1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

Senator Collins voting to avert the government shutdown represents an abdication of responsibility that empowers bad actors like Trump and Musk with further unchecked power, failing to address systemic problems driving repeated budgetary impasses. Enabling continued dysfunction through stopgap funding extensions without meaningful reform perpetuates cycles of crisis governance answering only to the wealthiest individuals rather than serving the public good. Senator Collins can stop pretending that she's a moderate Republican. She's drunk the Trump and Musk kool-aid and is complicit in their irresponsible and dangerous policies and behavior.