After about six hours of amendment votes, the Senate approved a budget blueprint Saturday morning by a vote of 51-48.

Collins is now in negative territory, with a 51 percent disapproval rating, up from 44 percent in the prior quarter. Her approval in the Morning Consult poll is 42 percent, down from 47 percent at the ...

The Senate vote is one big step in a long process. And the debate revealed intra-party tension over key issues like Medicaid, ...

AUGUSTA — Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, broke ranks and joined Democrats over the weekend in opposing a budget resolution that would likely require cuts in Medicare and Medicaid programs to exten ...