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'''Susan Margaret Collins''', born December 7, 1952 (age {{age|1952|12|7}}), in Caribou, Maine, is the junior U.S. Senator from [[Maine]] and a member of the [[Republican Party]]. Serving in a fairly [[liberal]] state, Collins is frequently labeled as a Republican in Name Only ([[RINO]]).  She often breaks with her party and voted with the Democrats in support of [[partial-birth abortion]] and [[gay rights]].  

'''Susan Margaret Collins''', born December 7, 1952 (age {{age|1952|12|7}}), in Caribou, Maine, is the junior U.S. Senator from [[Maine]] and a member of the [[Republican Party]]. Serving in a fairly [[liberal]] state, Collins is frequently labeled as a Republican in Name Only ([[RINO]]).  She has often broken with her party and voted with the Democrats, notably in in support of [[partial-birth abortion]] and [[gay rights]].  

While she voted with the majority of the Senate in favor of the 2002 "[[Iraq War]] Resolution" authorizing President [[George W. Bush]] to go to war against Iraq, she cosponsored a non-binding resolution with three other liberal Republican Senators that showed the Senate's disapproval of the President's plan to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq in January of 2007. Additionally, in the [[Obama administration]] she was one of only three Republicans to support the $787 billion [[economic stimulus package]], although she worked to reduce $100 billion from the package, along with [[Nebraska]] [[Democrat]] Senator [[Ben Nelson]].  

While she voted with the majority of the Senate in favor of the 2002 "[[Iraq War]] Resolution" authorizing President [[George W. Bush]] to go to war against Iraq, she cosponsored a non-binding resolution with three other liberal Republican Senators that showed the Senate's disapproval of the President's plan to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq in January of 2007. Additionally, in the [[Obama administration]] she was one of only three Republicans to support the $787 billion [[economic stimulus package]], although she worked to reduce $100 billion from the package, along with [[Nebraska]] [[Democrat]] Senator [[Ben Nelson]].