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Collins votes against Barrett, heads home to save Senate job
Read full article: Collins votes against Barrett, heads home to save Senate jobOn Monday, Collins cast her vote against Trump’s pick without any speech and quickly headed home to Maine to try to save her political career. Her vote in favor of Kavanaugh rallied Democrats against her and angered some moderate supporters, while her vote against Barrett may not do much to win them back. She's also attacking Collins’ vote for Trump's tax cuts that she says favored the rich over working-class Mainers. Gideon said for all of Collins' talk about seniority, she doesn’t have much influence in her caucus, as demonstrated in her inability to stop the vote on Barrett. And she’s a Republican,” Lauper told the crowd as she walked Collins to the center of the stage.