Augusta, Maine – As Senate Republicans move forward with a proposal that would direct taxpayer funding toward security costs for Donald Trump’s $1 billion ballroom project, Susan Collins is still refusing to say whether she supports it.

Collins has repeatedly ducked questions on whether she backs using taxpayer dollars for the project – even as a Senate vote could come as early as today.

Maine Democratic Party spokesperson Kristi Johnston:

“Mainers are struggling to make ends meet and Susan Collins still won’t say whether taxpayers should bankroll Donald Trump’s billion-dollar ballroom project. She’s refusing to say where she stands because staying loyal to Trump matters more to her than standing up for Mainers.”

REMINDER:

• Collins voted with Trump 96% of the time.

• Collins serves as a “regular deciding vote” on “important Republican policies” and nominations.

• Collins greenlit Medicaid cuts that are forcing 61,000 Mainers to lose their health care coverage and number of rural Maine hospitals to shut down.