Today, Senator Susan Collins was endorsed by a Koch-linked group with a long established history of operating as a front for corporate special interests. The NFIB is known for leading Republican attacks against the Affordable Care Act, including serving as the lead plaintiff in a 2012 attempt to strike down the health care law through the courts. 

 

After she voted at least a dozen times to repeal or undermine the ACA and paved the way for the ongoing Republican lawsuit to strike it down, it’s no wonder that one of the health care law’s biggest opponents would back Senator Collins for reelection. In addition to fighting to take away the health care coverage of millions of Americans, the NFIB has fought paid sick leave laws across the country, said they oppose “any effort” to increase the minimum wage, and backed tax breaks for the wealthy, even though the majority of those savings would not have gone to small business owners.

 

“It’s telling that yet another group that wants to take away Mainers’ health care is throwing their weight behind Senator Collins,” said Maine Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Marra. “Time and again, Collins has voted to make it harder for Maine families to afford the health care coverage they need. The corporate special interests who have been trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act for years know exactly whose side she is on--and it’s not the side of working Mainers.”

 

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