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Susan M. Collins

U.S. Senator (Class 2), ME

Republican Maine since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ME current
Maine
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ME
Maine
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ME
Maine
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ME
Maine
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ME
Maine
Republican Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.124, social dim. -0.506. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Collins Amdt. No. 3937 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Paul Amdt. No. 3941 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3946 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3947 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act Yea Nov 7, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 90 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Nay Nov 6, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Yea Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Caleb Orr to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Yea Nov 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Yea Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Yea Nov 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 4, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Chunyee Tung to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Yea Nov 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua D. Dunlap to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Yea Oct 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 88 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs. Yea Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 77 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. Yea Oct 29, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 69 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 81 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. Yea Oct 28, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jordan Emery Pratt, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jordan Emery Pratt to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $2,224,950. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 245 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 160 $500,023 22%
Corporate PAC 77 $484,922 22%
Party 8 $283,019 13%
Unclassified 755 $956,986 43%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$72,872 COLLINS VICTORY COMMITTEE COLLINS FOR SENATOR Party Mar 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$54,235 COLLINS VICTORY COMMITTEE COLLINS FOR SENATOR Party Dec 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$52,237 COLLINS VICTORY COMMITTEE COLLINS FOR SENATOR Party Dec 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$39,642 BANGOR SAVINGS BANK COLLINS FOR SENATOR Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$37,683 COLLINS VICTORY COMMITTEE COLLINS FOR SENATOR Party Dec 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$35,675 BANGOR SAVINGS BANK COLLINS FOR SENATOR Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$35,611 COLLINS VICTORY COMMITTEE COLLINS FOR SENATOR Party Jun 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,278 COLLINS VICTORY COMMITTEE COLLINS FOR SENATOR Party Mar 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,002 COLLINS VICTORY COMMITTEE COLLINS FOR SENATOR Party Jun 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED COLLINS FOR SENATOR Corporate PAC Mar 20, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED COLLINS FOR SENATOR Corporate PAC Dec 19, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED COLLINS FOR SENATOR Corporate PAC Nov 20, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED COLLINS FOR SENATOR Corporate PAC Jan 9, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED COLLINS FOR SENATOR Corporate PAC Feb 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 ARNOLD, LAURA COLLINS FOR SENATOR Big donor Aug 10, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (2 as lead sponsor)

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