Susan Collins

 U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is part of a congressional delegation that is on an official visit to the Middle East, according to her office.

 U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will participate in a hearing today that examines “The U.S. Postal Service in Crisis,” according to her office.

 The office of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins sent out a statement in the early morning hours Thursday to say Collins, R-Maine, met with President Barack Obama to talk about health care.

 The Washington Post Web site has a fun story about the Congressional women’s softball team, which apparently lost to staffers 14-8 in a recent game.

 Now that the hearings have begun, we can all get a better feel for Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.

 Sen. Susan Collins released a statement Thursday after a 45-minute meeting with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

 My colleague, Matt Wickenheiser of the Portland Press Herald, brought us a page 1 story Friday about a proposal to raise the gas tax by 11 cents per gallon over four years.

 Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, recently questioned Cass Sunstein, the nominee to become “Regulation Czar” for the Obama administration, about his views on hunting.