Augusta, Maine – Serving as the deciding vote, Susan Collins just gave Donald Trump and Senate Republicans the green light to advance her party’s toxic reconciliation bill that will have grave impacts on Mainers. Instead of heeding the call of Mainers who urged her to reject the bill and stop it from proceeding, Collins didn't “let the Republicans down,” just like MAGA voices said she wouldn’t.
Here is just a sample of what is in the bill Collins voted to allow:
51,000 Mainers will lose their health care coverage
31,000 Mainers – including children – could go hungry due to cuts to SNAP programs
40,000 Mainers will lose assistance to heat their homes
Thousands of Maine fishermen will lose their MaineCare, thanks to Collins explicit support for Medicaid cut provisions
Maine hospitals will be shuttered
$3.8 trillion will be added to the national debt, in order to pay for tax giveaways to billionaires
And more.
Maine Democratic Party spokesperson Tommy Garcia:
“Susan Collins was the deciding vote to advance a bill that will have devastating impacts on Mainers – from gutting MaineCare to shuttering other programs people rely on – all to pay for tax giveaways to billionaires. Collins' role in moving this bill forward and her decision to hang Mainers out to dry will lead voters to reject her in 2026.”
See more: Mainers Call Out Collins for DOGE, Medicaid Cuts; ICYMI: Mainers Call Out Collins for Failing to Use Her Seniority to Protect Maine; NEW: Collins “Must be Judged by the Standard She Set” [Bangor Daily News Op-Ed]; ICYMI: Susan Collins-Backed Medicaid Cuts Would Hurt Maine’s Fishermen
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