Susan Collins

Senate Parliamentarian Rules Minimum Wage Provision Currently Written as it is Can Not be Included in the American Rescue Plan

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In a not surprising development, the Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the proposed federal minimum wage increase to $15.00 an hour could not be included in the American Rescue Plan-COVID 19 relief bill as written. Reaction among Democrats has been quick. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki issued a statement for the Biden/Harris Administration … Read more

Republican Senators and Waffling Democrats need to Cut the Crap and Confirm all of Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s Nominees. 

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In 1947, legendary Republican Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Arthur Vandenburg, according to David McCullough’s renowned work Truman, sped the confirmation of George C. Marshall as Secretary of State in one day. This action occurred at a time when Cold War Tensions were rising between the United States and the Soviet … Read more

One Way To Still Get a Democratic Majority in the Senate: Appoint Republican Senators to Cabinet or Ambassadorial Positions

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Senator Susan Collins just won a new term representing the people of Maine. She has been the Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. She might be a good selection for Secretary of the Homeland Security Department. North Carolina Senator Richard Burr has decided he will not run for reelection in 2022. … Read more