Key facts
- Senator Susan Collins has cast 10,000 consecutive votes.
- She is the first senator in history to reach this threshold.
- Collins is a Republican representing Maine.
Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, has achieved a significant legislative milestone by casting her 10,000th consecutive vote. This achievement makes her the first senator in the history of the United States to reach such a high number of unbroken votes. The record was set while Collins is engaged in a closely contested re-election race in her home state. Tensions are rising between President Trump and Senate Republicans, and their disagreements spilled into public view this week when GOP senators repeatedly used amendment votes on a $70 billion budget reconciliation bill to create distance from the president. Three Republican senators facing tough races in November — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), John Husted (Ohio) and others — are among those creating distance.