| − | '''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]], [[gay rights]], and spending bills. | + | '''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]], [[Homosexual rights advocacy|homosexual "rights"]], and spending bills. |
| | 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 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 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]]. |