Bipartisan Funding Bill Could Drop This Week

Bipartisan funding bill could drop this week

Senators say they are making headway in talks on a bipartisan bill funding the government through the election, even as rank-and-file Republicans doubt that Democratic leaders will go for it. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, said that text of the stopgap funding bill could be released this week, and that she’s been working with Democrats on it. Her Democratic counterpart, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, said “we’re working on…

Collins-Backed Bills Capping Insulin Costs at $35, Bolstering Rural Health Care Advance with Bipartisan Support

Sen. Susan Collins announced Wednesday that the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved with bipartisan support a slate of five measures that, taken together, are designed to cap insulin costs and strengthen the health care workforce. While three of the bills were advanced as standalone legislation, two were rolled into the Educating Medical [...] The post Collins-Backed Bills Capping Insulin Costs at $35, Bolstering Rur…

Maine’s rural hospitals cannot survive another Susan Collins term

A trillion-dollar cut paired with a temporary $50 billion patch is not a rescue plan. It's a dangerous bait and switch that the senator was a major player in.