Susan Collins

Officials explained their reasoning for not shooting the balloon down sooner, including threats to civilians in Alaska and dangerous recovery conditions.

The Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify same-sex and interracial marriage, passed a key hurdle to becoming law Monday evening.

Strategist John Feehery said Friday that "you don't want to take away the ability for people to get married once you gave them that ability."

The Respect for Marriage Act is a bill that a bipartisan group of senators are trying to pass in order to offer federal protections for same-sex marriages.

The Texas senator shared a tweet by a conservative activist who said that passing a bill that protects same-sex marriages would threaten religious freedoms.

A key Senate moderate says bipartisan progress is unraveling after two powerful Democrats kept negotiations on a spending bill out of view.

The Democratic senator said Sunday that more justices should be added to the institution in order to "get some confidence back in our court."

Not impeaching Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch would send a "blaring signal" that nominees can lie in their confirmation hearings, the congresswoman said Sunday.

Frustration and outrage with Collins' confirmation vote for conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh was evident on social media Friday.

Fitch, the attorney general of Mississippi, called the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade "a new era in American history."

Social media users criticized the Maine senator for comments she made about a bipartisan meeting on gun measures.

Police attended Senator Susan Collins' Maine home after a pro-abortion message appeared on the sidewalk.

The Republican senator previously opposed federal legislation that would have codified Roe v. Wade into law.

Senate Democrats vowed to codify abortion rights in response to news the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, but the party has few options to act.

The senator's past votes for anti-abortion judges are being questioned after a report that the Supreme Court is likely to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Resurfaced comments from Collins show that she said on several occasions that Kavanaugh told her he viewed Roe v. Wade as a "settled law."

The pedophile accusations from Republicans against Democrats surfaced during the Senate confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Ketanji Brown Jackson appears on track to be confirmed 53-47, with three Republicans now supporting her historic nomination.

"The role the Constitution clearly assigns to the Senate is to examine the experience, qualifications, and integrity" of nominees, the Maine GOP senator said.

A Fox anchor said she had a "stellar resume" and called her "impressive." However, several Republican Congress members have opposed her nomination.

Trump suggested this weekend that if he gets reelected, he would pardon rioters who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol last year.

He also indicated his support for Judge J. Michelle Childs, from his own state of South Carolina.

The Republican senator took issue with Trump saying at a Saturday rally he might pardon Jan. 6 rioters if elected again.

The centrist Republican senator said it "adds to the further perception that the court is a political institution."

"This time, there is no need for any rush," GOP Senator Susan Collins of Maine said of confirming President Joe Biden's forthcoming Supreme Court nominee.

Elaine Chao, moderate Senate Republicans and some other Washington officials have also attempted to persuade Hogan to run for Senate.

Democrats will now be able to raise the debt ceiling with a fast-track simple majority vote in the Senate.

The conservative justice cited a number of landmark cases where the Court overruled its own precedent.

Senator Susan Collins cited a "widespread lack of responsiveness and accessibility" with federal workers operating remotely.

The Republican senator called the law "extreme, inhumane and unconstitutional" at an event in Maine.