Sen. Collins, Susan M.

Republican · Maine · Senate

Susan Margaret Collins is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maine, a seat she has held since 1997. A member of the Republican Party, she is Maine's longest-serving member of Congress and the longest-serving Republican woman senator. Since 2025, Collins has served as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Voting record

Participation: shows up to vote 100% of the time.
Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 45.4% of the time.
Alignment with the district's political lean: 61.1%.
Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 4.

Recent votes by Sen. Collins, Susan M.

Voted Nay on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Voted Nay on Tightens banking sanctions on Russia — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Voted Yea on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
Voted Yea on Exempts active military pay from federal income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
Voted Nay on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
Voted Yea on Increases airport passenger fees through 2030 — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Voted Yea on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
Voted Nay on Designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group — Clean Energy for America Act
Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
Voted Yea on Grants to help foreign-trained health workers — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Voted Yea on Large independent banks face stricter oversight — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
Voted Yea on Limits EPA power over wetland disposal sites — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
Voted Yea on Blocks bank lending rule for national banks — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency relating to "National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders".
Voted Nay on Congress blocks EEOC's settlement transparency rule — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to "Update of Commission's Conciliation Procedures".

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