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Susan M. Collins
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ME
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
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Defense unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Homeland Security — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water Development — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Financial Services and General Government unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Legislative Branch — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Justin R. Olson to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana | Yea | Feb 5, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee | Yea | Feb 5, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee | Yea | Feb 4, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri | Yea | Feb 4, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri | Yea | Feb 4, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska | Yea | Feb 4, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska | Yea | Feb 3, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas | Yea | Feb 3, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas | Yea | Feb 3, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas | Yea | Feb 3, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas | Yea | Feb 2, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Jan 30, 2026 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 4287 | Nay | Jan 30, 2026 | Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Sanders Amdt. No. 4290 | Yea | Jan 30, 2026 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4286 | Yea | Jan 30, 2026 | Motion to Table Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4234 | Yea | Jan 30, 2026 | Motion to Table Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4236 | Yea | Jan 30, 2026 | Motion to Table Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Paul Amdt. No. 4272 | Nay | Jan 30, 2026 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Jan 29, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 3627 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act | Yea | Jan 27, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Jan 15, 2026 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Jan 15, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… | Nay | Jan 14, 2026 | Point of Order Well Taken | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 84 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Nay | Jan 13, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Jan 12, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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 type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 160 | $500,023 | 22% |
| Corporate PAC | 77 | $484,922 | 22% |
| Party | 8 | $283,019 | 13% |
| Unclassified | 755 | $956,986 | 43% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $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.
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