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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmation: James D. Maxwell II, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi | Yea | Dec 9, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: James D. Maxwell II to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi | Yea | Dec 9, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: William J. Crain, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Yea | Dec 9, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: William J. Crain to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Yea | Dec 9, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Robert P. Chamberlin, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi | Yea | Dec 9, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert P. Chamberlain to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi | Yea | Dec 8, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina | Yea | Dec 4, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SRES 520 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. | Yea | Dec 4, 2025 | Cloture Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 131 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… | Nay | Dec 4, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Susan Courtwright Rodriguez to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina | Yea | Dec 3, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 91 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Nay | Dec 3, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Matthew E. Orso, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina | Yea | Dec 3, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew E. Orso to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina | Yea | Dec 3, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Lindsey Ann Freeman, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina | Yea | Dec 2, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lindsey Ann Freeman to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina | Yea | Dec 2, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: David A. Bragdon, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina | Yea | Dec 2, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: David A. Bragdon to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina | Yea | Dec 1, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 130 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 76 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 89 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Ho Nieh, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ho Nieh to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Cloture Motion 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 10, 2025 | Bill Passed | 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 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Collins Amdt. No. 3937 | Yea | Nov 10, 2025 | Amendment 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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