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- Born: December 7, 1952 in Caribou, Maine
- Assumed office: January 7, 1997
- Party: Republican
- Alma mater: St. Lawrence University
- Previous position held: Regional director, National Small Business Association
- Only Republican to limit tax cut to help hospitals
- Both parents were mayors of Caribou
- Won re-election in 2008
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Susan Collins is the junior Republican senator from Maine. She won her 2008 re-election campaign against Democrat Tom Allen.
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Early Life
Collins jumped right into politics following her graduation from St. Lawrence University by working for then-Senator William Cohen. In the late 1980s, she served as chair of the commission on financial regulation in Maine.Political Career
Collins attempted an unsuccessful run for governor of Maine in 1994; two years later, she won a seat in the Senate. She is a ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and also belongs to the committees on Armed Forces and Aging. In January 2009 so was appointed to the Appropriations Committee.MaineToday: Maine's Sen. Collins Lands Seat on Appropriations Panel (January 21, 2009)Positions
Collins is a moderate Republican. She has voted against banning same-sex marriage and restricting travel to Cuba. She was co-author of the Collins-Lieberman Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.-
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U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
- MaineToday: Maine's Sen. Collins Lands Seat on Appropriations Panel (January 21, 2009)
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security
- Committee Site: Susan M. Collins, Ranking Member
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
- Committee Site: Susan Collins, Republican Member
Susan Collins Timeline
- 1952, December 7: Born
- 1975-1987: Worked for future Secretary of Defense William Cohen
- 1994: Republican candidate for the gubernatorial election
- 1997: Assumed U.S. Senate office
- 2002: Voted in favor of Iraq War Resolution and re-elected to the U.S. Senate
- 2003: Voted against Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
- 2007: Announced plans to run for re-election to the Senate in 2008
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My heros: Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Mary Landrieu, Arlen Specter. We need more good Americans like these.
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I left voice mail for Susan Collins asking her to tell Olympia Snowe that her DC office voice mail was full. I hope they talk to each other.
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I left messages for my Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe asking them to vote for President Obama's health care reform plan.
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#wtp2010 #irf01 irf01: Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]Introduced Bill: S.Res.358: A resolution designating December 12, ... http://ow.ly/163npz
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#wtp2010 #irf01 irf01: Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]Introduced Bill: S.2814: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social... http://ow.ly/163npy
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