U.S. Senate

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was named the "greenest" Republican in Congress for the second year in a row by a group called Republicans for Environmental Protection.

Herb Hoffman, the independent candidate who tried unsuccessfully to get his name on the ballot for the U.S. Senate race in November, is now pushing for election reform.

Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins voted last week to give Washington D.C. a representative in the U.S. House.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said this week that she will be writing a letter to the White House to express her concern about moving the census from the Department of Commerce.

Maine GOP Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe have made a huge national splash with their support for the economic stimulus package. But it's drawing mixed emotions from Republicans.

Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, told Senate colleagues in a speech on the floor this week that any stimulus package should create jobs and help those who are out of work.

U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) is calling for "a broad-based stimulus package that will help boost economic growth and avert a deeper and more intractable recession," her office announced today.

The next in a series of scheduled debates between incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, a Democrat, is scheduled for Tuesday at the University of Southern Maine. Here's what the Portland Press Herald wrote about it:

U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, D-Maine, stopped by the Kennebec Journal Tuesday to talk about his policies and the campaign against Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released new poll numbers today that show U.S. Rep. Tom Allen gaining on Sen. Susan Collins in the race for her Senate seat.