Susan CollinsVote leaningLeans conservative
+0.124Based on 908 roll-call observations in the 119th Congress. This is Voteview DW-NOMINATE, an estimate from roll-call behavior—not a Baseline rating. Read the method ↗ or see our evidence rules.
Senator · Maine · Republican
Susan Collins
U.S. Senator from Maine
Susan Collins is a U.S. Senator from Maine, a Republican who has held the seat since January 3, 1997, and chairs the Committee on Appropriations. She earlier worked on the staff of Senator Bill Cohen and led a Maine state regulatory department.
Background
Biography
Susan Margaret Collins was born on December 7, 1952, in Caribou, Maine, and graduated from Caribou High School in 1971. She graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1975 and went to work for Bill Cohen, then a U.S. representative from Maine. She stayed on his staff after he moved to the Senate and became staff director of the Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
In 1987 Maine Governor John McKernan appointed her commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. In 1992 President George H.W. Bush appointed her director of the Small Business Administration's regional office. In 1994 she became the founding executive director of the Center for Family Business at Husson College.
Collins was elected to the Senate in 1996, succeeding Cohen, and took her seat on January 3, 1997. She was reelected in 2002, 2008, 2014 and 2020. She chairs the Committee on Appropriations.
119th Congress
The voting record at a glance
Every Senate roll-call position in the current Congress that Voteview associates with this member. Data current through Oct 1, 2026.
- Recorded votes
- 915
- Participation
- 100.0%
- Yea / nay
- 742 / 173
- Latest vote
- Sep 30, 2026
Recorded positions
Latest roll-call votes
Position, question, result, tally, and source are shown together so readers can inspect the record without leaving the page.
| Date | Position | Roll call | Issue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | PN1129On the NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗ | Nominations | Nomination Confirmed47–41 | |
| Yea | PN1129On the Cloture MotionKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Cloture Motion Agreed to53–47 | |
| Yea | HR9340On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected57–43 | |
| Yea | HR7008On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected53–47 | |
| Nay | SRES852On the Motion to DischargeA resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | International Affairs | Motion to Discharge Rejected47–51 | |
| Yea | SJRES197On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Health | Motion to Proceed Rejected48–51 | |
| Yea | S4668On Passage of the BillA bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗ | Education | Bill Passed77–22 | |
| Nay | S4668On the AmendmentTo establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Rejected47–52 | |
| Yea | S4668On the AmendmentTo increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.Official roll call ↗ | Health | Amendment Rejected49–50 | |
| Nay | S4668On the AmendmentTo limit price increases for college athletics tickets.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Rejected42–54 | |
| Nay | S4668On the AmendmentTo improve the bill.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Rejected1–94 | |
| Yea | S4668On the AmendmentTo modify the provision relating to the relationship of this Act to existing law.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Agreed to96–1 |
Patterns in the record
Vote leaning and issue mix
These are descriptive measures of roll-call behavior, not judgments about truthfulness, effectiveness, or constituent approval.
Where roll calls fall
Policy areas come from Voteview’s Congressional Research Service fields, with plain-language fallback categories when no CRS label is supplied.
Source: Voteview members’ votes ↗. Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin, and Sonnet (2026), Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database.
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Recent coverage
What is being reported
Current reporting about Susan Collins, gathered through Brave Search. Headlines and summaries belong to their publishers and are not Baseline verdicts.
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