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Susan Collins U.S. Senate: Senator RepublicanNext Election Year: 2014
Education: BA, Saint Lawrence University, 1975
Profession: Founding Executive Director, Center for Family Business, Husson College, 1994-1996
New England Administrator, United States Small Business Administration, 1992-1993
Director, Husson College International and External Exchange Programs
Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Oversight Government Management
Department Treasurer, State of Massachusetts
Staff, United States Senator William S. Cohen
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(2010) S Amdt 3353 Payment to Social Security Recipients
Outcome: Motion Rejected (47/50)
Summary: -Specifies that no payments for calendar year 2009, as authorized in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (HR 1, the "Stimulus" Act), shall be dispersed after December 31, 2010, and no payment authorized in this amendment for calendar year 2010 shall be dispersed after December 31, 2011, regardless of entitlement or eligibility.
-Appropriates an additional $11.43 million to carry out the administrative costs of this amendment as follows:
-$5.2 million to the Secretary of the Treasury;
-$5 million to the Commissioner of Social Security;
-$600,000 to the Railroad Retirement Board; and
-$625,000 to the Secretary of Veteran Affairs.