Senator · Maine

Susan M. Collins

Susan M. Collins is a Republican senator from Maine, in Congress since 1997. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 0, and cast 701 of 841 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 7, 1997
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9150.0%0 of 915 · rank 99 of 10183%701 of 841 · rank 100 of 101301 became law54%181 of 334
118th CongressSenate6910.0%0 of 691 · rank 99 of 10141%220 of 538 · rank 101 of 101372 became law67%317 of 475
117th CongressSenate9490.0%0 of 949 · rank 99 of 10035%272 of 768 · rank 100 of 100501 became law71%367 of 515

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.12+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50· Against party
  2. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50· Against party
  3. H.Con.Res. 86: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Jun 23, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Agreed to 50–48· Against party
  4. S.Con.Res. 33: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.Yea
    Apr 23, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–49· Against party
  5. S.Con.Res. 33: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.Yea
    Apr 23, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 48–50· Against party
  6. H.J.Res. 140: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.Nay
    Apr 16, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 50–49· Against party
  7. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Yea
    Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–51· Against party
  8. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–67· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50· Against party
  4. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50· Against party
  8. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  12. S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Yea
    Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

117 sponsored · 4 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced8169%
  2. Reported by committee76.0%
  3. Passed one chamber2521%
  4. Became law43.4%

Policy areas

  1. Health33
  2. Education12
  3. Commerce8
  4. Taxation8
  5. Armed Forces and National Security7
  6. Energy5
  7. Environmental Protection5
  8. Families5

Latest activity

  1. S. 2398 Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act
    Became law· Health· Sep 30, 2026
  2. S. 3296 Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025
    Reported by committee· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 14, 2026
  3. S. 5250 Medicare Home Health Payment Integrity and Protection Act of 2026
    Introduced· Health· Aug 5, 2026
  4. S. 4641 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2026
    Introduced· Health· May 21, 2026
  5. S.Res. 744 A resolution expressing support for designation of the month of May 2026 as "Osteoporosis Prevention and Awareness Month".
    Introduced· Health· May 20, 2026
  6. S.Res. 724 A resolution recognizing the roles and contributions of the teachers of the United States in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States.
    Passed one chamber· Education· May 11, 2026
  7. S. 4292 Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregivers Act of 2026
    Introduced· Taxation· Apr 14, 2026
  8. S. 4291 Catching Up Family Caregivers Act of 2026
    Introduced· Taxation· Apr 14, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$16.2M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$11M
From committees
$2.5M
473 committees
From contractor PACs
$575.5K
115 PACs · 23% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$12KNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$10KMORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
general electric companygeneral electric company aerospace employee political action committee (ge aerospace pac)$10KGENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 98% · the same organization$636.3M
international paperinternational paper political action committee (ip-pac)$10KINTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization—
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee$10KABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$90M
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$10KUNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
general motors companygeneral motors company political action committee (gm pac)$10KGENERAL MOTORS LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$652.9M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$10KNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$16.2M$2.5M$575.5K115 PACs · 23% of committee money
2024$1.6M$471.7K$135.8K50 PACs · 29% of committee money
2022$1.1M$248.7K$84K38 PACs · 34% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · MaineJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. Senate · MaineJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. Senate · MaineJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2015
  4. Senate · MaineJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2009
  5. Senate · MaineJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2003

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.collins.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-2523
Office
413 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.