Brewer speaks with Maine Public about Sen. Susan Collins, tax bill vote
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public about Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins again finding herself in the national spotlight. Collins is under scrutiny as the Senate prepares to vote on a Republican tax bill that rewrites major provisions of the U.S. tax code, according to the report. Collins has hinted that she could support the proposal, but that she’s also holding out for some big changes, the report states. “Sen. Collins runs the risk of a serious backlash from the right if she votes no on this,” Brewer said. He added Collins can probably weather the backlash at home, but not nationally. “It would tend to bring even more focus on her at a national level, even more ire from national conservative groups,” he said.