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Susan M. Collins

U.S. Senator (Class 2), ME

Republican Maine since Jan 3, 2021

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Issue areas

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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: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense Yea Jul 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Jul 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Wright to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Jul 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil J. Bove III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Nay Jul 24, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Richard Topping to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 24, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force Yea Jul 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Lohmeier to be Under Secretary of the Air Force Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Szabo to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Zachary M. Bluestone, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Zachary M. Bluestone to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jul 23, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Hurley, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bradley Hansell, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jul 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jul 22, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Cristian M. Stevens, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua M. Divine, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Terrance Cole to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement Yea Jul 21, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arielle Roth to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Yea Jul 17, 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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