Collins defends floor consideration while citing her final no vote
Susan CollinsU.S. senator and Republican Senate candidate
Collins says floor consideration let her pursue the rural-health fund and that she opposed the final bill.
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Allowing the bill onto the floor let Collins pursue the rural-health fund, while her final no vote opposed its Medicaid cuts.
“But if I had not allowed the bill to go to the floor, I would not have been able to offer the $50 billion fund to help rural health care”
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Did Susan Collins help enable Trump's Medicaid cuts despite voting against the final bill?
Susan Collins voted to advance H.R. 1 in June 2025 but opposed final Senate passage because of its Medicaid changes. Troy Jackson and Maine Democrats say her earlier vote helped enable the cuts. Collins says floor consideration allowed her to secure a rural-health fund. The dispute concerns responsibility for advancing the law, not whether she voted yes on final passage.
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Jackson criticizes Collins's role in advancing the bill. Collins cites her final no vote and rural-health fund and corrects his committee attribution.
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Collins voted against passage. The Senate split 50-50, and the vice president broke the tie in favor.
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The report describes the candidates' competing accounts of Collins's responsibility for the legislation.
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Jackson blames her earlier role for helping advance the bill.
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Collins also disputes his claim that it went through her Appropriations Committee.
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The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
She supplies a justification for her procedural choice. Opposition to final passage does not make that defense a condemnation of her earlier action.
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Read the full caseJackson says Collins's earlier role still carries responsibility
“You know, Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out”Read statement
Maine Democrats say the procedural vote carries responsibility
Maine Democratic Party
“Shady Susan Collins is lying to Mainers about her vote to advance the largest Medicaid cuts in American history. The fact is, Collins greenlit the GOP Medicaid cuts – knowing they would pass – allowing Republicans to hand out massive tax breaks to billionaires, while 49,000 Mainers lose their health care.”Read statement
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