... in September, and put final legislation on his desk this fall. Obama met at the White House with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, Bob Corker of Tennessee and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. "I urged him not to ...

... confirmed to New York's 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in 1998. The others were Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Susan Collins of Maine, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and Orrin Hatch of Utah. This time, the underlying politics are dicey for ...

... Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, as well as Maine Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. Snowe has been deeply involved in talks in recent ...

... moderates and the White House on Friday. - Advertisement - The compromise reached between a handful of GOP moderates led Susan Collins of Maine, the White House and its Senate allies stripped $108 billion in spending from Obama's plan, including ...

... weighing in to urge Democrats make a final round of concessions. - Advertisement - Architects of the compromise included Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Ben Nelson, D-Neb., who represented a broader group of moderates unhappy that so much money ...

... budget covers, this country will go bankrupt. People will not buy our debt; our dollar will become devalued." Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who sided with Obama on his $787 billion economic stimulus plan, said she couldn't support ...

... Democratic leaders agreed to trim about $100 billion on Friday. - Advertisement - As a result, Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania broke ranks to cast their votes to advance the bill ...

... controversial examples of short-term, quick-spending aid in the two bills. Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, worked to scrub some less plausibly stimulative stuff from the Senate bill. But that measure still contains ...

... administration and its allies eventually came up drew the support of only three Republicans in Congress moderate Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Their support was critical, though, in helping the ...

... voted with the majority Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Christopher Bond of Missouri and Susan Collins of Maine though they went along only with strong reservations.