Posted on 10/13/2017 9:58:10 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Sen. Susan Collins will remain a thorn in President Trump’s side in Washington – after announcing Friday that she will stay out of the Maine governor’s race.
“I am a congenital optimist. I continue to believe that Congress can, and will, be more productive,” Collins said at a Chamber of Commerce event in Maine.
“I want to continue to play a key role in advancing policies that strengthen our nation, help our hardworking families, improve our health care system, and bring peace and stability to a troubled and violent world.”
Collins, 64, has been weighing for months whether she’d make a bigger impact in the Senate or by launching a bid to become the first woman to serve as Maine’s governor.
One of a handful of GOP centrists, she has been a champion for those who want to hold Trump in check and decided she’s needed more in the US Senate.
She was one of three GOP senators who sunk the Senate health care bill pushed by Team Trump.
Collins also serves a key role on the Intelligence Committee probing Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
On Friday, she voiced opposition to Trump’s decision to withdraw a key subsidy to insurers meant to help people afford health insurance under ObamaCare, The Hill reported.
She said the payments were important in helping the poor get health insurance.
The White House says the payments are a bailout of the insurance companies and an abuse of executive power launched by the Obama administration.
Collins also expressed concern about a separate executive order from Trump that the administration says will lower premiums by allowing insurers to offer cheaper plans.
Critics, including some insurers, maintain that the changes could increase costs on plans for sicker Americans.
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Her time would be better spent shoveling horse manure out of stalls.
Her time would be better served by making me a sandwich.
And try and get it right this time.
What, exactly, does she do in the Senate?
Place mat.
Serve her Uniparty masters.
The Republicans of Maine must be an unintelligent bunch, letting a Democrat represent them in the Senate.
She votes with the democrats.
Maine should be ashamed.
Heard their governor interviewed on Larry Kudlow; sounds like a great common sense guy. They have term limits; I think thats what the drug-induced Collins finally realized. If she stays in the Senate, Maine will keep re-electing their slurry-speeched wonder until she is well into her 90’s.
Oh, pretty much what the rest of them do, I guess.
Meaning she knows she's not executive leadership material and would fail as a governor.
-PJ
These people never retire.
McShame in a dress.
votes leftist whenever its really an important issue,
needs to be replaced asap!
She will keep that pharmacist busy delivering alzheimer’s meds.
she has been a champion for those who want to hold Trump in check...
Doesn't that fit right in with the goals of an OPPOSITION party?
In a just world, those in Congress who won't support the head of the Republican party--which Trump now is--would be challenged in the primary, with party support ($$$) going to the challenger.
Susan Collins thinks her crime is better served in the Senate
Collins Street in Caribou, Maine is missing its village idiot.
Her test poll figures must of been awful plus the crony capitalists who own increased her cut.
Lord she is the enemy within .
“I am a congenital optimist. I continue to believe that Congress can, and will, be more productive,” Collins said at a Chamber of Commerce event in Maine.
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Yeah... maybe it would be more productive if you stopped voting with the damn leftists, you worthless POS.
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