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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 Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Tulsi Gabbard Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider Re: Vought Nomination Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget Yea Feb 6, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget Yea Feb 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Turner, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Feb 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Feb 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General Yea Feb 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Yea Feb 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Pamela Bondi to be Attorney General Yea Feb 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy Yea Feb 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Russell Vought Yea Feb 3, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Yea Jan 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Wright to be Secretary of Energy Yea Jan 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Burgum, of N.D., to be Secretary of the Interior Yea Jan 30, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior Yea Jan 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lee Zeldin, of N.Y., to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jan 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lee Zeldin to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jan 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 23 — Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act Yea Jan 28, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Duffy, of WI, to be Secretary of Transportation Yea Jan 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sean Duffy to be Secretary of Transportation Yea Jan 27, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Bessent, of S.C., to be Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jan 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jan 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Jan 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kristi Noem to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Jan 24, 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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