Senator Collins Named One Of The ‘25 Most Influential Women In Congress’ By CQ Roll Call

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Susan Collins was named one of the “25 Most Influential Women in Congress” today in CQ Weekly’s Power Issue. Senator Collins was also recognized as one of the top 5 women who shape the debate in Congress.
 
The article identified Senator Collins as “the most senior of the Senate’s half-dozen GOP women,” and stated that “her moderate status helps her shape legislation in a divided government—if a provision can’t win her support, it likely won’t become law.” In addition, Senator Collins is quoted saying that “women span the ideological spectrum, just as men do,” but where she sees the difference “is that the women of the Senate are more likely to collaborate and to realize that we can disagree on an issue but still seek common ground.”
 
This article will be expanded upon in an electronic book, also authored by CQ Roll Call entitled, “Powerful Women: The Most Influential Women in Congress,” which will be available for purchase tomorrow.  This guide “highlights 25 of the most influential women who wield political power in the 114th Congress. Readers will get a brief history of how women have made their mark in Washington, D.C., along with exclusive personal profiles of leading women Democrats and Republicans.”
 
Tomorrow evening, Senator Collins will speak at the CQ Roll Call event honoring the “25 Most Influential Women in Congress.”
 
To see an excerpt from CQ Weekly’s “Power Issue” about Senator Collins, click here
 
To see an excerpt about Senator Collins from the CQ book, click here
 
This award follows Senator Collins’ recent lecture titled “Bipartisanship and Moderation: The Formula for Progress” at Colby College in Maine; a profile on Senator Collins in the Boston Globe that deemed her a ‘Force for Consensus; and Senator Collins’ participation in a National Journal Panel titled "Beyond Partisanship: Breaking Washington’s Political Gridlock."