Susan Collins
American politician
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| 2025 | Begins serving as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. |
| February 28 2025 | Expressed sadness about Trump's White House clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. |
| December 2024 | Included on the BBC's 100 Women list. |
| July 12 2024 | Collins announced she would not vote for either major party nominee in the 2024 election, instead choosing to write in Nikki Haley. |
| April 19 2024 | Recognized by the Senate for her 9,000th vote, surpassing Chuck Grassley's previous streak of 8,927 votes. |
| 2023 | The Lugar Center ranked Collins first among senators for bipartisanship. |
| 2022 | Received the Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award. |
| 2022 | Collins was one of 12 Republicans in the Senate voting to advance and pass the Respect for Marriage Act, which aimed to codify same-sex marriage rights into federal law. |
| 2022 | Became one of ten Republican senators to support a bipartisan gun control agreement, which included red flag provisions, state crisis intervention orders, school safety funding, enhanced background checks for young buyers, and penalties for straw purchases. |
| 2022 | Collins received additional criticism after a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization suggested the overturning of Roe v. Wade. |
| June 24 2022 | The Supreme Court issued the final opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, confirming the earlier leaked draft that Brett Kavanaugh, whom Collins had voted to confirm, was instrumental in this decision. |
| May 11 2022 | After the leaked Supreme Court opinion indicating Roe v. Wade would be overturned, Collins voted against a bill to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. |
| April 7 2022 | Collins voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, being the first Republican to announce her support. |
| 2021 | Collins was one of 49 senators to vote for an amendment to the American Rescue Plan Act aimed at defunding schools allowing transgender students to compete in sports. |
| 2021 | Collins was one of three Republican senators who declined to sign an amicus brief supporting a Mississippi anti-abortion law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. |
| 2021 | Concludes her term as chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging. |
| October 2021 | Collins was one of 15 Republicans who voted with Democrats to approve a temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, and one of 10 Republicans to break the filibuster on raising the debt ceiling. |
| October 28 2021 | Cast her 8,000th consecutive roll call vote, joining an elite group with Chuck Grassley and William Proxmire for longest voting streaks. |
| August 2021 | Collins was among 19 Republicans who voted with Democrats to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. |
| May 27 2021 | Collins voted with five other Republicans and all present Democrats to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol attack, though the vote ultimately failed to reach the 60 votes needed to prevent a filibuster. |
| May 18 2021 | Axios revealed an FBI investigation into defense contractor Martin Kao for illegally funneling $150,000 to a pro-Collins super PAC, 1820PAC. |
| March 2021 | Collins was the only Republican voting with Democrats to confirm Xavier Becerra as the HHS Secretary. |
| March 2021 | Collins voted in favor of an amendment to rescind funds from public schools allowing trans youth to participate in sporting teams of their gender identity, and was one of two Republicans to vote to confirm Dr. Rachel Levine, a trans woman and physician, to a Senate position. |
| February 2021 | Collins announced she would no longer co-sponsor the Equality Act due to unresolved amendments. |
| February 2021 | Collins voted to confirm Pete Buttigieg as the first openly gay presidential cabinet member. |
| February 13 2021 | Voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, being one of seven Republican senators to do so. |
| January 2021 | Led a group of 10 Republican senators requesting President Biden to join bipartisan negotiations for the COVID-19 economic relief package, though Biden ultimately opted to pass the relief package using the reconciliation process. |
| January 6 2021 | During the certification of the Electoral College vote count, Collins was on the Senate floor when Trump supporters attacked the United States Capitol. She described the experience as 'frightening and appalling' and later condemned the attack, blaming Trump for inciting the mob. |
| 2020 | Received a 'B' rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund and a 'B' rating from Gun Owners of Maine for her stance on Second Amendment issues. |
| 2020 | Collins faced criticism when Kavanaugh suggested in his dissent in June Medical Services LLC v Russo that states should be permitted to severely reduce abortion access. |
| 2020 | Re-elected to the United States Senate. |
| 2020 | Former Independent Senator Joe Lieberman endorsed Collins, showcasing continued support across party lines. |
| November 3 2020 | Susan Collins won re-election to the United States Senate, defeating Democratic challenger Sara Gideon in the Maine senatorial election. Collins secured her fifth consecutive term as a Republican senator, maintaining her seat in a closely watched and competitive race. |
| October 26 2020 | Collins voted against the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. |
| May 2020 | Voted to confirm John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence, with her support considered key to his confirmation. |
| February 2020 | Collins voted 'not guilty' on both articles in Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. |
| January 22 2020 | Collins became the first Republican to break from party lines during the Trump impeachment trial, voting with Democrats on a motion to increase the time allotted for responses in the Senate proceedings. |
| 2019 | Becomes the only Republican official holding statewide office in Maine. |
| 2019 | Collins collaborated in a bipartisan effort to enhance the Farm to School Grant Program, proposing to increase its authorized level from $5 million to $15 million and raise the maximum grant award to $250,000. |
| 2019 | Collins voted for a bill requiring doctors to provide medical intervention for infants born alive after a failed abortion, and publicly announced her opposition to laws banning abortions in cases of rape or incest. |
| 2019 | Democratic Senator Joe Manchin endorsed Susan Collins for her 2020 re-election bid, further emphasizing her bipartisan reputation. |
| December 2019 | Collins introduced legislation to allow migrants seeking asylum to work sooner in the US, diverging from the Trump administration's view. |
| October 5 2019 | Susan Collins publicly criticized President Trump for asking China to investigate a political opponent, calling it 'completely inappropriate'. She emphasized the importance of the impeachment process being conducted with seriousness and maintained her stance of being an impartial juror in a potential Senate impeachment trial. |
| September 2019 | Collins voted with 10 other Republicans to overturn Trump's emergency declaration on the southern border. |
| August 2019 | Collins was one of eight senators who signed a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper advocating for an expansion of the F-35 program after Turkey was removed from the F-35 partner nations group, led by Senators Marco Rubio and Pat Toomey. |
| August 15 2019 | In an interview, Collins expressed support for mandatory background checks for internet firearm advertisements and stated she was working with Senators Toomey and Manchin and the White House to close background check system loopholes. |
| July 2019 | Collins and Democrat Patrick Leahy introduced the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2019, establishing penalties for firearm transfers with reasonable cause to believe they will be used in drug crimes, violent crimes, or terrorism. |
| July 2019 | Collins introduced the STRANDED Act to provide economic impact grants for communities affected by nuclear waste and was one of four senators to sponsor a bill extending the Weatherization Assistance Program through 2024. |
| July 2019 | Susan Collins introduced the Anti-Spoofing Penalties Modernization Act of 2019, proposing to double robocall penalties from $10,000 to $20,000 and increase the maximum fine from $1 million to $2 million to address the 93 million robocalls received in Maine the previous year. |
| July 2019 | Collins cosponsored the Insulin Price Reduction Act with senators from both parties, proposing to limit insulin price increases and align 2020 prices with 2006 levels. |
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