Read more Susan Collins stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9343/susan-collins.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:54:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72406/reid-goes-for-broke-with-public-option-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid is preparing to bring a health reform bill that includes a public option to the floor of the Senate, gambling that his 60-member caucus will support the plan if it contains opt-out measures for individual states. The majority leader and other senators met with Barack Obama yesterday to...http://www.newser.com/story/72406/reid-goes-for-broke-with-public-option-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 7:46:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72304/maines-other-senator-could-swing-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast week Sen. Olympia Snowe was the center of attention of Capitol Hill as she bucked the GOP line to support health care reform, but now Maine's other Republican senator, Susan Collins, is the one to watch. Both women voted for President Obama's stimulus package in February, and Democrats and...http://www.newser.com/story/72304/maines-other-senator-could-swing-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 7:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71701/six-senate-swing-votes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs health care reform bills merge and change on the Senate floor, the pool of legislators to watch has grown. The Wall Street Journal takes a look: Olympia Snowe, R-Maine: Her vote for the Finance Committee bill was clutch, but "doesn't forecast what my vote will be tomorrow," she says....http://www.newser.com/story/71701/six-senate-swing-votes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 12:55:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71140/nothing-wrong-with-czars-experts-testify.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe anti-czar crusade hit quite the speed bump yesterday, when five constitutional scholars testified in a Senate hearing that it was indeed perfectly legal for the president to have policy advisers. They said the principle dated back to FDR and that, assuming the czars didn’t have any actual legal authority,...http://www.newser.com/story/71140/nothing-wrong-with-czars-experts-testify.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 7:41:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70097/congress-military-question-protect-afghans-rule.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith US casualties mounting in Afghanistan, some members of Congress are questioning recent orders that have put troops at greater risk in order to protect Afghan civilians, the Washington Post reports. Gen. Stanley McChrystal recently berated the military for being “preoccupied with protection of our own forces.” He ordered soldiers...http://www.newser.com/story/70097/congress-military-question-protect-afghans-rule.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 9:38:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69718/bill-clinton-obama-will-win-health-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama will prevail in his fight to pass a health reform bill, his predecessor Bill Clinton insists in an interview with Bloomberg. The former president predicts that Olympia Snowe and probably Susan Collins, Maine's two moderate Republican senators, will be persuaded to vote for the Baucus bill, which he...http://www.newser.com/story/69718/bill-clinton-obama-will-win-health-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 7:19:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61524/6-conservatives-worth-obamas-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere are a few in the conservative camp who the Obama administration respects. “By respect, I mean, quite simply, the degree to which the White House responds to their worries and needs and believes that the time spent responding is useful and necessary,” Marc Ambinder writes in the Atlantic . Here’s...http://www.newser.com/story/61524/6-conservatives-worth-obamas-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 14:48:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56729/senators-rank-bipartisan-colleagues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you want to reach across the aisle in the Senate, chances are you're stretching toward Ted Kennedy or Susan Collins, according to a Hill survey of the upper chamber. “I’d love to co-sponsor every piece of legislation with Ted Kennedy,” says Sen. Richard Burr. The most partisan least faves?...http://www.newser.com/story/56729/senators-rank-bipartisan-colleagues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 8:23:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51057/senate-centrists-hold-house-dems-hostage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate requires 60 votes to avoid filibuster, so the 58-strong Democrats are at the mercy of centrist Republicans Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins. Politico reports that House Dems, who have no trouble passing bills on their own, are unhappy that their legislation has to run this gauntlet....http://www.newser.com/story/51057/senate-centrists-hold-house-dems-hostage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Feb 2009 15:24:01 CST