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Susan M. Collins
Serving in office
Scheduled research active
Main board
The signal is improving, but the lifetime record is still thin.
This profile keeps a lifetime office and promise record. The trust score is designed to stay close to 50 until enough claims and evidence are reviewed.
Breakdown
- Delivered during the term promised: 6 x 1.0
- Delivered in a later elected term: 0 x 0.8
- Partial delivery: 7 x 0.4
- Never delivered: 5 x 0.0
- Disputed claims tracked separately: 0
- Reviewed promises in current record: 18
- Confidence: 60%
- Current claim count: 19
- Current evidence count: 78
Office History
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U.S. Senator
Maine · current
Current Senate term following reelection in 2020. -
U.S. Senator
Maine · current
Historical elected offices still need research. -
U.S. Senator
Maine
Fourth Senate term following reelection in 2014. -
U.S. Senator
Maine
Third Senate term following reelection in 2008. -
U.S. Senator
Maine
Second Senate term following reelection in 2002. -
U.S. Senator
Maine
First Senate term after winning the 1996 election; term corresponds to service beginning January 3, 1997.
- Cap the cost of insulin at $35 per month for Americans on private and employer insurance and pilot an initiative to provide this price to Americans without insurance.
- Streamline Medicare coverage for insulin pumps and expand diabetes education and training for patients and providers.
- Exempt insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors from the Medicare competitive bidding process for 5 years.
- Support legislation that gives tax credits to businesses that hire apprentices.
- Support incentives for experienced workers to teach apprentices and allow them to receive some retirement income early without tax penalties.
- Ensure military training counts toward an apprentice's training requirement.
- Support legislation to tighten the Hatch-Waxman Act by limiting automatic 30-month stays and closing loopholes that delay generic drug competition.
- Support legislation to ensure the new Department of Homeland Security maintains strong ties with local first responders and gives them a voice in setting policy and strategy.
- Request additional Defense Department funding for Sensor Research and Development in next year's federal budget to further develop its sensor program.
- Have her own paychecks withheld during government shutdowns.
- Continue working to ensure Congress provides robust funding and targeted legislation for the most effective educational programs that help teachers and students succeed.
- Reform the FDA citizen petition process to prevent it from being misused to delay approval of generic drugs and biosimilars.
- Expand access to affordable health care for all Americans, including small businesses, individuals and families, rural and underserved areas, long-term care, and more equitable Medicare payments to Maine providers.
- Provide new tax credits for small businesses to help make health insurance more affordable and encourage them to offer coverage.
- Authorize federal grants to help states plan, develop, and operate small employer purchasing cooperatives.
- Give states new tools to increase participation in the State Children's Health Insurance Program so eligible children and families receive care.
- Create demonstration grants for states that develop innovative coverage expansions, pooling arrangements, market reforms, or subsidies for coverage.
- Promote a seven-point jobs plan that spurs small business investment, strengthens workforce education and training, reduces regulatory red tape, supports Maine agriculture and manufacturing, and invests in infrastructure to grow Maine's economy.
- Continue working to ensure Mainers have access to needed federal services.
Method note
Long term, this app should score against a manually reviewed promise ledger that spans every elected office the candidate has held. The current model uses a Bayesian-style shrinkage step: thin records are pulled back toward 50 so the UI does not overstate certainty.
Claim occurrences, evidence, and future AI adjudications are all designed to store provider and model provenance. Formula version: 0.1.0.