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16 Mar 2023, 1:36 pm by Geoff Schweller
” The SEC Whistleblower Reform Act of 2023 is cosponsored by Senators Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA). [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 11:19 am by John Culhane
It needed 60 votes and got 63, because of Republican renegades Scott Brown, Mark Kirk, George Voinovich, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 1:03 pm by Shari Shapiro
.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) introduced the Renewable Electricity Promotion Act on September 23, which would:  install a renewable portfolio standard (or renewable electricity standard, in D.C. parlance) requiring states to generate at least 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2021  DSIRE has a nice map with all the portfolio standards for states nationwide. [read post]
15 May 2017, 1:20 pm by Thomas Dowdell (US)
  There has been some criticism that moderate Republicans Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Bill Cassidy (Louisiana) and more junior women Republicans such as Deb Fischer (Nebraska) and Shelley Moore Capito (West Virginia) were not included in the working group. [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 5:38 pm by Tom Parker
Last Thursday Senator Susan Collins (R- ME) even called Capitol police when she was alarmed to learn that a group of 9/11 first responders planned to camp out in Senate offices until they garnered the necessary 60 votes to secure the bill’s passage. [read post]
28 Feb 2015, 9:14 am by Karen Hoffmann
Other speakers and panelists include: ·  Jennifer Johnston, Novelist, winner of the Whitbread book award; ·  Manfred Nowak, Scientific Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and judge at the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina; ·  Susan McKay, Journalist; ·  Sarah Joseph, Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash… [read post]
18 Jul 2014, 11:18 am by Rich McHugh
Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mark Kirk) voted in support of the bill, while all Democrats supported the bill (excluding Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who voted no for procedural purposes so that he could bring the bill up again for consideration sometime in the future). [read post]
16 May 2011, 1:46 pm by Michael
was so swayed by the outcome of his own study and he and his wife — who happens to be lawyer — named their daughter Collins. [read post]
25 Sep 2017, 8:05 am by Thomas Dowdell (US)
Senators from these states have indicated that they either oppose the Graham-Cassidy repeal legislation (John McCain (R-Arizona)) and Rand Paul (R-Kentucky)) or are leaning against supporting it (Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)) and Susan Collins (R-Maine)). [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 8:02 am by Wendy Wright (US)
.), John McCain (R-AZ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Bob Corker (R-TN), Angus King (I-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Al Franken (D-MN), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Tom Carper (D-DE), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH). [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 5:26 pm by John Buhl
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) secured the retention of the state and local tax deduction for property (capped), a lower threshold for claiming unreimbursed health-care costs, and the restoration of catch-up retirement contributions for certain employees. [read post]
29 Jun 2015, 9:11 am by Sean F. Leslie
“The analysis always showed that, compared to the control group, the LEAD program seemed to have a positive effect on arrests,” said Susan Collins, co-author of the LEAD evaluation. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 4:08 am by Edith Roberts
” Nicholas Fandos and Sheryl Gay Stolberg report for The New York Times that “[w]ith four senators still undecided — the Democrat Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and the Republicans Jeff Flake of Arizona, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation was still not assured. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 1:50 pm by Michael Markarian
., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would phase out invasive research on chimpanzees, retire federally-owned chimps to sanctuaries, and save taxpayers about $30 million annually. [read post]
15 Feb 2022, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
But Califf enjoyed the support of six Republicans: Senators Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Richard Burr (North Carolina), Mitt Romney (Utah), Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania), and Roy Blunt (Missouri). [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 7:53 pm by SOIssues
Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Lee (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Thune (R-SD), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA). [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 2:13 pm
Three GOP Senators broke with the majority and voted with Senate Democrats: Susan Collins (R-ME), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Arlen Specter (R-PA). [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 11:39 pm by Matthew D. Kaplan
Susan Collins (R-Maine), claims she is doing commuters a favor by, in effect, shifting truck traffic away from rush hour, but drivers organizations and consumer advocates worry that a little rush-hour convenience will come at the price of more deadly semi-truck accidents. [read post]
13 May 2010, 3:11 pm by Michael Markarian
.), along with its counterpart, S. 1076, introduced by Senators Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), would close a loophole in the nearly 60-year-old federal fur labeling law that allows many fur-trimmed jackets and other apparel to be sold without labels. [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 6:16 am
Only three Senate Republicans voted in favor, and this paltry number didn’t even include the usually reliable moderates like Maine’s Susan Collins or Olympia Snow. [read post]