submitted 22 de out. de 2026 by @david 149
Maine Senate: Susan Collins vs. Troy Jackson
3 investigations · 3 maps · 91 claims · Last updated 22 de out. de 2026
Overview
Maine Senate: Susan Collins vs. Troy Jackson: 3 investigações públicas e 91 alegações.
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- 5How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
- 4How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
submitted 22 de out. de 2026 by @nineDan 203
OverviewHow has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose? examines Collins's voting record on federal judicial confirmations and compromise abortion legislation alongside Jackson's record leading the Maine Senate on reproductive rights. The map highlights Collins's increasingly difficult centrist position, which provoked backlash after confirming conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v…
- 1What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care?
submitted 22 de out. de 2026 by @djwide 75
OverviewWhat do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care? traces how both officials respond to the ongoing crisis of rural hospital insolvencies, ambulance shortfalls, and maternity ward closures in Maine. It illustrates Collins's willingness to cross party lines to oppose GOP Medicaid cuts and negotiate billions in federal rural health transformation funding. Concurrently, it examines Jackson's state legislative mea…
Last generated 22 de out. de 2026, 16:35 by a member
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Federal Leverage versus State Legislation
3 de 3 mapasThe research maps contrast Susan Collins's use of federal committee posts and appropriations riders with Troy Jackson's reliance on state statutes and direct labor regulations.
M1How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
Collins uses federal budget riders to delay wildlife regulations on fisheries, while Jackson pushes state-level statutes restricting foreign timber haulers.
M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
Collins authors federal compromise bills to codify abortion precedents, whereas Jackson steers landmark reproductive access laws through the Maine Legislature.
M3What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care?
Collins negotiates national Medicare and Medicaid funding increases in Congress, while Jackson sponsors state bills to hike rural healthcare reimbursement rates.
Protection of Rural Working-Class Communities
2 de 3 mapasBoth leaders actively champion interventions to shield Maine's rural economies, labor forces, and community infrastructure from outside threats and decline.
M1How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
Both figures protect traditional extraction workers, with Jackson organizing against bonded Canadian labor and Collins shielding commercial lobstermen from gear mandates.
M3What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care?
Both politicians intervene to halt the financial insolvency and closure of critical-access rural hospitals and ambulance services across Maine.
Bipartisan Moderation versus Party Alignment
2 de 3 mapasThe maps highlight how Collins repeatedly breaks from national Republican positions, while Jackson combines mainstream progressive Democratic policies with rural populist stances.
M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
Collins opposes party-line federal abortion bans while Jackson champions sweeping state abortion access despite representing a socially conservative border district.
M3What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care?
Collins defects from congressional Republicans to defend Medicaid from spending reductions, while Jackson breaks with progressive allies over healthcare coverage for immigrants.
Targeted Regulatory Accommodations and Carveouts
2 de 3 mapasBoth officials employ targeted statutory exemptions, waivers, and specific financial carveouts to protect home-state industries from strict baseline regulations.
M1How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
Collins secures multi-year statutory pauses on federal whale rules, while Jackson secures dedicated weight and hours-of-service exemptions for logging trucks.
M3What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care?
Collins creates emergency PPP loan eligibility for bankrupt rural hospitals and pilot treat-in-place Medicare rules, while Jackson seeks 100 percent reimbursement rates for rural clinics.
Collins repeatedly breaks with national Republican positions to protect Maine's healthcare and social safety net, opposing party-line abortion bans and rejecting Medicaid spending cuts.
2 de 3 mapasM2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0017Federal abortion ban opposition
Susan Collins publicly opposed Senator Lindsey Graham's proposed 15-week federal abortion ban legislation in 2022.
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M3What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care?
C0028Vote for Medicaid expansionInvestigar com IA
On July 26, 2017, Susan Collins was the only Republican senator among 10 senators to vote for an amendment prioritizing Medicaid expansion and advocating ACA improvement rather than repeal.
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M3What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care?
C0001Collins opposition to OBBBAInvestigar com IA
Susan Collins was one of three Republican senators who voted against final passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, alongside Thom Tillis and Rand Paul.
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The maps diverge regarding the political reception of Collins's moderate positioning, showing her bipartisan Medicaid defense earning advocacy honors while her centrist abortion stances resulted in severe alienation from advocacy groups.
M3What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care?
C0019ANCOR Medicaid champion awardInvestigar com IA
The disability advocacy group ANCOR presented Susan Collins with its Congressional Medicaid Champion Award for her work during consideration of OBBBA.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0016Planned Parenthood scorecard decline
Planned Parenthood's congressional scorecard rating for Susan Collins declined from a peak above 70% to the low teens or single digits after 2017.
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The maps present contrasting portrayals of the legislative durability of Jackson's agenda, showing his timber labor restrictions blocked by federal courts while his reproductive health measures were enacted directly into state law.
M1How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
C0020Injunction against hauling lawInvestigar com IA
A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a 2021 Maine law sponsored by Troy Jackson prohibiting forest landowners or trucking companies from using immigrant labor to haul logs harvested in Maine after lawsuits by the Maine Forest Products Council, Pepin Lumber, and a Canadian driver.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0011Passage of Maine abortion law
As Maine Senate President, Troy Jackson presided over the passage of L.D. 1619 in 2023, which allowed post-viability abortion access when deemed necessary by a licensed physician and was signed into law by Governor Janet Mills in July 2023.
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How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy? uniquely details Jackson's background as an activist logger who organized grassroots border blockades during the 1998 Canadian labor dispute.
M1How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
C0044Border logging truck blockade
In 1998, Troy Jackson participated in a one-week logging truck blockade of Maine–Canada border crossings to protest the employment of lower-wage Canadian H-2A loggers.
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How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose? provides exclusive scrutiny of Collins's pivotal confirmation votes for conservative Supreme Court justices and her reliance on their private assurances regarding Roe v. Wade.
M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0001Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation vote
Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on October 6, 2018 (50–48) after announcing her support in a roughly 45-minute Senate floor speech where she stated Kavanaugh viewed Roe v. Wade as settled precedent.
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What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care? focuses on the structural contraction of Maine's rural healthcare network, emphasizing that eleven hospital birthing units closed between 2014 and 2025.
M3What do Collins and Jackson say about rural health care?
C0016Maine birthing unit closuresInvestigar com IA
Between 2014 and 2025, 11 of Maine's 28 hospital birthing units closed, leaving 17 operational across the state.
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- https://www.collins.senate.gov
M1How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
C0011Logging contractor labor oppositionInvestigar com IA
Maine logging contractors opposed paid family leave and labor legislation passed by the Maine Senate under Troy Jackson's leadership.
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M1How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
C0008Vessel speed rule oppositionInvestigar com IA
Susan Collins opposed NOAA's 2023 proposed vessel-speed rule expansion targeting boats between 35 and 65 feet before the agency withdrew the proposal in 2024.
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M1How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
C0001Lobster industry rule delayInvestigar com IA
Susan Collins authored and brokered a provision in the December 2022 omnibus spending bill delaying NOAA's North Atlantic right whale vessel-speed and gear rules for the lobster industry until December 2028.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0011Passage of Maine abortion law
As Maine Senate President, Troy Jackson presided over the passage of L.D. 1619 in 2023, which allowed post-viability abortion access when deemed necessary by a licensed physician and was signed into law by Governor Janet Mills in July 2023.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0001Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation vote
Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on October 6, 2018 (50–48) after announcing her support in a roughly 45-minute Senate floor speech where she stated Kavanaugh viewed Roe v. Wade as settled precedent.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0002Criticism of Dobbs draft leak
Following the leak of the Dobbs draft opinion on May 2, 2022, Susan Collins publicly claimed that the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch was completely inconsistent with the ruling, asserting they had affirmed Roe was settled law in private meetings.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0010Condemnation of Dobbs decision
Following the Dobbs decision, Susan Collins publicly condemned the ruling as ill-considered and stated that it overturned 50 years of precedent.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0018Hyde Amendment omnibus support
Susan Collins voted in favor of the 2022 federal omnibus spending legislation that maintained Hyde Amendment restrictions on federal funding for abortions.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0004Reproductive Choice Act sponsorship
In February 2022, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski co-sponsored the Reproductive Choice Act (S.371) to codify Roe and Casey while retaining state conscience protections and restrictions, but it never received a floor vote.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0007Planned Parenthood endorsement shift
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund endorsed Sara Gideon against Susan Collins in 2020, marking the first time the organization ever opposed Collins after previously endorsing her in 2014.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
Susan Collins voted against cloture on the 2024 Right to IVF Act (S.4445) and introduced an alternative IVF proposal alongside Lisa Murkowski.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0008Planned Parenthood funding support
Susan Collins has consistently voted against legislative efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, including voting against a 2015 defunding measure.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0006Neil Gorsuch confirmation vote
Susan Collins voted to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in April 2017 (54–45).
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0005Amy Coney Barrett confirmation opposition
Susan Collins was the only Republican senator who voted against confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on October 26, 2020 (52–48), citing the vote's proximity to the presidential election.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0012Criticism of Maine abortion law
Susan Collins publicly criticized Maine's L.D. 1619, stating that the law permitted abortion up to the moment of birth.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0017Federal abortion ban opposition
Susan Collins publicly opposed Senator Lindsey Graham's proposed 15-week federal abortion ban legislation in 2022.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0003Women's Health Protection Act opposition
Susan Collins voted against cloture on the Women's Health Protection Act on February 28, 2022 (46–48) and May 11, 2022 (49–51), stating the bill went too far regarding conscience protections.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0016Planned Parenthood scorecard decline
Planned Parenthood's congressional scorecard rating for Susan Collins declined from a peak above 70% to the low teens or single digits after 2017.
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- https://www.congress.gov
M1How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?
C0001Lobster industry rule delayInvestigar com IA
Susan Collins authored and brokered a provision in the December 2022 omnibus spending bill delaying NOAA's North Atlantic right whale vessel-speed and gear rules for the lobster industry until December 2028.
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M2How has Susan Collins voted on abortion, and what does Jackson propose?
C0016Planned Parenthood scorecard decline
Planned Parenthood's congressional scorecard rating for Susan Collins declined from a peak above 70% to the low teens or single digits after 2017.
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