I just think the timing [of Senate Democrats’ unveiling of their bill to address the effects of climate change] could not have been worse and it came totally out of the blue.
After we just had worked together successfully on gun safety legislation, on the CHIPs bill, it was a very unfortunate move that destroys the many bipartisan efforts that are under way.”— Republican Sen. Susan Collins to HuffPost. Collins is one of a handful of GOP senators actively trying to build support in the party to codify same-sex marriage rights. Viewing the climate bill as a victory for Biden, many Republicans are unwilling to give the president any more “wins” in the near future.
LeBlevsez
Susan Collins is galactically stupid.
Brian
Agreed. I wonder if she’s going a little bit senile, or if she’s always been dim. Whatever the reason, there are like one hundred examples of her saying dumb things with confidence.
still_onthemark
But she’s “very concerned”!
Herman75
Yes very concerned, and alarmed!!
Ryan99
I want to face punch her repeatedly so much.
Vince
Yeah, I’m sure they were oh so eager to get it signed and a common sense climate change bill that even Manchin supports is the bridge too far point. You’re so good at reading people after all.
DarkZephyr
The reason it may be doomed in the senate has only one simple explanation. The GOP. That’s all there is to it.
inbama
Translation: Biden has had too many wins, and my base will go after me if I’m part of it.
Diplomat
I’m seeing 53 dem senate. All will not be lost.
ncman
a 53 Senate will only be useful if the Dems keep control of the House. Otherwise, Leader McCarthy will stop everything instead of McConnell or Manchin
still_onthemark
Keeping the Senate would still mean a lot just because they confirm judges and ambassadors etc (and the House has no role in that)
LumpyPillows
I hope you are right.
BDAguy
So, to be clear, as extreme climate change unleashes enormous fires, unparalleled flash flooding with significant loss of life, and crippling heatwaves Senator Collins whines about a lack of consultation about what; actually doing what the government is supposed to do: govern! Climate and marriage are two distinct things and should be treated as such.
tommyboy5023
The gops are here to obstruct.
LMG
Susan Collins will find any excuse to change her position. She spins around more than a weathervane caught in a hurricane. She’s the one who tipped the scales in favor of confirming Kavanaugh to the SC after having lunch with McConnell. Now she’s having second thoughts on that one as well. Why is she still a Senator? Why does Maine keep her? She should have been sent to a sanitarium years ago for her mental instability. The only thing she ever contributes is her nasal twang. What has a bill on Climate Change got to do with passing legislature on other key matters? Just because the GOP and McConartist didn’t have a chance to derail it. Hey Mitch, look at the unusual flooding in Kentucky right now. You’ll be the first in line looking for Federal help. I’d like to say that Collins is an unreliable dim bulb, but I feel bad about insulting the bulb.
Mack
I said she would change her mind, and of course as usual she did. Wonder what Moscow Mitch promised her?
GentlemanCaller
She’s not wrong. This was a brilliant play by Biden, basically doing what McConnell would do/has done and pulling a sleight-of-hand switcheroo. But the timing was not great. It would have been better to have appeared to have made no deal with Manchin, and then pass CHIPS and marriage equality and burn pits, and THEN say “ta-da! we have a Manchin deal!” AFTER we’ve gotten what we wanted. As it is, we only get one reconciliation bill.
LumpyPillows
She seems to be making excuses. I think the dog ate her vote might be more credible.
JeffBaker
I agree! The bi-partisan mood seems to have been quashed, unfortunately.
Invader7
She is a typical GOP hypocrite. Spins and pivots and twists with the political gop winds. She needs to be put out to pasture. Is this the best Maine can elect? In the meantime , the old crone whines about the gop getting a taste of its medicine. Too fricking bad. And, of course, the gop will come after the GLBTQ population-because that is TRULY how NASTY and VINDICTIVE the Neo-NAZI fascist GOP is today. Their scorched Earth policies are biting them in the ass and they all need to BURN in HELL..For eternity..
winemaker
Who is this ugly old yenta and who give a rate ripe ass what she has to say? And just what is her relevance along with attention whores the kardashians, brittney spears beyonce etc. Unimportant and nothing to see here, move on.
LumpyPillows
Seriously misguided and nasty personal attack. Why do we care? She’s a vote we need in the senate. Were you drunk when you wrote this?
Den
One would think as a typical right winger/social conservative you would idolize her.
Ryan99
Lying bitch, there is nothing bipartisan at all that Republicans do. Somebody should beat you with a tire iron repeatedly. You are an embarrassment to all women, the country, and Maine.
Ronbo
It would be nice to be represented by someone NOT born in the 1940’s. It’s long past time that the our party be asked to represent all of us – not just their friendly millionaires. Look at our party too… almost all of our senators are millionaires – even our House Leadership’s husband is profiting on insider stock trades! Imagine what the corrupt Republicans are doing! An ethics bill with teeth would be appreciated. Crickets from both sides of the aisle
Notice that the semiconductor bill’s spending goes into the hands of people who are already super-rich? No union mandates, no profit sharing, no repayment. It’s good to be rich. Know that the devil is alway in the details, not the headlines.
I’d give my left nut to be able to vote for AOC for president. Nancy Pelosi is throwing shade at her worse than any Republican – trying to keep the old guard in place. Our old guard did NOT help us with DADT, DOMA, job outsourcing, single-payer healthcare, a living minimum wage, abortion rights, or even voting rights. It’s a millionaires club and our side still resists entry of the non-rich (without corporate puppeteering).
Now is not the time to rely on the elderly rich. They got theirs and any change might disrupt their profits. Anyway, they will be dead soon – so spending on the future is silly to them.
thebaddestbabby
Amen to all of this! It was disgusting the way that semiconductor makers were able to strongarm representatives into giving them a massive chunk of cash. Threatening to move production overseas if they don’t get their way? Why don’t people get enraged by that sort of treason? Instead, we are distracted by the never-ending media spectacle of Trump. Pelosi et al.’s support of Henry Cuellar is yet another example of the bipartisan assault on workers’ rights. Something terrifying looming on the horizon: H.R. 8442.
To all my fellow gays working at St*rbucks or in the gig economy: keep organizing!
LumpyPillows
Run AOC for president and see us lose all 50 states in the general. She’s not the answer to the lack of progress because AOC is not only incapable of driving consensus, she sees no reason to have enough votes which is troubling. The difference with Pelosi is she also can’t get consensus on these issues and knows it and doesn’t chase things that are impossible with this congress to make happen.
ralphb
I am to the point where I figure all I can do is vote. I live in Missouri, a “red-as-hellfire” state, and I feel my votes for Dems is like spittin’ in the wind. I have petty much given up on EVER getting a climate change bill that will turn the tide against the devastation of the future. I’m just glad I’m old enough that I won’t have to endure the worst of it. I truly do feel sorry for my great nieces and nephews and their children. I wish them good luck……they will need it.
Jack
i hear you. Tennessee here. The willful ignorance of the GOP can’t be contained here. I routinely donate to Democratic candidates in other states who CAN win. That’s our shot.
Ronbo
Missouri is quite purple. I’ve interviewed over 5,000 Missourians in my job with both the “ISAS” and “NSDUH”. Those projects select interviews on gender, age and race – to be statistically representative. I assure you, there are many, many good people in the state – they, like you, feel isolated and abandoned by the party of intentional inaction.
I have a Democratic Representative – Cleaver is a “moderate” so he appear on FOX regularily and always tries to get along and not make waves. When I approached his team to to run for the Senate, I was told that he was not slotted to advance in the party – even though he is quite popular with both moderates and independents. It’s a millionaires club and he didn’t make the cut – like Claire McCaskill.
You know Claire, she actively campaigned on NOT amending FISA (to stop spying on citizens) and she ultimately provided the critical vote for the Republicans policy to pass unchanged.
Even when we think we are voting blue, we generally get Republican-like and voluntary purple candidates.
AOC for President. We need the hispanic vote now that our leadership is shifting away from hugely popular policy: a living wage, single-payer not-for-profit healthcare, and addressing climate change with more than a snowball from Manchin.
No one know more about Missouri than those who actually speak with Missourians. You can do more than vote – you must. Two Democratic administrations had full control and one even passed the 1993 for-profit Republican alternative to single-payer universal healthcare! They wen’t purple when over 70% of us wanted blue.
johncp56
I almost feel bad for her , but she is a Republican, and one of the lambs following the other morons backwards babbling bafoon is she
GrizzleyMichael
It would think so because who would marry IT