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by americausa |

Jun 13, 2008(2 months ago) |

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I have been out of work since November 2007. My unemployment benefits have run out. My money has run out. I unable to obtain employment and need more time to continue my search for employment. I am at risk of losing my car. Gas prices continue to rise daily. I am highly skilled in my field. My State Rhode Island is one of the hardest hit with unemployment. I am 53 old and have worked hard all my life. I've paid taxes all my life, and this is how my country is treating me. Unbelievable. The Senate, House and President continue to play games as peoples life's are put in jeopardy. Totally disgusting. So all the extra time that I am not spending on looking for employment, I will dedicate to making sure any politician that votes nay on not extending unemployment insurance will be out of a job their next term by informing the public of their decision in every forum available. I will encourage others to do so as well. It is time in this country for the people to take control of their government again and take it out of the hands of the uninformed, out of touch, uncompassionate, ignorant, greedy, self absorbed fools that are the true terrorists ruining this country. Pass a fxxkxxg bill extending unemployment benefits or you will be out of a fxxkxxg job!!!!!!!!!

by Anonymous |

Jun 15, 2008(2 months ago) |

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Middle class America wake up! A vote for a Republican is a vote for your own demise. Is war moral or do the Republicans just use religion to sell out the well meaning and good folks of America? Remember in November!!!!!! Vote all these bums out!!!!!!!!

by Anonymous |

Jul 26, 2008(about 1 month ago) |

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I am a conservative and usualy vote Repulican. Democrats values are not generally mine. However, I do look at the issues and I can't understand why the Repulicans voted nay on cloture on Senate Bill 3268. It is interesting that Obama and McCain abstained from this vote. So did Edward Kennedy and 4 Repulicans. It's the issues that are important. The Republican party has been hijacked by RINOs.
Two Repulicans had the courage to vote yea, Collins R, MN and Snow R, ME.

by Anonymous |

Aug 09, 2008(26 days ago) |

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Vote R or D, either way government gets in.

" It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."

- Bill Clinton

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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2003	2008	Senator	ME	Republican
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Committee Membership

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
S.3357 A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain rayon staple fibers.	Introduced	Jul 29, 2008
S.3349 Energy Assistance Act of 2008	Introduced	Jul 28, 2008
S.3328 A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for a one-year extension of other transaction authority.	Introduced	Jul 30, 2008

Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
On the Concurrent Resolution (H. Con. Res. 398 )	Nay July 31, 2008
S.3001 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3001 )	Aye July 31, 2008
H.R.4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 On the Conference Report (H.R. 4137 Conference Report )	Aye July 31, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the current 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2009). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Democrat most often votes with: Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
Republican least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]

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Susan Collins in the News

September 04, 2008 Editorial: Security before shipyards

Tracking all the changes to the DDG 1000 destroyer program can give you whiplash these days. For 13 years, the Navy pushed development of the Zumwalt-class destroyers as its next-generation surface combat vessel; as recently as this spring, the service