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Susan Collins superthread 1/
Collins came to Bloomberg DC HQ this pm 2/
Susan Collins no longer thinks the Senate Intel Russia investigation will be completed this year. She expects an interim report. 3/
Susan Collins wishes Trump would speak more about what the Russians did and will continue to do to meddle. 4/
Collins thinks Trump may worry if he does people will question his legitimacy tho' no evidence votes changed. 5/
Collins thinks there is no chance Trump fires Mueller. Challenged, that became she can't imagine he would because mega pushback. 6/
Collins said she's certain Congress would act if Trump fires Mueller. She noted after Nixon fired Archibald Cox, investigation continued.
Collins noted Thom Tillis' bill providing judicial review of any firing as well.
Susan Collins doesn't think Bob Corker's Twitter war with Trump is particularly helpful.
Susan Collins has been trying to pull the tax bill in a more progressive direction 10/
Susan Collins said top rate should not be cut for $1M+ earners. Nor, she said, should the estate tax be eliminated. 11/
BUT Susan Collins sounds amenable to dynamic scoring generating $1T or so of revenue, depending on how bill is structured. 12/
Collins sounds like she very much wants to get to yes - and pull the bill in her direction in the meantime. 13/
Collins reacted coolly to Tom Cotton's proposal to nuke the individual mandate to pay for tax cuts. But didn't outright nuke on first blush.
Susan Collins also is working on an election security bill with Heinrich. Still peeved took so long for 21 states to be told of Russia stuff
Collins isn't yet sold on social media legislation; wants to hear from companies first
Collins said law she and Wyden authored requiring candidates to stand by their ads did no good.
Susan Collins also not sure yet if Papadopoulos was more of a "wannabe" than a serious player in Trump campaign.
But she said, emphatically, that Burr and Warner are both focused on same goal and pursuing possible collusion vigorously.
