Press Releases

Press Release / Sunday Oct 18, 2020

ICYMI: “Collins’ 2017 Tax Vote Started the Slide”

A Portland Press Herald column today outlines how Senator Collins’ vote for Donald Trump’s corporate tax giveaway led Mainers to see she has changed, and kicked off her “slide in popularity.”

Despite Senator Collins’ desperate attempts to blame everyone but herself for her downfall, it’s her record in Washington of siding with Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and the special interests that has left her reelection in danger.

Press Release / Sunday Oct 18, 2020

REFUSIN’ SUSAN LAYS LOW: With Pence Set To Visit Maine, Collins Still Won’t Say If She Supports the Top of Her Ticket

Collins has already requested an absentee ballot to vote in the presidential election, but continues to dodge questions about who she’s supporting

Press Release / Saturday Oct 17, 2020

REFUSIN’ SUSAN HITS THE ROAD: Will Senator Collins Fess Up About Support For Trump On Her Bus Tour?

After 671 days of refusing to tell Mainers the truth about who she’s voting for, Senator Susan Collins is spending today in York County. 

Press Release / Saturday Oct 17, 2020

HEALTH CARE IS ON THE BALLOT: Trump Has “Very Good Chance” of Eliminating Affordable Care Act Because of Lawsuit Greenlit By Senator Collins

At Donald Trump’s town hall on Thursday night, the President said that his administration has a “very good chance” of repealing the Affordable Care Act when the Supreme Court hears

Press Release / Friday Oct 16, 2020

Maine Democratic Party Statement on Vice President Mike Pence’s Upcoming Visit to Maine

Following the news that Vice President Mike Pence will visit

Press Release / Friday Oct 16, 2020

Senator Collins Says She’s “Very Proud” Of Writing Program That Allowed Big Corporations To Claim Small Business Relief Funds

In last night's debate, Senator Susan Collins was asked whether she’d support changes to the Paycheck Protection Program after “a lot of large corporations swooped in and took a lot of that money in the first round.” But Collins doubled down and defended the program she wrote that doled out more than $1 billion to publicly traded companies and large hotel chains.

Press Release / Friday Oct 16, 2020

MEET THE JUDGES: Collins’ Decisive Vote Gave Lifetime Appointment to Judge Who Compared Same Sex Marriage To Marrying Bacon

Senator Collins has helped Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump transform the federal judiciary by packing it with right wing judges who put Mainers at risk. This week, Maine Democrats will highlight a few of the extreme right wing nominees whom Collins helped confirm to the federal bench.

Press Release / Friday Oct 16, 2020

ICYMI: Maine Democrats, Physicians Discuss Trump’s Failures to Curb Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices

Today, the Maine Democratic Party hosted a virtual roundtable with State Representative Michael Brennan, Biden for President Maine Deputy State Director BJ McCollister and Maine physicians to discuss how despite his promises, Donald Trump’s has failed to do anything to curb skyrocketing prescription drug prices.

Press Release / Thursday Oct 15, 2020

In Third Debate, Senator Collins Continued To Mislead Voters About Her Real Record

Following the conclusion of the third US Senate debate,

Press Release / Thursday Oct 15, 2020

ICYMI: Council Representing BIW Unions Call On Collins To Take Down “Transparently False” Ad

Maine labor leaders are continuing to speak out against Senator Susan Collins’ misleading campaign ad that falsely implies she helped resolve the Local S6 strike this summer. According to representatives of the Maine State Council of Machinists and the Maine AFL-CIO, Collins “flatly refused” to help S6 workers during the strike, despite multiple requests for intervention. Now, she’s trying to take credit for ending the strike in a “transparently false” ad.