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.

Campaign cash $11,038,115 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $4,281,989; Corporation PACs: $386,200.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

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.

Troy D. Jackson

Democratic

One stated goal Medicare for All, and lower prescription drug costs.

One checked action Two prescription-drug bills he sponsored as Senate President became law: LD 1499, which created the Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board, and LD 1272, on access to low-cost prescription drugs.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

The FEC received his October Quarterly report on October 15, 2026. The committee-money breakdown and no-corporate-PAC claim are still being checked.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

  • Susan M. CollinsRepublican
  • Troy D. JacksonDemocratic

Declared write-ins are listed separately by the election authority.

Source: Maine Secretary of State

Checked September 2, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

Goals come from each campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

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.

Troy D. Jackson

Background

  • A former President of the Maine Senate: the Legislature's law library lists him as President from 2019 to 2024.
  • His campaign says he spent twenty years in the legislature, six of them as Senate President.
  • The Secretary of State received his nomination as the Democratic replacement candidate on July 27, 2026, after Graham C. Platner withdrew on July 10 following the June primary. His campaign says he secured the nomination at the party's convention the Saturday before.
  • His campaign describes him as a logger from Allagash, the son and grandson of loggers, with an associate's degree from the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

What they say they want to do

  • Medicare for All, and lower prescription drug costs.
  • Higher taxes on billionaires and on corporations, which his campaign says should pay their fair share, and tax cuts for the working class.
  • A federal right to abortion, civil rights legislation protecting the LGBTQ+ community, and protection of the right to vote and organize.
  • Dismantling and abolishing ICE; and ending what his campaign calls the genocide in Gaza, with no U.S. tax dollars for Israel's military.
  • A ban on members of Congress trading stock, and overturning Citizens United to get dark money out of politics.

What the official record shows

  • Two prescription-drug bills he sponsored as Senate President became law: LD 1499, which created the Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board, and LD 1272, on access to low-cost prescription drugs.
  • Voted Yea as the Senate enacted the 2021 state budget 32 to 2; its Part OOOO carried the universal school meals sections of his own bill, LD 1679, word for word except one corrected program name.
  • Voted Yea as the Senate enacted LD 1619, the reproductive privacy law of which he was the first-named cosponsor, 20 to 11.
  • Voted Yea as the Senate enacted the 2023 state budget 22 to 9; its Part AAA created Maine's paid family and medical leave program.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

The FEC received his October Quarterly report on October 15, 2026. The committee-money breakdown and no-corporate-PAC claim are still being checked.

Source: Federal Election Commission

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

  • Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up

    Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 22, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

  • Reproductive Freedom for All endorsed Troy Jackson on August 26, The Guardian reported.

    As of Sep 3, 2026.

Latest record

Updates to this race desk.

Public statement

Did Collins oppose the Russian diesel deal?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Public statement

Did Collins help advance Ukraine aid in 2024?

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.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Public statement

Did Collins vote to fund WIC?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Public statement

Was Jackson in Maine’s Senate when the 2025 budget passed?

He was not a member of the 2025–26 Maine Senate. That Senate passed LD210, a budget for fiscal 2026–27, on June 18, 2025; it became law June 20.

Named in this record: Troy D. Jackson

Public statement

Did Jackson’s campaign report $15,000 in charity donations?

His campaign reported four charity donations totaling $15,000 on September 30, 2026: $5,000 each to Good Shepherd Food Bank and United Way of Southern Maine, and $2,500 each to Maine Needs and Augusta Food Bank.

Named in this record: Troy D. Jackson

Public statement

Collins’s joint investigation request checked

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.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Public statement

Collins’s gun-safety support updated

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.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Public statement

Jackson’s Maine veto counts checked

For bills Jackson introduced in 2011–24, the records show 7 vetoes under Mills and 20 under LePage. Including bills he cosponsored gives 11 and 56. These counts include vetoes later overridden. He did not identify which bills he counted.

Named in this record: Troy D. Jackson

Public statement

Collins’s DHS de-escalation funding checked

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.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Public statement

Collins’s Scarborough housing technology funding checked

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.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Collins seek tariff relief for Canadian salt and cement?

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.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Collins’s Bath housing request and appropriation checked

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Collins’s BioHome3D research request and appropriation checked

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Collins’s Lewiston center request and appropriation checked

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Campaign finance

Do Jackson’s filings show broad small-dollar support?

Filings through October 14 support broad small-dollar backing: about 95% of recorded gifts were $100 or less. This counts donations, not individual donors.

Named in this record: Troy D. Jackson

Official action

Did Collins back limits on large investors buying homes?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Collins back a 17% increase for the DHS inspector general?

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.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Susan Collins back a bump-stock ban?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Susan Collins vote to extend the federal assault-weapons ban?

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.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Susan Collins push for early heating-aid funding?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Susan Collins back data-center electricity-cost guardrails?

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.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Susan Collins help introduce a rural medical-residency bill?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Susan Collins vote against Pete Hegseth’s confirmation?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Troy Jackson sponsor a lower-cost insulin proposal?

Jackson sponsored a discounted-insulin proposal that died in 2024; the bill he meant and its $30 figure remain unverified.

Named in this record: Troy D. Jackson

Official action

Did Susan Collins back the 2026 increase in NIH funding?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Was Collins Maine’s first Appropriations chair in nearly a century?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Troy Jackson vote to fund resident-owned mobile-home parks?

Jackson voted for the 2024 law funding mobile-home preservation and resident-owned co-ops; it establishes a shared role, not sole authorship.

Named in this record: Troy D. Jackson

Official action

Did Troy Jackson work to expand Maine’s child-care support?

Jackson sponsored a child-care expansion proposal; Maine’s governor credits it with the budget’s doubled stipend funding, rather than a separate enacted bill.

Named in this record: Troy D. Jackson

Official action

Did Susan Collins back the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act?

Collins voted for the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; that vote does not independently establish her negotiating role or the law’s effects.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Campaign finance

Did Troy Jackson file his first campaign-finance report on time?

The FEC received Jackson’s first quarterly report on its October 15 deadline; that filing date does not establish the donor count he cited.

Named in this record: Troy D. Jackson

Reported context

Did Susan Collins help fund water service for Bay Bridge Estates?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Official action

Did Susan Collins introduce a student-loan interest deduction bill?

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

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Public statement

Collins’s campaign-finance cosponsorship checked

Collins’s October 15 debate statement about backing McCain-Feingold matches the Senate’s cosponsor record for the 2001 bill. The comparison verifies cosponsorship without ranking how early she joined.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins

Public statement

Four Maine Senate debate comparisons added

From the October 13 WABI/WAGM debate: Collins’s medical-nutrition, trade-review and home-health fraud bills, plus Jackson’s work on the Caribou veterans’ home. The three federal bills remain proposals. The veterans’ home comparison documents the state law and the board’s decision, without assigning sole credit.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins, Troy D. Jackson

Public statement

Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

From the October 6 WGME and October 8 WMTW debates. Susan Collins's votes on the Iran war, the Canada tariffs and three Supreme Court justices match what she said, as do her claims on the 2004 intelligence law and a bill to write Roe into law. Her claims on the rural health fund, generic drugs, ICE body cameras and lobster rules match in direction. Troy Jackson's claims on the northern Maine transmission line, 2023 heating relief and the 2019 solar law match the record; his offshore wind and MaineCare claims match in direction.

Named in this record: Susan M. Collins, Troy D. Jackson

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Republican

Susan M. Collins

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

FEC candidate
S6ME00159
Principal committee
C00314575

Public profiles

  • X @SenSusanCollinsThe X account the campaign site links, which carries her Senate title. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
  • Instagram @susancollinsforsenatePublic profile linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.
  • Facebook collins4senatorPublic page linked by the campaign site.

Democratic

Troy D. Jackson

Former President of the Maine Senate, and the Democratic nominee: on July 27, 2026 the Secretary of State received his nomination to replace the primary winner, who had withdrawn on July 10.

FEC candidate
S6ME00464
Principal committee
C00955609

Public profiles

  • X @troyjackson207Public profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
  • Instagram @troyjackson207Public profile linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.
  • Facebook TroyJacksonmainePublic page linked by the campaign site.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Health care and drug costs

Susan M. Collins

Her campaign says making health care more affordable and accessible for families, seniors and people in rural Maine is one of her priorities. In a July op-ed she backs the INSULIN Act, which would cap insulin at $35 a month for people with private or employer insurance.

Troy D. Jackson

His campaign's priorities are to pass Medicare for All and to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

Social Security

Collins's campaign calls the Social Security Fairness Act her work, and its pages set out no plan for the program's finances or benefits; Jackson's would scrap the cap on taxed earnings, raise benefits and never back a higher retirement age or privatization. For 20 years Collins introduced the Fairness Act beside its Senate sponsor, never as sponsor herself. She voted for the House version, which became law in January 2025.

What each campaign says

Susan M. Collins

Her campaign presents the Social Security Fairness Act as her work and calls her the leader in the Senate for Social Security. The campaign pages reviewed set out no plan for the program's finances or benefit levels.

Troy D. Jackson

In a Bangor Daily News op-ed his campaign republished, he proposes scrapping the cap on earnings subject to the Social Security tax and increasing benefits, and says he will never support raising the retirement age or privatizing the program.

Abortion

Collins's campaign site states no position on abortion; in the Senate she introduced bills in 2022 and 2023 aimed at writing Roe v. Wade's protections into law. Jackson's campaign backs a federal right to abortion. Collins's bills got no committee or floor vote. Jackson voted for Maine's 2023 law removing criminal penalties for abortion, as first-named cosponsor, and for a 2019 law requiring MaineCare to cover abortion; he is the sponsor of record of neither.

What each campaign says

Susan M. Collins

Her campaign site states no position on abortion; its pages and 213 posts were searched. In the Senate, in 2022, she introduced the Reproductive Choice Act with Lisa Murkowski, saying it would codify the protections of Roe v. Wade and Casey. In 2023 she was one of four senators who introduced the Reproductive Freedom for All Act, with the same aim.

Troy D. Jackson

His campaign's priorities include passing a federal right to abortion. He says that in the Maine Senate he helped pass some of the strongest protections for abortion access in the country.

Jobs, wages and taxes

Susan M. Collins

Her campaign says she has fought to expand access to workforce training so Mainers can secure good-paying jobs, and that as Appropriations chairman she has secured federal money for workforce programs. It states no position on tax rates.

Troy D. Jackson

His campaign's priorities include taxing billionaires, making corporations pay what it calls their fair share, and tax cuts for the working class. At a Labor Day event he said every full-time worker should have guaranteed paid time off.

Immigration enforcement

Susan M. Collins

Her campaign's spokesman defended her vote to keep the Department of Homeland Security operating and called for leaders focused on keeping government funded and standing behind the officers who protect the country. The campaign pages reviewed state no broader immigration position.

Troy D. Jackson

His campaign's priorities include dismantling and abolishing ICE.

Money in politics and ethics

Susan M. Collins

No position on campaign finance, dark money or congressional stock trading was found on her campaign site: the Home, About, Track Record, FAQ and Get the Facts pages and the site's 213 posts were searched.

Troy D. Jackson

His campaign's priorities include banning members of Congress from trading stock and overturning Citizens United to get dark money out of politics. His campaign says he is not backed by corporate PACs or billionaire donors.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Matches stated direction

What they say

Jackson said he donated $15,000 from oil and pharmaceutical donors to heating and food charities.

What the record shows ·

His campaign reported four charity donations totaling $15,000 on September 30, 2026.

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What they say

Jackson said he donated $15,000 from oil and pharmaceutical donors to heating and food charities.

What the record shows ·

His campaign reported four charity donations totaling $15,000 on September 30, 2026: $5,000 each to Good Shepherd Food Bank and United Way of Southern Maine, and $2,500 each to Maine Needs and Augusta Food Bank.

Limit: The filings report payments; they do not trace those dollars to particular donors.

Matches stated direction

What they say

Jackson said he was out of the Legislature and did not put together Maine’s latest budget.

What the record shows ·

He was not a member of the 2025–26 Maine Senate. That Senate passed LD210, a budget for fiscal 2026–27, on June 18, 2025; it became law June 20.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Jackson said he was out of the Legislature and did not put together Maine’s latest budget.

What the record shows ·

He was not a member of the 2025–26 Maine Senate. That Senate passed LD210, a budget for fiscal 2026–27, on June 18, 2025; it became law June 20.

Limit: This checks the 2025 budget session, not his longer absence estimate, earlier policies or responsibility for the budget gap.

Matches stated direction

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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Quotes, full record and limits

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.

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

Matches stated record claim

What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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.

Matches stated direction

What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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.

No assessment

What they say

On October 15, Jackson said Mills vetoed 40 of his bills and LePage 50.

What the record shows

For bills Jackson introduced, records show 7 vetoes under Mills and 20 under LePage; including cosponsored bills gives 11 and 56. He did not identify which bills he counted.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

On October 15, Jackson said Mills vetoed 40 of his bills and LePage 50.

What the record shows

For bills Jackson introduced in 2011–24, the records show 7 vetoes under Mills and 20 under LePage. Including bills he cosponsored gives 11 and 56. These counts include vetoes later overridden.

Why there is no assessment here

He did not identify which bills he counted.

Limit: These totals exclude broader leadership support, pocket vetoes and line-item vetoes.

Matches stated direction

What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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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What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

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

What the record shows ·

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.

Matches stated record claim

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.

What the record shows ·

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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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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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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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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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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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)”

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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.

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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.

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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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His campaign says that in the legislature he passed universal school meals.

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His school meals bill passed in the same words as part of the 2021 state budget, which he voted for; it did not pass as his own bill.

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His campaign says that in the legislature he passed universal school meals.

“passed universal school meals”

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In May 2021, as Senate President, he sponsored LD 1679, a bill requiring schools to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to students who do not qualify for free or reduced-price meals, with the state paying the difference. Its operative sections were enacted in the same words, with one program name corrected, as Part OOOO of the state budget, Public Law 2021, chapter 398, which the Senate enacted 32 to 2 on June 30, 2021 with his Yea vote; the Governor signed it on July 1. The Maine statutes credit the universal-meals paragraphs to that Part, which also created a Meals for Students Fund to pay the state's share. LD 1679 itself was later rewritten and enacted in 2022 as a narrower law on online meal applications.

Limit: It did not pass as his bill: the law is a Part of the budget, which 32 senators voted for. What ties it to him is the text, which is his bill's with one program name corrected, and his vote. The match between the two documents was read by hand and checked again by a word-level comparison, because both are published only as PDFs. The requirement has been amended since and applies to schools that take part in the federal school meal programs.

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In an op-ed his campaign republished, he says that as Senate President he sponsored one of the strongest abortion protection laws in the country, which removed criminal penalties and left care to doctors' medical judgment.

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He was first-named cosponsor and backed the 2023 repeal of abortion criminal penalties; the Speaker sponsored it. A strongest-in-the-country comparison is not established.

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In an op-ed his campaign republished, he says that as Senate President he sponsored one of the strongest abortion protection laws in the country, which removed criminal penalties and left care to doctors' medical judgment.

“I sponsored one of the strongest abortion protection laws in the country, which stripped away criminal penalties targeting abortion care and protected the ability of doctors to provide care based on their medical judgment”

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The law is LD 1619, An Act to Improve Maine's Reproductive Privacy Laws, a Governor's bill presented by Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, who is its sponsor of record. He was its first-named cosponsor. He voted Yea when the Senate enacted it 20 to 11 on July 6, 2023 (Roll Call 483), and it became Public Law 2023, chapter 416 on July 19. The law repealed both criminal provisions in the abortion statute, the Class C crime for an unlicensed person performing an abortion and the section on criminal liability after viability, and allows an abortion after viability when a licensed physician judges it necessary.

Limit: The Legislature lists the Speaker as the sponsor and Jackson as a cosponsor. Whether it is one of the strongest such laws in the country is a comparison no official record makes.

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At a Labor Day event, in words his campaign republished, he said: we passed paid family and medical leave in Maine.

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The program passed as part of the 2023 state budget, which he voted for as one of 22 senators; it was not a bill of his.

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At a Labor Day event, in words his campaign republished, he said: we passed paid family and medical leave in Maine.

“We passed paid family medical leave in Maine, and there’s no damn reason workers in every other state shouldn’t have the same basic dignity.”

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Maine's paid family and medical leave program was enacted in the 2023 state budget, as Part AAA of Public Law 2023, chapter 412. The Senate enacted the budget 22 to 9 on July 6, 2023 (Roll Call 484) with his Yea vote, and the Governor signed it on July 11. The Maine statutes credit the program's provisions to that Part. The stand-alone bill on the subject, LD 1964, sponsored by Senator Matthea Daughtry, died when the Legislature adjourned.

Limit: "We" fits how it passed: as one Part of a budget that 22 senators voted for, not as a bill of his. The record shows his vote and the enactment. What the program pays and when benefits began are set in the statute and were not checked here.

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His campaign says that in the legislature he fought hard to successfully lower prescription drug prices.

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He sponsored two 2019 prescription drug laws, one creating a drug affordability board, and a 2021 bill that was vetoed; the record does not show whether prices fell.

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His campaign says that in the legislature he fought hard to successfully lower prescription drug prices.

“Troy fought hard to successfully lower prescription drug prices”

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In 2019, as Senate President, he sponsored two prescription-drug bills that became law: LD 1499, which created the Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board, and LD 1272, An Act To Increase Access to Low-cost Prescription Drugs. The Senate accepted the committee's majority report on each 35 to 0 on June 11, 2019, with his Yea vote (Roll Calls 264 and 263), and later enacted both without a recorded vote; the House enacted them 126 to 15 and 138 to 3. Both were signed on June 24, 2019, as Public Law 2019, chapters 471 and 472. In 2021 he sponsored LD 1117, An Act To Prevent Excessive Prices for Prescription Drugs. Both chambers passed it, the Governor vetoed it, and the Senate's override vote, 20 to 14 with his Yea, fell short of the 23 votes needed (Roll Call 506). In 2024 his LD 2114 became a resolve, Resolve 2024, chapter 177, directing the Superintendent of Insurance to collect data on how insurers cover generic drugs and biosimilars and to report to the Legislature.

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The claim is that prices came down, and no official source read for this desk publishes that figure. The laws set up a board and a program; the record shows them enacted, not what they changed at the pharmacy counter. The next test is the Prescription Drug Affordability Board's annual reports to the Legislature.

Limit: Sponsorship, his votes and enactment are on the record; the outcome the sentence claims is not.

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His campaign says he is not backed by corporate PACs or billionaire donors.

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It reported $5,000 from Maui Land and Pineapple Company Inc Federal PAC on August 20, 2026. The FEC classifies it as a Corporation PAC; no refund to it appears in reports through October 14.

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His campaign says he is not backed by corporate PACs or billionaire donors.

“Troy isn't backed by corporate PACs or billionaire donors.”

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It reported $5,000 from Maui Land and Pineapple Company Inc Federal PAC on August 20, 2026. The FEC classifies it as a Corporation PAC; no refund to it appears in reports through October 14.

Limit: This checks one PAC gift through October 14, not later transactions or the full pledge, including billionaire backing.

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On October 6 he said he passed a bill to create a transmission line to Aroostook County, to bring in wind power and jobs. On October 8 he said the line has not failed and that the Public Utilities Commission has bids for it.

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He sponsored the 2021 law that has regulators seek bids for a northern Maine line; the first round ended in 2023 and the commission's page shows no award from the second yet.

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On October 6 he said he passed a bill to create a transmission line to Aroostook County, to bring in wind power and jobs. On October 8 he said the line has not failed and that the Public Utilities Commission has bids for it.

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In 2021, as Senate President, he sponsored LD 1710. It became Public Law 2021, chapter 380, signed June 29, 2021, which set up the Northern Maine Renewable Energy Development Program and has the Public Utilities Commission seek bids for a line to connect at least 1,200 megawatts of new renewable power in northern Maine. The commission ended its first round of bidding in December 2023 and started over; it reopened its new call for bids on April 28, 2026. The program is still law, amended in 2023 and 2025.

Limit: A law that puts a line out to bid is not a built line. The first round ended without one, and the commission's page shows no award from the second yet, so whether and when the line gets built is not settled.

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In the October 8 debate he said that in Maine he put forward a $400 million heating relief package that won support from both parties and passed as an emergency.

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He was the only cosponsor of the Speaker's January 2023 emergency law, which passed with two-thirds of each chamber and paid $450 relief checks; it came to about $469 million.

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In the October 8 debate he said that in Maine he put forward a $400 million heating relief package that won support from both parties and passed as an emergency.

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LD 3, presented by Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross in December 2022 with Jackson, then Senate President, as its only cosponsor, set up the Winter Energy Relief Payment Program. It put $398 million into one-time $450 relief payments and $71 million into heating aid and emergency housing. As an emergency bill it needed two-thirds of each chamber. The House enacted it 114 to 29, with Republicans among the yeas, and the Senate the same day, January 4, 2023, and the Governor signed it that day as Public Law 2023, chapter 1.

Limit: The Legislature lists the Speaker as sponsor and him as cosponsor. The package was larger than he said, about $469 million. The captions have him saying he was appropriations chair then; he was Senate President. The Senate's final vote was not a roll call, so it does not show how each senator voted.

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Asked on October 8 about his 2019 cosponsorship of and vote for LD 1711, the solar net energy billing law, he said it was Senator Dow's bill, a Republican from Lincoln County, that it cost more than it should have, and that the Legislature has reformed it twice since.

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He cosponsored and voted for Senator Dow's 2019 law, and later laws, two passed while he was Senate President, changed the program; how much the changes saved is not checked.

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Asked on October 8 about his 2019 cosponsorship of and vote for LD 1711, the solar net energy billing law, he said it was Senator Dow's bill, a Republican from Lincoln County, that it cost more than it should have, and that the Legislature has reformed it twice since.

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LD 1711 was sponsored by Senator Dana Dow, a Lincoln County Republican, with Jackson among its cosponsors. He voted Yea when the Senate accepted the committee's report 32 to 2 on June 17, 2019, and it became Public Law 2019, chapter 478. Later laws changed the program it created, two of them net energy billing bills passed while he was Senate President: LD 936 in 2021 and LD 1986 in 2023. A 2025 law changed it again.

Limit: The record shows the bill, his vote and the later laws. How much the changes saved ratepayers is in regulators' and the public advocate's reports, which were not read here.

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In the October 6 debate he said he passed bills to keep offshore wind out of Maine's fishing areas.

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He cosponsored and voted for a 2023 law favoring offshore wind outside the main lobster grounds without banning it there; a 2021 law bars it from state waters, with no record of his part.

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In the October 6 debate he said he passed bills to keep offshore wind out of Maine's fishing areas.

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In 2023 he cosponsored LD 1895, Senator Mark Lawrence's offshore wind bill, and voted Yea when the Senate accepted the committee's report 20 to 13 on June 22. It became Public Law 2023, chapter 481, on July 27, 2023. The law has the state support offshore wind built outside the part of the Gulf of Maine where most lobster fishing happens, and tells regulators to give priority to projects outside Lobster Management Area 1. In 2021, while he was Senate President, the Legislature passed Lawrence's emergency bill LD 1619, which bars offshore wind projects from state waters, with exceptions for research, and cites the lobster fishery. It lists no cosponsors and had no roll call.

Limit: The 2023 law favors projects outside the main lobster grounds; it does not ban them there. The 2021 ban covers state waters only, and the record does not show his part in it. The Legislature lists Lawrence as sponsor of both and Jackson as a cosponsor of the 2023 one.

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In the October 8 debate he said he made sure low-income women had access to reproductive rights through MaineCare, the state's Medicaid program.

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He voted for the 2019 law, passed 19 to 16 in the Senate, that requires MaineCare to cover abortion; he did not sponsor it.

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In the October 8 debate he said he made sure low-income women had access to reproductive rights through MaineCare, the state's Medicaid program.

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As Senate President in 2019 he voted Yea when the Senate accepted the committee's report on LD 820, 19 to 16, on May 14, and again when it enacted the bill, 19 to 16, on June 12. It became Public Law 2019, chapter 274, signed June 13, 2019. The law requires MaineCare to cover abortion, paid with state money where federal Medicaid money does not apply, and requires private health plans that cover maternity care to cover abortion.

Limit: His part on the record is his vote, one of the 19 it passed with. Representative Joyce McCreight sponsored it, and he is not among its cosponsors.

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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.

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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.

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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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In the October 13 debate, Jackson cited his work to keep the Caribou veterans home open.

What the record shows

His bill became law before the board voted to keep the Caribou and Machias homes open.

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In the October 13 debate, Jackson cited his work to keep the Caribou veterans home open.

What the record shows

Jackson sponsored L.D. 2001, signed March 31, 2022, as Public Law 2021, chapter 528. The governor’s April 4 announcement records the board’s subsequent vote to keep Caribou and Machias open and credits Jackson’s legislation, legislative support and the governor’s funding.

Limit: This documents a shared role in the 2022 decision, not sole credit or the facilities’ current finances.

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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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Jackson said he filed his first campaign-finance report on time.

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The FEC received Jackson’s first quarterly report on its October 15 deadline; that filing date does not establish the donor count he cited.

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Jackson said he filed his first campaign-finance report on time.

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The FEC received his October Quarterly report on October 15, 2026, its deadline. It covered July 7 through September 30.

Limit: The filing date does not verify his claimed donor count.

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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.

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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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Jackson said he helped create a program for mobile-home residents to form co-ops.

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Jackson voted for the 2024 law funding mobile-home preservation and resident-owned co-ops; it establishes a shared role, not sole authorship.

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Jackson said he helped create a program for mobile-home residents to form co-ops.

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He voted for a 2024 law that set aside $5 million for mobile-home preservation, including resident-owned co-ops.

Limit: His vote supports a shared role; sole authorship is not established.

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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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Jackson cited his work on child care.

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Jackson sponsored a child-care expansion proposal; Maine’s governor credits it with the budget’s doubled stipend funding, rather than a separate enacted bill.

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Jackson cited his work on child care.

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He sponsored LD1726. Maine’s governor credits his proposal with doubling annual child-care stipend funding to $30 million in the 2023 budget.

Limit: His standalone bill did not become law; individual stipends vary.

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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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Jackson said he helped sponsor a bill to lower insulin to $30.

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Jackson cosponsored Maine’s $35 insulin cap and later sponsored a discounted-pen proposal that died; his intended bill and $30 figure remain unverified.

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Jackson said he helped sponsor a bill to lower insulin to $30.

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He cosponsored LD2096, enacted March 18, 2020, capping covered insulin cost-sharing at $35 per prescription for a 30-day supply from 2021. He also sponsored LD1793 in 2023 to buy discounted insulin pens; it died March 27, 2024.

Limit: These records show support for lower insulin costs. They do not identify which bill he meant or verify the captioned $30 figure.

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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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Jackson said over 200,000 people donated, 95% giving less than $100.

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Filings through October 14 support broad small-dollar backing: about 95% of recorded gifts were $100 or less. This counts donations, not individual donors.

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Jackson said over 200,000 people donated, 95% giving less than $100.

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Filings through October 14 support Jackson’s description of broad small-dollar backing.

Limit: About 95% of recorded gifts were $100 or less. This counts donations; a person may donate more than once.

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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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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.

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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.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

CandidateCycle receiptsCycle disbursementsCash on handDebt owed
Susan M. CollinsC00314575$4,004,782$2,639,581$11,038,115$0
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Susan M. Collins: July Quarterly 2026, coverage May 21, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1996672, image 202607159875988916.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Sep 23, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

  1. Maine Senate enacts the 2021 budget

    The budget carried Jackson's universal school meals bill as Part OOOO, word for word except one corrected program name. Jackson voted Yea; it passed 32 to 2.

  2. Maine Senate enacts LD 1619 and the 2023 budget

    Jackson voted Yea on the reproductive privacy law he cosponsored, 20 to 11, and on the budget that created paid family and medical leave, 22 to 9.

  3. 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.

  4. Senate passes the 2025 reconciliation act

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

  5. 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.

  6. Collins's 10,000th consecutive vote

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

  7. Jackson's committee files with the FEC

    Troy Jackson for Maine files its first statement of organization, after the second-quarter reporting period had closed.

  8. The Democratic primary winner withdraws

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

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date
November 3, 2026
Ballot source updated
Candidate and replacement lists dated July 27, 2026; write-in list dated August 25, 2026; reviewed September 2, 2026.
Candidate field
Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Nov 10, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

  • BallotIncluded

    2 printed candidates, checked September 2, 2026 against the official election record.

  • Race outlookIncluded

    1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Nov 10, 2026.

  • Reported contextIncluded

    1 dated development with original reporting attached.

  • Words and recordIncluded

    62 statement-to-action comparisons across 2 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.

  • Campaign financeIncluded

    FEC filing snapshots for 1 principal campaign committee, with a common coverage cutoff.

  • PollingNot yet

    No published poll has been reviewed for this race yet.

2 corrections recorded for this race; each is dated in the corrections log. Report an error.

Sources376 source records

Snapshot as of Nov 10, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/maine-us-senate-2026

How we use sources

  1. Maine Secretary of Statehttps://www.maine.gov/sos/elections-voting/upcoming-elections

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  2. Separate write-in record (document)

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  3. How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  4. Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-senate/

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  5. The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/26/abortion-rights-group-endorses-democrat-troy-jackson-in-critical-maine-senate-race

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  6. 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: Candidate roles and profiles; Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  7. Susan Collins for Maine, home pagehttps://susancollins.com/

    Collins for Senator · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source; "Paid for by Collins for Senator". The committee's FEC record gives this site. Its roll-call figure, more than 9,800, is older than the 10,000 her FAQ and About pages give. The site's 17 pages and 213 posts (February 2025 to September 2026) were read through its public WordPress interface; most posts are reposted news and letters, which are not her statements.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Social Security; Abortion; Money in politics and ethics

  8. 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: Candidate roles and profiles; Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  9. Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate, home pagehttps://www.jacksonformaine.com/

    Troy Jackson for Maine · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source; "Paid for by Troy Jackson for Maine". The committee's FEC record gives no website; troyjackson.org redirects here, while troyjackson.com is an unrelated real-estate agent. Its home, About, Priorities, Endorsements and News pages and all 59 news posts were read on September 23, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Money in politics and ethics; Troy D. Jackson: Money: no corporate PACs

  10. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Money in politics and ethics; Susan M. Collins: Showing up: 10,000 consecutive votes; Susan M. Collins: Caregivers: the respite care reauthorization

  11. Abouthttps://susancollins.com/about/

    Collins for Senator · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source, used for biography.

    candidate statement

    For: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money

  12. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Health care and drug costs; Social Security; Jobs, wages and taxes; Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act; Susan M. Collins: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  13. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Health care and drug costs; Susan M. Collins: Diabetes research: the $200 million figure; Susan M. Collins: Insulin: the INSULIN Act

  14. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money

  15. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Immigration enforcement

  16. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  17. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  18. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Susan M. Collins: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  19. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Susan M. Collins: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  20. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Susan M. Collins: Diabetes research: the $200 million figure; Susan M. Collins: NIH funding increase; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  21. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Susan M. Collins: Diabetes research: the $200 million figure; Susan M. Collins: Caregivers: the respite care reauthorization; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  22. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Susan M. Collins: Showing up: 10,000 consecutive votes; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  23. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Abortion; Susan M. Collins: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  24. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Abortion; Susan M. Collins: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  25. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money; Abortion; Susan M. Collins: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  26. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money

  27. 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: Susan M. Collins: background, goals, record and money

  28. Troy Jackson for Maine, October Quarterly 2026, file 2026344https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00955609/?tab=filings

    Federal Election Commission · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 26, 2026

    Committee C00955609. Official report metadata pairs file 2026344 with receipt October 15, 2026 and coverage July 7–September 30. All declared report pages read; this quarterly precedes the October 22 pre-general filing. Metadata only; the receipt date does not establish donor counts or committee-money categories.

    fec filing

    Troy Jackson for Maine, FEC reports

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: First quarterly campaign-finance report; Did Troy Jackson file his first campaign-finance report on time?

  29. Presidents of the Maine Senate, 1820 -https://legislature.maine.gov/lawlibrary/presidents-of-the-maine-senate-1820/9255/

    Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Legislature's law library lists Troy Dale Jackson of Allagash, Democrat, as President for 2019-2024, followed by Matthea Daughtry from 2025. Its Legislature column for his row reads 128th - 131st, which does not match those years (the 129th Legislature began in December 2018); the years are what this desk relies on. The Legislature's bill summary pages show a legislator's latest title, not the title when a bill was filed, so they cannot date his presidency.

    official office record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Universal school meals; Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices; Troy D. Jackson: Solar net energy billing: his 2019 vote; Troy D. Jackson: Offshore wind and fishing grounds; Troy D. Jackson: Abortion coverage in MaineCare

  30. About Troy Jacksonhttps://www.jacksonformaine.com/about

    Troy Jackson for Maine · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source and his fullest statement of his legislative record. It says he "championed and passed some of the strongest reproductive health protections anywhere in the country".

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Universal school meals; Troy D. Jackson: Abortion: the 2023 reproductive privacy law; Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices

  31. 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: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  32. Troy's priorities in the Senatehttps://www.jacksonformaine.com/priorities

    Troy Jackson for Maine · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source: eleven priorities, listed without detail.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Health care and drug costs; Abortion; Jobs, wages and taxes; Immigration enforcement; Money in politics and ethics

  33. LD 1499 (129th Legislature), An Act To Establish the Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=SP0461&SessionID=13

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by President Troy Jackson. House enactment 126 to 15 (Roll Call 244); Senate enactment without a recorded vote, after the Senate accepted the committee's majority report 35 to 0 on Roll Call 264; signed June 24, 2019, Public Law 2019, chapter 471.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices

  34. LD 1272 (129th Legislature), An Act To Increase Access to Low-cost Prescription Drugs, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=SP0392&SessionID=13

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by President Troy Jackson. House enactment 138 to 3 (Roll Call 243); Senate enactment without a recorded vote, after the Senate accepted the committee's majority report 35 to 0 on Roll Call 263; signed June 24, 2019, Public Law 2019, chapter 472.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices

  35. Maine Senate Roll Call 467, LD 221, enactmenthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280078272&chamber=S&serialnumber=467

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    June 30, 2021. 32 to 2 on enactment as an emergency measure; Jackson of Aroostook recorded Y.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Universal school meals; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  36. Public Law 2021, chapter 398 (LD 221), the 2021-2023 state budget, as chaptered (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Signed July 1, 2021. Part OOOO, on page 259 of the chaptered PDF (sha256 a9824f64...5687), carries sections 1 to 5 of LD 1679 as introduced, word for word, with one correction: its paragraph I names the National School Lunch Program where the bill had repeated the School Breakfast Program. Part OOOO adds sections 6 to 8, which LD 1679 did not have: the Meals for Students Fund and a transfer from the 2020-21 year-end surplus. Compared by hand and again by a word-level diff of the two PDFs' text; the verifier cannot read PDFs.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Universal school meals; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  37. LD 1679 (130th Legislature), An Act To Address Student Hunger through Expanding Access to Free School Meals, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=SP0540&SessionID=14

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by President Troy Jackson. The bill as printed in May 2021 (a PDF, sha256 849c2bed...e1f364f) proposed the universal breakfast and lunch paragraphs; after amendment it was enacted on May 3, 2022 as Public Law 2021, chapter 719, a narrower law on online meal applications and a study (PDF, sha256 59e4a009...b3336).

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Universal school meals

  38. Maine Senate Roll Call 483, LD 1619, enactmenthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280088641&chamber=S&serialnumber=483

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    July 6, 2023. Prevailed 20 to 11, four excused; Jackson of Aroostook recorded Y.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Abortion: the 2023 reproductive privacy law; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  39. LD 1619 (131st Legislature), sponsors and cosponsorshttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280088641

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross; President Troy Jackson of Aroostook among the cosponsors. The bill as printed (a PDF, sha256 a45434c3...72e86) reads "Presented by Speaker TALBOT ROSS of Portland. (GOVERNOR'S BILL) Cosponsored by President JACKSON of Aroostook and" the rest, so he is the first-named cosponsor.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Abortion: the 2023 reproductive privacy law

  40. Maine Senate Roll Call 484, LD 258, enactmenthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280085493&chamber=S&serialnumber=484

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    July 6, 2023. Jackson of Aroostook recorded Y.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Paid family and medical leave; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  41. LD 258 (131st Legislature), unified appropriations and allocations, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=HP0163&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The 2023 budget: enacted by the Senate on Roll Call 484, 22 to 9, on July 6, 2023; signed July 11, 2023 as Public Law 2023, chapter 412.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Paid family and medical leave

  42. 26 M.R.S. section 850-A, Paid family and medical leave definitionshttps://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec850-A.html

    Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The program's definitions section; its history credits it to Public Law 2023, chapter 412, Part AAA, section 7.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Troy D. Jackson: Paid family and medical leave

  43. TROY JACKSON FOR MAINE (C00955609)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00955609/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Principal campaign committee of candidate S6ME00464, first filed July 7, 2026. At the September 23, 2026 review it had filed eleven statements of organization and no financial report; OpenFEC returned no financial totals at that cutoff.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  44. Troy Jackson, Bangor Daily: "Mainers Depend On The Promise Of Social Security. I Intend To Keep It."https://www.jacksonformaine.com/news/troy-jackson-bangor-daily-mainers-depend-on-the-promise-of-social-security-i-intend-to-keep-it

    Troy Jackson for Maine · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign release reprinting his Bangor Daily News op-ed, dated September 12, 2026 on the site.

    candidate statement

    For: Social Security

  45. At Women for Troy Launch, Reproductive Freedom For All Backs Troy Jackson For U.S. Senatehttps://www.jacksonformaine.com/news/at-women-for-troy-launch-reproductive-freedom-for-all-backs-troy-jackson-for-us-senate

    Troy Jackson for Maine · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign release quoting him, dated August 27, 2026 on the site.

    candidate statement

    For: Abortion; Troy D. Jackson: Abortion: the 2023 reproductive privacy law

  46. Over Labor Day Weekend, Jackson Barnstormed Maine With 13 Campaign Events, Standing With Workershttps://www.jacksonformaine.com/news/over-labor-day-weekend-jackson-barnstormed-maine-with-13-campaign-events-standing-with-workers

    Troy Jackson for Maine · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign release that collects news coverage; the paid-leave sentences are his words as quoted by News Center Maine and republished by the campaign.

    candidate statement

    For: Jobs, wages and taxes; Troy D. Jackson: Paid family and medical leave

  47. Maine Public debate, Jackson on charity donationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=1410s

    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 23:31–24:00. The surrounding exchange was checked; caption cue timings locate the passage, not exact speech boundaries.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Charity donations

  48. Jackson 2026 October quarterly report 2026344 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    July 7–September 30: $7,575,501.72 in unitemized individual contributions.

    fec filing

    Primary record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Charity donations; Troy D. Jackson: Money: no corporate PACs; Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support; Do Jackson’s filings show broad small-dollar support?

  49. Jackson 2026 pre-general report 2038981 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Published Oct 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    October 1–14: $2,307,351.72 in unitemized individual contributions. Period and year-to-date totals are separate.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Charity donations; Troy D. Jackson: Money: no corporate PACs; Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  50. United Way of Southern Maine program informationhttps://uwsme.org/our-work/youth-opportunity/

    United Way of Southern Maine · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Organization’s program information provides context; it does not establish earmarking, receipt of the campaign payment, or a link to particular donors.

    original reporting

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Charity donations

  51. Maine Public debate, Jackson on Maine’s latest budgethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=750s

    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 12:30–13:31. The surrounding exchange was checked; caption cue timings locate the passage, not exact speech boundaries.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine’s 2025 budget

  52. Maine Senate inaugural calendar, December 4, 2024 (document)

    Maine Legislature · Published Dec 4, 2024 · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Page 2 lists all 35 certified senators for the new Legislature; Jackson is absent and Susan Bernard represents District 1. The outgoing-president cover reference to Jackson is not new membership.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine’s 2025 budget

  53. 132nd Legislature Senate rosterhttps://legislature.maine.gov/senate/senators/9536

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Full roster checked alongside the historical sponsor form/search; Jackson is absent.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine’s 2025 budget; Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  54. Maine Senate Roll Call 635, LD210 enactment, June 18, 2025https://www.mainelegislature.org/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280095830&chamber=S&serialnumber=635

    Maine Legislature · Published Jun 18, 2025 · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Final enactment passed 19–15 with one excused. All 35 members are listed; Jackson was not a member, rather than merely absent from this vote.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine’s 2025 budget

  55. LD210 legislative history, Public Law 2025, chapter 388https://www.mainelegislature.org/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ID=280095830

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    LD210 became law June 20, 2025. It provides fiscal 2026–27 appropriations and also adjusts fiscal 2025; the card does not assess earlier policy choices or responsibility for the budget gap.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine’s 2025 budget

  56. 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: Susan M. Collins: Ukraine aid

  57. 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: Susan M. Collins: Ukraine aid

  58. 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: Susan M. Collins: WIC funding

  59. 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: Susan M. Collins: WIC funding

  60. 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: Susan M. Collins: WIC funding

  61. 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: Susan M. Collins: Russian diesel deal

  62. 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: Susan M. Collins: Russian diesel deal

  63. 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: Susan M. Collins: Russian diesel deal

  64. 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

    WABI / WAGM Maine Senate debate, October 13, 2026, 31:19–31:36

    For: Susan M. Collins: Assistive technology for affordable housing; Susan M. Collins: Bath housing funding; Susan M. Collins: Lewiston center funding; Susan M. Collins: 3D-printed housing research; Collins’s Bath housing request and appropriation checked; Collins’s BioHome3D research request and appropriation checked; Collins’s Lewiston center request and appropriation checked

  65. 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: Susan M. Collins: Assistive technology for affordable housing

  66. 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: Susan M. Collins: Assistive technology for affordable housing

  67. 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: Susan M. Collins: Assistive technology for affordable housing

  68. 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

    Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 2617)

    For: Susan M. Collins: Assistive technology for affordable housing; Susan M. Collins: Lobstering and the right whale rules; Susan M. Collins: Lewiston center funding; Collins’s Lewiston center request and appropriation checked

  69. Maine Senate debate, October 15, 2026, about 8:04https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=484s

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

    Paraphrase from one saved native-caption copy, about 8:01–8:22; full answer and rebuttal checked. Jackson did not identify which bills he counted.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  70. History and Final Disposition archive: Jackson veto-count definitionshttps://legislature.maine.gov/lio/histories-and-final-dispositions-archives/9176/

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Counts use the Maine Legislature’s History and Final Disposition books for the 125th, 126th, 128th, 129th, 130th and 131st legislatures, their returned-veto appendices, official sponsor searches and the bill records for source discrepancies. Each legislature-and-LD pair counts once; reintroductions in later legislatures count separately. Main sponsorship means the bill’s presenter; the broader count includes named cosponsors. Sustained vetoes total 18 under LePage and 7 under Mills for main sponsorship, or 40 and 11 including cosponsorship. Jackson is absent from the 127th and 132nd sponsor rosters and searches. The 127th first-session history link returned HTML; it does not affect this named-sponsorship count. The bill list behind Jackson’s totals was not identified in his answer; these records do not measure broader leadership support.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  71. Maine Legislature, 131st, History and Final Disposition: first-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  72. Maine Legislature, 131st, History and Final Disposition: second-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  73. Maine Legislature, 130th, History and Final Disposition: second-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  74. Maine Legislature, 130th, History and Final Disposition: first-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  75. Maine Legislature, 129th, History and Final Disposition: second-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  76. Maine Legislature, 129th, History and Final Disposition: first-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  77. Maine Legislature, 128th, History and Final Disposition: second-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  78. Maine Legislature, 128th, History and Final Disposition: first-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  79. Maine Legislature, 126th, History and Final Disposition: second-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  80. Maine Legislature, 126th, History and Final Disposition: first-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  81. Maine Legislature, 125th, History and Final Disposition: second-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  82. Maine Legislature, 125th, History and Final Disposition: first-session volume (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Bill histories and returned-veto appendix.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  83. Official sponsor search: Jackson, senator ID1231https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/search_ps.asp

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Historical forms and complete results for the 125th–132nd legislatures were checked separately. Jackson appears in 125/126/128/129/130/131; 127/132 have no Jackson sponsor. Main sponsorship and named cosponsorship are counted separately.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  84. Governors of Maine: LePage and Mills termshttps://legislature.maine.gov/lawlibrary/governors-of-maine-1820/9197/

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    LePage served January 5, 2011–January 2, 2019; Mills took office January 2, 2019.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  85. 125th Legislature, LD1781, official bill recordhttps://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?snum=125&paper=SP0618&PID=1456

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    The history book labels this bill signed, but the returned-veto appendix and official bill record establish a May 29, 2012 veto and May 31 enactment. Jackson was a cosponsor; this contributes one returned, not sustained, veto under LePage.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  86. Maine Senate Record, February 4, 2016 (document)

    Maine Legislature · Published Feb 4, 2016 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Roll-call roster supports the 127th Legislature service-gap check; Jackson is not on the roster.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Maine veto counts

  87. 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: Susan M. Collins: DHS de-escalation training funds

  88. 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: Susan M. Collins: DHS de-escalation training funds

  89. 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: Susan M. Collins: DHS de-escalation training funds; Susan M. Collins: DHS inspector-general annual funding

  90. 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

    Senate roll call votes, 119th Congress, 2nd session

    For: Susan M. Collins: DHS de-escalation training funds; Susan M. Collins: Showing up: 10,000 consecutive votes; Susan M. Collins: Homeland Security and ICE funding; Susan M. Collins: Iran war: her votes to end it; Susan M. Collins: ICE body cameras: the funding; Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  91. 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: Susan M. Collins: DHS de-escalation training funds; Susan M. Collins: Homeland Security and ICE funding; Susan M. Collins: ICE body cameras: the funding

  92. 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: Susan M. Collins: Biddeford investigation request

  93. 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: Susan M. Collins: Biddeford investigation request

  94. 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: Susan M. Collins: Biddeford investigation request

  95. 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: Susan M. Collins: Biddeford investigation request

  96. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  97. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  98. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  99. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  100. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  101. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  102. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  103. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  104. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  105. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  106. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  107. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  108. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  109. 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: Susan M. Collins: Social Security: the Fairness Act

  110. 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: Susan M. Collins: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  111. 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: Susan M. Collins: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  112. 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: Susan M. Collins: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  113. 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: Susan M. Collins: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  114. 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: Susan M. Collins: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  115. 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: Susan M. Collins: The Paycheck Protection Program: who wrote it

  116. 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: Susan M. Collins: Diabetes research: the $200 million figure

  117. 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: Susan M. Collins: Diabetes research: the $200 million figure

  118. 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: Susan M. Collins: Caregivers: the respite care reauthorization

  119. 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: Susan M. Collins: Insulin: the INSULIN Act

  120. 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: Susan M. Collins: Insulin: the INSULIN Act

  121. 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: Susan M. Collins: Insulin: the INSULIN Act

  122. LD 221 (130th Legislature), unified appropriations and allocations, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=HP0156&SessionID=14

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Signed July 1, 2021 as an emergency measure, Public Law 2021, chapter 398.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Universal school meals

  123. 20-A M.R.S. section 6602, School nutritionhttps://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/20-A/title20-Asec6602.html

    Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The statute's history credits the paragraphs requiring breakfast and lunch at no cost to students ineligible for free or reduced-price meals to Public Law 2021, chapter 398, Part OOOO. The paragraphs have been amended since.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Universal school meals

  124. Troy Jackson Garners Attention Nationwide Campaigning To Bring A Working Class Voice To U.S. Senatehttps://www.jacksonformaine.com/news/troy-jackson-garners-attention-nationwide-campaigning-to-bring-a-working-class-voice-to-us-senate

    Troy Jackson for Maine · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign release that reprints highlights of his op-ed "What Listening to Women Taught Me About Reproductive Freedom", in the first person. The release's date on the site is September 4, 2026; the op-ed's own date was not read.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Abortion: the 2023 reproductive privacy law

  125. LD 1619, An Act to Improve Maine's Reproductive Privacy Laws, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=HP1044&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    A Governor's bill; enacted, signed July 19, 2023, Public Law 2023, chapter 416.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Abortion: the 2023 reproductive privacy law

  126. 22 M.R.S. section 1598, Abortionshttps://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/22/title22sec1598.html

    Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The statute as amended. Its history credits chapter 416 with repealing subsection 3, paragraph B (the Class C crime for an unlicensed person performing an abortion) and subsection 4 (criminal liability after viability), and with the physician's-judgment standard after viability.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Abortion: the 2023 reproductive privacy law

  127. LD 1964 (131st Legislature), paid family and medical leave commission recommendations, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=SP0800&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The stand-alone bill, sponsored by Matthea Daughtry, then a senator; the summary page gives her later title, President. It passed the House but was left in the Senate's possession at adjournment and died.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Paid family and medical leave

  128. Maine Senate Roll Call 264, LD 1499, accept the majority ought-to-pass-as-amended reporthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280073010&chamber=S&serialnumber=264

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    June 11, 2019. Prevailed 35 to 0; Jackson of Aroostook recorded Y. The bill's roll-call list shows this as the only Senate roll call on LD 1499.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices

  129. Maine Senate Roll Call 263, LD 1272, accept the majority ought-to-pass-as-amended reporthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280072458&chamber=S&serialnumber=263

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    June 11, 2019. Prevailed 35 to 0; Jackson of Aroostook recorded Y. The bill's roll-call list shows this as the only Senate roll call on LD 1272.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices

  130. LD 1117 (130th Legislature), An Act To Prevent Excessive Prices for Prescription Drugs, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=SP0380&SessionID=14

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by President Troy Jackson. Enacted by the House and the Senate on June 17, 2021 (actions page, dockets.asp?ID=280079688); vetoed; on July 19, 2021 the Senate voted 20 to 14 to override, short of two-thirds, and the veto was sustained.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices

  131. Maine Senate Roll Call 506, LD 1117, reconsideration after vetohttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280079688&chamber=S&serialnumber=506

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    July 19, 2021. 23 yeas required; failed 20 to 14. Jackson of Aroostook recorded Y.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices

  132. LD 2114 (131st Legislature), An Act to Improve Patient Access to and Savings from Generic Drugs and Biosimilars, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=SP0907&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsored by President Troy Jackson. Finally passed by both chambers without a roll call; signed April 22, 2024 as Resolve 2024, chapter 177.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices

  133. Resolve 2024, chapter 177 (LD 2114), as chaptered (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Directs the Superintendent of Insurance to request data from health insurers on how they cover generic drugs and biosimilars, and to report to the Legislature by February 15, 2025. Read as a PDF (sha256 42b1bc9b...5b16).

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Prescription drug prices

  134. Jackson campaign FAQ: Does Troy Jackson take AIPAC money?https://www.jacksonformaine.com/answers-troys-priorities-does-troy-jackson-take-aipac-money

    Troy Jackson for Maine · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Campaign-controlled FAQ restates the Senate corporate-PAC pledge. Its October 20 version postdates the filings’ October 14 coverage cutoff; it does not date an earlier policy or establish later transactions.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Money: no corporate PACs

  135. Maui Land and Pineapple Company Inc Federal PAC, 2026 FEC profilehttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00401380/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Committee C00401380 is explicitly classified by the FEC as a Corporation PAC. The classification is the FEC’s, not an inference from its name.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Money: no corporate PACs

  136. FEC 2026 committee master file (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Nov 2, 2026

    Committee-ID join supports the corporate-PAC classification. The checked Q3 and pre-general filings report a non-memo $5,000 gift from C00401380 on August 20, 2026 and no refund to that committee through October 14. The review does not establish later retention, the full pledge, or billionaire backing.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Money: no corporate PACs

  137. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Jackson on the northern Maine transmission line (41:31)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=2491s

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

    41:31-41:39. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The northern Maine transmission line

  138. WMTW debate, October 8: Jackson on the northern Maine transmission line (24:27)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=1467s

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

    24:27-24:44 and 26:23-26:42. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The northern Maine transmission line

  139. LD 1710 (130th Legislature), An Act To Require Prompt and Effective Use of the Renewable Energy Resources of Northern Maine, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=1710&SessionID=14

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by President Troy Jackson. Signed June 29, 2021, Public Law 2021, chapter 380.

    official legislative record

    Maine Legislature, LD 1710 (2021)

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The northern Maine transmission line; Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  140. 35-A M.R.S. section 3210-I, Northern Maine Renewable Energy Development Programhttps://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/35-A/title35-Asec3210-I.html

    Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Subsection 2 has the Public Utilities Commission seek bids for a line or lines to connect at least 1,200 megawatts of northern Maine renewable power to the New England grid. Created by Public Law 2021, chapter 380; amended in 2023 and 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The northern Maine transmission line

  141. Request for proposals under the Northern Maine Renewable Energy Development Program (Docket 2026-00033)https://www.maine.gov/mpuc/regulated-utilities/electricity/rfp-awarded-contracts/2025-00361

    Maine Public Utilities Commission · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The commission's bid request under the 2021 law, as amended in 2023. On April 28, 2026 it reopened the bid window; it seeks a line to connect at least 1,200 MW. Read October 10, 2026.

    official office record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The northern Maine transmission line

  142. Northern Maine Renewable Energy Development Program: the first procurement and the restart (Dockets 2021-00369 and 2024-00099)https://www.maine.gov/mpuc/regulated-utilities/electricity/rfp-awarded-contracts/northernmainerfp

    Maine Public Utilities Commission · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The commission's page for its first bid round under the 2021 law. By an order of December 22, 2023 it ended that procurement and said it would start a new one. Read October 10, 2026.

    official office record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The northern Maine transmission line

  143. WMTW debate, October 8: Jackson on a heating relief package (14:04)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=844s

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

    14:04-14:31. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The 2023 winter heating relief law

  144. LD 3 (131st Legislature), as printed December 20, 2022 (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Presented by Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross; cosponsored by President Troy Jackson.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The 2023 winter heating relief law

  145. LD 3 (131st Legislature), sponsors and cosponsorshttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280085072

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross; President Troy Jackson is the only cosponsor.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The 2023 winter heating relief law

  146. LD 3, An Act to Establish the Winter Energy Relief Payment Program, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=3&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    An emergency bill needing two-thirds of each chamber. The House enacted it 114 to 29 (Roll Call 4) on January 4, 2023, and the Senate the same day without a roll call; signed that day, Public Law 2023, chapter 1.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The 2023 winter heating relief law

  147. Public Law 2023, chapter 1 (LD 3), as chaptered (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Approved January 4, 2023. Part A: $71,000,000 for heating assistance, emergency fuel aid and emergency housing. Part B: $398,000,000 for $450 Winter Energy Relief Payments.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The 2023 winter heating relief law

  148. LD 3 (2023), House Roll Call 4, enactmenthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280085072&chamber=House&serialnumber=4

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    January 4, 2023, 114 to 29 with 101 needed; Republicans are among the yeas.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: The 2023 winter heating relief law

  149. WMTW debate, October 8: Jackson on LD 1711, the 2019 solar billing law (23:14)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=1394s

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

    23:14-24:31. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Solar net energy billing: his 2019 vote

  150. LD 1711 (129th Legislature), sponsors and cosponsorshttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280073839

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Senator Dana Dow of Lincoln; President Troy Jackson of Aroostook among the cosponsors.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Solar net energy billing: his 2019 vote

  151. Maine Senate Roll Call 312, LD 1711, accept the majority ought-to-pass-as-amended reporthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280073839&chamber=S&serialnumber=312

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    June 17, 2019. Prevailed 32 to 2; Dow of Lincoln (R) and Jackson of Aroostook (D) recorded Y.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Solar net energy billing: his 2019 vote

  152. LD 1711, An Act To Promote Solar Energy Projects and Distributed Generation Resources in Maine, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=1711&SessionID=13

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Signed June 26, 2019, Public Law 2019, chapter 478.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Solar net energy billing: his 2019 vote

  153. 35-A M.R.S. section 3209-B, Commercial and institutional net energy billinghttps://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/35-A/title35-Asec3209-B.html

    Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Created by Public Law 2019, chapter 478 (LD 1711). Its history lists later amendments: PL 2021, c. 390 and c. 659; PL 2023, c. 411; PL 2025, c. 430.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Solar net energy billing: his 2019 vote

  154. LD 936 (130th Legislature), net energy billing, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=936&SessionID=14

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    An Act To Amend State Laws Relating to Net Energy Billing and the Procurement of Distributed Generation. Became law without the Governor's signature, Public Law 2021, chapter 390.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Solar net energy billing: his 2019 vote

  155. LD 1986 (131st Legislature), net energy billing, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=1986&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    An Act Relating to Net Energy Billing and Distributed Solar and Energy Storage Systems. Signed July 10, 2023, Public Law 2023, chapter 411.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Solar net energy billing: his 2019 vote

  156. WGME CBS13/FOX23 debate, October 6: Jackson on offshore wind and fishing areas (41:41)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM&t=2501s

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

    41:41-41:47. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Offshore wind and fishing grounds

  157. LD 1895 (131st Legislature), sponsors and cosponsorshttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280089222

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Senator Mark Lawrence of York; President Troy Jackson of Aroostook among the nine cosponsors.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Offshore wind and fishing grounds

  158. Maine Senate Roll Call 442, LD 1895, accept the majority ought-to-pass-as-amended reporthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280089222&chamber=Senate&serialnumber=442

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    June 22, 2023. Prevailed 20 to 13; Jackson of Aroostook (D) recorded Y.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Offshore wind and fishing grounds

  159. LD 1895, An Act Regarding the Procurement of Energy from Offshore Wind Resources, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=1895&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Signed July 27, 2023, Public Law 2023, chapter 481.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Offshore wind and fishing grounds

  160. Public Law 2023, chapter 481 (LD 1895), as chaptered (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Approved July 27, 2023. Section 5 has the state support offshore wind projects sited outside the part of the Gulf of Maine where most lobster fishing or other significant commercial fishing happens; section 6 has the Public Utilities Commission give priority to projects with generation outside Lobster Management Area 1.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Offshore wind and fishing grounds

  161. LD 1619 (2021), An Act To Establish a Moratorium on Offshore Wind Power Projects in Maine's Territorial Waters, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=1619&SessionID=14

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Governor's bill sponsored by Senator Mark Lawrence, no cosponsors; enacted as an emergency with no roll call in either chamber; Public Law 2021, chapter 407, signed July 6, 2021.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Offshore wind and fishing grounds

  162. Public Law 2021, chapter 407 (LD 1619), as chaptered (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Approved July 6, 2021. Bars state agencies and towns from approving offshore wind projects in state waters, with exceptions for small research and demonstration projects, and cites the lobster fishery.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Offshore wind and fishing grounds

  163. WMTW debate, October 8: Jackson on MaineCare and reproductive rights (43:22)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=2602s

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

    43:22-43:43. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Abortion coverage in MaineCare

  164. Maine Senate Roll Call 95, LD 820, accept the majority ought-to-pass-as-amended reporthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280071849&chamber=Senate&serialnumber=95

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    May 14, 2019. Prevailed 19 to 16; Jackson of Aroostook (D) recorded Y.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Abortion coverage in MaineCare

  165. Maine Senate Roll Call 294, LD 820, enactmenthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280071849&chamber=Senate&serialnumber=294

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    June 12, 2019. Prevailed 19 to 16; Jackson of Aroostook (D) recorded Y.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Abortion coverage in MaineCare

  166. LD 820, An Act To Prevent Discrimination in Public and Private Insurance Coverage for Pregnant Women in Maine, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=820&SessionID=13

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Signed June 13, 2019, Public Law 2019, chapter 274.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Abortion coverage in MaineCare

  167. LD 820 (129th Legislature), sponsors and cosponsorshttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280071849

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Representative Joyce McCreight of Harpswell. Troy Jackson is not among the cosponsors.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Abortion coverage in MaineCare

  168. Public Law 2019, chapter 274 (LD 820), as chaptered (document)

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Approved June 13, 2019. Requires MaineCare to cover abortion services, with state funds where federal Medicaid funds do not apply, and requires health plans that cover maternity care to cover abortion.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Abortion coverage in MaineCare

  169. 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

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

    For: Susan M. Collins: Homeland Security and ICE funding; Susan M. Collins: DHS inspector-general annual funding; Did Collins back a 17% increase for the DHS inspector general?

  170. 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: Susan M. Collins: Homeland Security and ICE funding; Susan M. Collins: ICE body cameras: the funding

  171. 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: Susan M. Collins: Homeland Security and ICE funding; Susan M. Collins: ICE body cameras: the funding

  172. 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: Susan M. Collins: Homeland Security and ICE funding; Susan M. Collins: ICE body cameras: the funding

  173. 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: Susan M. Collins: Iran war: her votes to end it

  174. 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: Susan M. Collins: Iran war: her votes to end it

  175. 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: Susan M. Collins: Canada tariffs: her votes

  176. 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: Susan M. Collins: Canada tariffs: her votes

  177. 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: Susan M. Collins: Canada tariffs: her votes

  178. 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: Susan M. Collins: Canada tariffs: her votes

  179. 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: Susan M. Collins: Canada tariffs: her votes

  180. 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: Susan M. Collins: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  181. 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: Susan M. Collins: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  182. 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: Susan M. Collins: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  183. 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: Susan M. Collins: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  184. 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: Susan M. Collins: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  185. 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: Susan M. Collins: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  186. 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: Susan M. Collins: Supreme Court: her votes on Democratic presidents' nominees

  187. 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: Susan M. Collins: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  188. 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: Susan M. Collins: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  189. 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: Susan M. Collins: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  190. 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: Susan M. Collins: Abortion: the bill to write Roe into law

  191. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2004 intelligence reform law; Susan M. Collins: Lobstering and the right whale rules

  192. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2004 intelligence reform law; Susan M. Collins: Lobstering and the right whale rules

  193. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2004 intelligence reform law

  194. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2004 intelligence reform law

  195. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  196. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  197. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  198. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  199. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  200. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  201. 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: Susan M. Collins: The 2025 tax and spending law: her votes and the rural health fund

  202. 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: Susan M. Collins: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  203. 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: Susan M. Collins: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  204. 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: Susan M. Collins: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  205. 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: Susan M. Collins: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  206. 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: Susan M. Collins: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  207. 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: Susan M. Collins: Generic drugs: the 2017 law on faster review

  208. 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: Susan M. Collins: ICE body cameras: the funding

  209. 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: Susan M. Collins: ICE body cameras: the funding

  210. 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: Susan M. Collins: Lobstering and the right whale rules

  211. 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

    WABI / WAGM debate, 2026-10-13

    For: Susan M. Collins: Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy; Four Maine Senate debate comparisons added

  212. 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: Susan M. Collins: Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy

  213. 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: Susan M. Collins: Congressional review of tariffs

  214. 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: Susan M. Collins: Congressional review of tariffs

  215. 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

    Maine Public / NEWS CENTER Maine / Portland Press Herald debate, 2026-10-15

    For: Susan M. Collins: McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform; Collins’s campaign-finance cosponsorship checked

  216. 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: Susan M. Collins: McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform

  217. 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: Susan M. Collins: Medicare home-health fraud screening

  218. 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: Susan M. Collins: Medicare home-health fraud screening

  219. WABI / WAGM debate, Keeping Caribou and Machias veterans homes openhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=1948s

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

    32:28; paraphrase of saved native English captions; no second transcript compared.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Keeping Caribou and Machias veterans homes open

  220. L.D. 2001, 130th Legislature, final dispositionhttps://legislature.maine.gov/bills/display_ps.asp?paper=SP0719PID%3D1456&snum=130

    Maine Legislature · Published Mar 31, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

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

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Keeping Caribou and Machias veterans homes open

  221. Board vote to keep Caribou and Machias homes openhttps://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-senate-president-jackson-announce-maine-veterans-home-board-trustees-votes-keep

    Office of the Governor of Maine · Published Apr 4, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

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

    official office record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Keeping Caribou and Machias veterans homes open

  222. 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: Susan M. Collins: Student-loan interest deduction proposal

  223. 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

    S. 930 introduced text, 105th Congress

    For: Susan M. Collins: Student-loan interest deduction proposal; Did Susan Collins introduce a student-loan interest deduction bill?

  224. 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

    Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, section202

    For: Susan M. Collins: Student-loan interest deduction proposal; Did Susan Collins introduce a student-loan interest deduction bill?

  225. Maine Public Senate debate, Jackson on filing his reporthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=1350s

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

    22:30–22:40. Paraphrase of saved native English captions; no second transcript compared. Filing timeliness is separate from his earlier promise to a reporter.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: First quarterly campaign-finance report

  226. October reporting reminder, 2026https://www.fec.gov/updates/october-reporting-reminder-2026/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 26, 2026

    Authorized House and Senate candidate committees must file their quarterly reports by October 15, 2026.

    official election record

    FEC October 2026 reporting deadline

    For: Troy D. Jackson: First quarterly campaign-finance report; Did Troy Jackson file his first campaign-finance report on time?

  227. 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: Susan M. Collins: Bay Bridge Estates water funding

  228. 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

    Old Bath Rd Water Extension Ordinance, proposed October 21, 2024

    For: Susan M. Collins: Bay Bridge Estates water funding; Did Susan Collins help fund water service for Bay Bridge Estates?

  229. 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: Susan M. Collins: NIH funding increase

  230. 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: Susan M. Collins: NIH funding increase

  231. 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

    Official primary record

    For: Susan M. Collins: NIH funding increase; Did Susan Collins back the 2026 increase in NIH funding?

  232. 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: Susan M. Collins: NIH funding increase

  233. Maine Public debate, Jackson on mobile-home co-opshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=2477s

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

    Paraphrased from saved native captions; Jackson described shared work on a program for residents to form co-ops.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Mobile-home preservation funding

  234. Maine LD2214 legislative history, 131st Legislaturehttps://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=2214&snum=131

    Maine Legislature · Published Apr 22, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Supplemental appropriations became Public Law 2023 chapter643 on April22,2024.

    official legislative record

    Official primary record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Mobile-home preservation funding; Did Troy Jackson vote to fund resident-owned mobile-home parks?

  235. Public Law 2023 chapter 643, approved April 22, 2024, Part BBBB-1, page 211 (document)

    Maine Legislature · Published Apr 22, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Directs $5 million by June30,2025 to establish mobile-home preservation and assistance, including resident-owned cooperatives. Unobligated funds return before June30,2026. This verifies the 2024 allocation, not current availability.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Mobile-home preservation funding

  236. Maine Senate roll 794, LD2214 enactment, April 17, 2024 (document)

    Maine Legislature · Published Apr 17, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Jackson voted Yea in the right-hand table. All35 members reconcile to19Yea,14Nay,0absent,2excused; motion prevailed.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Mobile-home preservation funding

  237. MaineHousing 2024 Annual Report, mobile-home preservation (document)

    MaineHousing · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Describes a2024 resident-cooperative acquisition supported by a$3.2million preservation-fund grant. Distinguishes the fund from the2023 opportunity-to-purchase law. No present-fund-availability finding.

    official office record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Mobile-home preservation funding

  238. 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: Susan M. Collins: Appropriations chair history

  239. 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

    Official primary record

    For: Susan M. Collins: Appropriations chair history; Was Collins Maine’s first Appropriations chair in nearly a century?

  240. 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: Susan M. Collins: Appropriations chair history

  241. 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: Susan M. Collins: Appropriations chair history

  242. 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: Susan M. Collins: Appropriations chair history

  243. WABI debate, Jackson on child carehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=1950s

    WABI · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Paraphrase of saved native captions at 32:30. This checks a supporting example of his child-care work.

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Child-care stipend expansion

  244. Maine LD1726/SP690, sponsor and final statushttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=SP0690&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Published Jul 26, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Sponsored by President Troy Jackson. Standalone bill ended DEAD on July 26, 2023; earlier House enactment action did not make it law.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Child-care stipend expansion

  245. LD1726/SP690 original, April 20, 2023, cover and section 15 (document)

    Maine Legislature · Published Apr 20, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Jackson presented the proposal with cosponsors. Section 15 proposed an additional $15 million annually for child-care stipends; this is proposed text, not an enacted standalone law.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Child-care stipend expansion

  246. Maine governor, child-care stipend implementation, January 5, 2024https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/mills-administration-issues-pay-increases-child-care-workers-2024-01-05

    Office of Governor Janet T. Mills · Published Jan 5, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 27, 2026

    Attributes doubled annual state stipend funding of $30 million in the 2023 budget to Jackson-sponsored legislation. Tiered payments vary by education and experience; this is attributed credit, not sole authorship.

    official office record

    Official primary record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Child-care stipend expansion; Did Troy Jackson work to expand Maine’s child-care support?

  247. 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: Susan M. Collins: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; Susan M. Collins: Assault-weapons ban extension

  248. 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: Susan M. Collins: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

  249. 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

    Official primary record

    For: Susan M. Collins: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; Did Susan Collins back the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act?

  250. 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: Susan M. Collins: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

  251. 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: Susan M. Collins: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

  252. 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: Susan M. Collins: Rural medical-residency proposal

  253. 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

    Primary record

    For: Susan M. Collins: Rural medical-residency proposal; Did Susan Collins help introduce a rural medical-residency bill?

  254. 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: Susan M. Collins: Rural medical-residency proposal

  255. 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: Susan M. Collins: Rural medical-residency proposal

  256. 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: Susan M. Collins: Hegseth confirmation vote

  257. 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

    Primary record

    For: Susan M. Collins: Hegseth confirmation vote; Did Susan Collins vote against Pete Hegseth’s confirmation?

  258. 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: Susan M. Collins: Hegseth confirmation vote

  259. 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: Susan M. Collins: Data-center cost guardrails

  260. 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

    Primary record

    For: Susan M. Collins: Data-center cost guardrails; Did Susan Collins back data-center electricity-cost guardrails?

  261. 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: Susan M. Collins: Data-center cost guardrails

  262. 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: Susan M. Collins: Data-center cost guardrails

  263. 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: Susan M. Collins: Data-center cost guardrails

  264. 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: Susan M. Collins: Early heating-aid request

  265. 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: Susan M. Collins: Early heating-aid request

  266. 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

    Primary record

    For: Susan M. Collins: Early heating-aid request; Did Susan Collins push for early heating-aid funding?

  267. 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: Susan M. Collins: Early heating-aid request

  268. WABI debate, 2026-10-13https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=1938s

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

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

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Insulin cost-sharing and discounted pens

  269. Maine LD2096/HP1493, introduced February 4, 2020, cover (document)

    Maine Legislature · Published Feb 4, 2020 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Cover lists President Jackson of Aroostook as cosponsor; introduced cap differs from final amended cap.

    official legislative record

    Maine LD2096/HP1493, introduced February 4, 2020, cover

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Insulin cost-sharing and discounted pens; Did Jackson back lower insulin costs?

  270. Maine LD2096/HP1493, official sponsor listhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280076444

    Maine Legislature · Published Feb 4, 2020 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Jackson is a cosponsor, not the first-named sponsor. Does not identify the bill meant in his 2026 debate answer.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Insulin cost-sharing and discounted pens

  271. Maine Public Law 2019, chapter 666, Part Ahttps://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_129th/chapters/PUBLIC666.asp

    Maine Legislature · Published Mar 18, 2020 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Enacted cap $35 per prescription per 30-day supply, for covered policies issued or renewed from January 1, 2021; not a universal cash price.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Insulin cost-sharing and discounted pens

  272. Maine LD2096/HP1493, official final statushttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?SessionID=13&paper=HP1493

    Maine Legislature · Published Mar 18, 2020 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Became Public Law chapter 666 on March 18, 2020.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Insulin cost-sharing and discounted pens

  273. LD1793/SP718 original resolve, April 25, 2023, cover and section 1 (document)

    Maine Legislature · Published Apr 25, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    Jackson sponsored a proposed state contract to buy discounted insulin pens.

    official legislative record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Insulin cost-sharing and discounted pens

  274. Maine LD1793/SP718, sponsor and final statushttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?paper=SP0718&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Published Mar 27, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 28, 2026

    The proposal was placed in legislative files as dead March 27, 2024.

    official legislative record

    Primary record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Insulin cost-sharing and discounted pens; Did Troy Jackson sponsor a lower-cost insulin proposal?

  275. 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: Susan M. Collins: Bump-stock ban proposal

  276. 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

    Primary record

    For: Susan M. Collins: Bump-stock ban proposal; Did Susan Collins back a bump-stock ban?

  277. 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: Susan M. Collins: Bump-stock ban proposal

  278. 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: Susan M. Collins: Bump-stock ban proposal

  279. Maine Public debate, 2026-10-15https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGo7A3R9r8&t=1338s

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

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

    candidate statement

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  280. FEC committee summary field definitionshttps://www.fec.gov/campaign-finance-data/committee-summary-file-description/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Distinguishes itemized and unitemized individual dollars; totals are not unique-person counts.

    official office record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  281. FEC individual-contributions bulk-file scopehttps://www.fec.gov/campaign-finance-data/contributions-individuals-file-description/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Bulk file contains a subset of itemized contributions; additional conduit records remain a distinct verification step.

    official office record

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  282. ActBlue July amended report 2034267 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Jackson-earmarked positive individual gifts only. Current original read in full; gross gifts before refund reconciliation. Donor identities are not republished.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  283. ActBlue August amended report 2034271 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Jackson-earmarked positive individual gifts only. Current original read in full; gross gifts before refund reconciliation. Donor identities are not republished.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  284. ActBlue September report 2033365 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Jackson-earmarked positive individual gifts only. Current original read in full; gross gifts before refund reconciliation. Donor identities are not republished.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  285. ActBlue October 1–14 report 2038132 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Jackson-earmarked positive individual gifts only. Current original read in full; gross gifts before refund reconciliation. Donor identities are not republished.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  286. JStreetPAC report 2039141, 2026-10-01–2026-10-14 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  287. JStreetPAC report 2033348, 2026-09-01–2026-09-30 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  288. JStreetPAC report 2014003, 2026-08-01–2026-08-31 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  289. JStreetPAC report 2008334, 2026-07-01–2026-07-31 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  290. Swing Left report 2034218, 2026-10-01–2026-10-14 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  291. Swing Left report 2028692, 2026-09-01–2026-09-30 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  292. Swing Left report 2012782, 2026-08-01–2026-08-31 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  293. Swing Left report 2007738, 2026-07-01–2026-07-31 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  294. ADAM PAC report 2036799, 2026-10-01–2026-10-14 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  295. ADAM PAC report 2033000, 2026-09-01–2026-09-30 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  296. ADAM PAC report 2014381, 2026-08-01–2026-08-31 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  297. ADAM PAC report 2008986, 2026-07-01–2026-07-31 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Only individually earmarked receipts explicitly identifying Troy Jackson for Maine count. Replaces corresponding campaign entries to avoid double counting; unrelated PAC payments excluded.

    fec filing

    For: Troy D. Jackson: Small-dollar support

  298. 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: Susan M. Collins: Large-investor housing purchases

  299. 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

    Senate roll call 182, June 22, 2026

    For: Susan M. Collins: Large-investor housing purchases; Did Collins back limits on large investors buying homes?

  300. 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: Susan M. Collins: Large-investor housing purchases

  301. 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: Susan M. Collins: DHS inspector-general annual funding

  302. 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: Susan M. Collins: DHS inspector-general annual funding

  303. 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: Susan M. Collins: DHS inspector-general annual funding

  304. 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: Susan M. Collins: DHS inspector-general annual funding

  305. 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

    Senate roll call 24, Feinstein amendment 2637, March 2, 2004

    For: Susan M. Collins: Assault-weapons ban extension; Did Susan Collins vote to extend the federal assault-weapons ban?

  306. 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: Susan M. Collins: Assault-weapons ban extension

  307. 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: Susan M. Collins: Canadian salt and cement tariff relief

  308. 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

    Collins signed tariff letter, August 28, 2026, pages 1–2

    For: Susan M. Collins: Canadian salt and cement tariff relief; Did Collins seek tariff relief for Canadian salt and cement?

  309. 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

    Presidential Proclamation 11065, September 8, 2026, paragraph 1 and Annex I Part B

    For: Susan M. Collins: Canadian salt and cement tariff relief; Did Collins seek tariff relief for Canadian salt and cement?

  310. 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

    Collins FY2024 THUD funding request, Centre Street Housing, page 2

    For: Susan M. Collins: Bath housing funding; Collins’s Bath housing request and appropriation checked

  311. 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

    Final FY2024 THUD project-funding table, Centre Street Housing, page 187

    For: Susan M. Collins: Bath housing funding; Collins’s Bath housing request and appropriation checked

  312. 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

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

    For: Susan M. Collins: Bath housing funding; Susan M. Collins: 3D-printed housing research; Collins’s Bath housing request and appropriation checked; Collins’s BioHome3D research request and appropriation checked

  313. 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

    Collins FY2023 THUD funding request, St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, page 10

    For: Susan M. Collins: Lewiston center funding; Collins’s Lewiston center request and appropriation checked

  314. 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

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

    For: Susan M. Collins: Lewiston center funding; Collins’s Lewiston center request and appropriation checked

  315. 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

    Collins FY2024 Energy and Water request, BioHome3D, page 2

    For: Susan M. Collins: 3D-printed housing research; Collins’s BioHome3D research request and appropriation checked

  316. 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

    Final FY2024 Energy and Water allocation table, BioHome3D, page 29

    For: Susan M. Collins: 3D-printed housing research; Collins’s BioHome3D research request and appropriation checked

  317. 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

    Final FY2024 DOE explanatory statement, Energy Projects, pages 79 and 173

    For: Susan M. Collins: 3D-printed housing research; Collins’s BioHome3D research request and appropriation checked

  318. 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

    DOE BioHome3D determination CX-032997 / DE-EE0011452, January 17, 2025

    For: Susan M. Collins: 3D-printed housing research; Collins’s BioHome3D research request and appropriation checked

  319. 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

    Penquis BioHome3D project description

    For: Susan M. Collins: 3D-printed housing research; Collins’s BioHome3D research request and appropriation checked

  320. 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. Committee C00314575; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-05-21 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1996672; image 202607159875988916.

    fec filing

    For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Campaign finance

  321. 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: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  322. 2026 quarterly reporting dateshttps://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/dates-and-deadlines/2026-reporting-dates/2026-quarterly-filers/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The FEC's schedule: the October Quarterly closes its books on September 30, 2026 and is due October 15, 2026.

    official election record

    For: Race desk evidence

  323. Contributions other committees reported to TROY JACKSON FOR MAINE, 2025-2026https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?data_type=processed&two_year_transaction_period=2026&recipient_committee_id=C00955609

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC's processed Schedule B data on September 23, 2026 and again on September 25, 2026, by the recipient's committee ID and the giving committee's organization type, and confirmed on each giver's filing at docquery.fec.gov. Labor organizations' PACs: 20 rows from 15 committees, dated July 13 to August 28, 2026; the fifteenth, the Carpenters' PAC ($5,000 on August 12), first appeared on the September 25 read. Membership organizations' PACs: the American Association for Justice PAC ($5,000 on July 23 and August 13), the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund ($125) and J Street PAC ($2,595 in seven rows on August 27). Corporation, trade association, cooperative and corporation-without-capital-stock PACs: none. Most rows are ActBlue's itemization of individual contributions routed through it, which are not committee money. Maximum Impac, a non-connected PAC, reported two transfers described as nominee funds, $112,888.31 on July 28 and $12,022.94 on August 4. Two Teamsters DRIVE rows of May 22, 2025 that name the committee but carry no recipient committee ID, on the line for other disbursements and before the committee existed, are left out. These are other committees' reports as processed so far, not the campaign's own record of receipts.

    fec filing

    For: Race desk evidence

  324. TROY JACKSON FOR MAINE, Statement of Organization, amended September 8, 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Published Sep 8, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Names seven committees in its section for connected organizations, affiliated committees and joint fundraising representatives: Maine Victory Fund 2026, Majority 2026 II, Maine - Iowa Senate Victory, Justice 2026, Flanagan, Jackson, Turek Senate Victory Fund, Blue Senate Candidate Fund, and Coast to Coast Senate Fund. The form gives no website. Read as a PDF (sha256 87509089...197f).

    fec filing

    For: Race desk evidence

  325. Did Collins oppose the Russian diesel deal?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-russian-diesel-opposition-letter

    For: Did Collins oppose the Russian diesel deal?

  326. Did Collins help advance Ukraine aid in 2024?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-ukraine-2024-funding-support

    For: Did Collins help advance Ukraine aid in 2024?

  327. Did Collins vote to fund WIC?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-wic-funding-vote

    For: Did Collins vote to fund WIC?

  328. Was Jackson in Maine’s Senate when the 2025 budget passed?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-2025-budget-service

    For: Was Jackson in Maine’s Senate when the 2025 budget passed?

  329. Did Jackson’s campaign report $15,000 in charity donations?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-charity-donations

    For: Did Jackson’s campaign report $15,000 in charity donations?

  330. Did Collins join Maine’s request to investigate the Biddeford shooting?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-biddeford-ig-investigation-request

    For: Collins’s joint investigation request checked

  331. Did Susan Collins back the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-safer-communities-act-vote
    Bipartisan Safer Communities Act check

    For: Collins’s gun-safety support updated; Did Susan Collins back the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act?

  332. What do Maine’s veto records show for Jackson?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-defined-veto-census

    For: Jackson’s Maine veto counts checked

  333. Did Collins support DHS de-escalation training funds?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-dhs-deescalation-funding

    For: Collins’s DHS de-escalation funding checked

  334. Did Collins help fund technology for affordable housing in Scarborough?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-scarborough-housing-technology-funding

    For: Collins’s Scarborough housing technology funding checked

  335. Did Collins seek tariff relief for Canadian salt and cement?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-canada-salt-cement-relief

    For: Did Collins seek tariff relief for Canadian salt and cement?

  336. Did Collins seek funding for housing in Bath?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-bath-centre-street-housing-funding

    For: Collins’s Bath housing request and appropriation checked

  337. Did Collins seek funding for 3D-printed housing research?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-biohome3d-research-funding

    For: Collins’s BioHome3D research request and appropriation checked

  338. Did Collins seek funding for Lewiston’s intergenerational center?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-lewiston-intergenerational-center-funding

    For: Collins’s Lewiston center request and appropriation checked

  339. Updated small-dollar support checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-small-donor-count
    Small-dollar support check

    For: Jackson small-dollar support: assessment updated; Do Jackson’s filings show broad small-dollar support?

  340. Did Collins back limits on large investors buying homes?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-road-housing-investor-restriction

    For: Did Collins back limits on large investors buying homes?

  341. Did Collins back a 17% increase for the DHS inspector general?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-dhs-oig-annual-base-increase

    For: Did Collins back a 17% increase for the DHS inspector general?

  342. Did Jackson back lower insulin costs?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-discounted-insulin-proposal
    Discounted-insulin proposal check

    For: Did Jackson back lower insulin costs?; Did Troy Jackson sponsor a lower-cost insulin proposal?

  343. Bump-stock ban proposal checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-bump-stock-bill

    For: Did Susan Collins back a bump-stock ban?

  344. Did Susan Collins vote to extend the federal assault-weapons ban?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-assault-ban-extension

    For: Did Susan Collins vote to extend the federal assault-weapons ban?

  345. Early heating-aid request checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-early-heating-aid-letter

    For: Did Susan Collins push for early heating-aid funding?

  346. Data-center cost guardrails checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-data-center-cost-guardrails

    For: Did Susan Collins back data-center electricity-cost guardrails?

  347. Rural medical-residency proposal checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-rural-residency-bill

    For: Did Susan Collins help introduce a rural medical-residency bill?

  348. Hegseth confirmation vote checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-hegseth-confirmation-vote

    For: Did Susan Collins vote against Pete Hegseth’s confirmation?

  349. NIH funding increase checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-nih-funding-increase-2026

    For: Did Susan Collins back the 2026 increase in NIH funding?

  350. Appropriations chair history checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-appropriations-chair-history

    For: Was Collins Maine’s first Appropriations chair in nearly a century?

  351. Mobile-home preservation funding checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-mobile-home-preservation-funding

    For: Did Troy Jackson vote to fund resident-owned mobile-home parks?

  352. Child-care stipend expansion checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-child-care-stipend-proposal

    For: Did Troy Jackson work to expand Maine’s child-care support?

  353. Jackson first-report timeliness checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-first-fec-report-on-time

    For: Did Troy Jackson file his first campaign-finance report on time?

  354. Bay Bridge Estates water funding checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-bay-bridge-water-funding

    For: Did Susan Collins help fund water service for Bay Bridge Estates?

  355. Collins student-loan bill checkhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-student-loan-interest-bill

    For: Did Susan Collins introduce a student-loan interest deduction bill?

  356. Did Collins cosponsor McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-mccain-feingold

    For: Collins’s campaign-finance cosponsorship checked

  357. Did Collins introduce a bill to expand Medicare nutrition therapy?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-medical-nutrition

    For: Four Maine Senate debate comparisons added

  358. Did Collins cosponsor a bill to give Congress more tariff authority?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-trade-review

    For: Four Maine Senate debate comparisons added

  359. Did Collins introduce a Medicare fraud-inspection bill?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-home-health-fraud

    For: Four Maine Senate debate comparisons added

  360. Did Jackson help keep the Caribou veterans home open?https://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-caribou-veterans-home

    For: Four Maine Senate debate comparisons added

  361. Our claim page: Collins's Iran war voteshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-iran-war-votes

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  362. Our claim page: Collins's Canada tariff voteshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-canada-tariff-votes

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  363. Our claim page: Collins's Supreme Court voteshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-supreme-court-votes

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  364. Our claim page: Collins and the bill to write Roe into lawhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-roe-bill

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  365. Our claim page: Collins and the 2004 intelligence reform lawhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-terrorism-prevention-act

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  366. Our claim page: Collins's votes and the rural health fundhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-rural-health-fund

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  367. Our claim page: Collins and the generic drug lawhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-generic-drug-law

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  368. Our claim page: Collins and ICE body camerashttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-ice-body-cameras

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  369. Our claim page: Collins and the right whale ruleshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/collins-lobster-whale-rules

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  370. Our claim page: Jackson and the northern Maine transmission linehttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-aroostook-transmission

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  371. Our claim page: Jackson and the 2023 heating relief lawhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-winter-heating-relief

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  372. Our claim page: Jackson and the 2019 solar lawhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-solar-ld1711

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  373. Our claim page: Jackson on offshore wind and fishing groundshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-offshore-wind-fishing

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  374. Our claim page: Jackson and MaineCare abortion coveragehttps://statedrecord.com/claims/maine-us-senate-2026/jackson-mainecare-abortion-coverage

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  375. WGME CBS13/FOX23 Maine Senate debate, October 6https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u58uiW8IeM

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked

  376. WMTW Maine Senate debate, October 8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA

    For: Fourteen Maine Senate debate claims checked