Steve Collins

3 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Collins |Siobhan Brett

I have something to confess: Until he announced his candidacy for governor last month, I had no idea Angus King III existed. According to the results of a political poll just released, I might be in the minority. About 80% of Maine’s Democrats said they would consider supporting the son of three-term U.S. Sen. Angus King for governor. Just one in 10 of those polled said they’d never heard of him.

4 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Siobhan Brett |Steve Collins

Last month, I watched a woman dressed as a large white hen walk in front of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ Lewiston office chanting, “Susan Collins is a chicken. Cluck, cluck, cluck.”A few nearby demonstrators joined in, but briefly and without much enthusiasm. The scene got me thinking. Sen. Collins – no relation – is many things. A coward is not one of them.

1 month ago | pressherald.com | Steve Collins

One of the worst traditions of the U.S. Senate has been in place for 80 years: the selection of the longest-serving senator from the majority party as the largely ceremonial president pro tempore of the Senate. But the position carries one huge responsibility. The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 dictates who would become acting president if the president and vice president were suddenly out of the picture, a concern that arose with the dawn of the atomic age.