Editor's Note: The following was published in 2000. Susan M. Collins was elected to represent the State of Maine in the United States Senate in 1996. She is the 15th woman in history to be elected ...

Analysis: Nomination for Defense Secretary puts a familiar pair of GOP senators in a predictable spot, writes John Bowden ...

After more than two decades in the Senate, Susan Collins has continued to work hard to prove that she's a relative moderate ...