How outlets cover Susan M. Collins R · ME · SEN · Apr 23 – Apr 24, 2026
Senate Advances Budget Plan for ICE and Border Patrol Funding
The Senate passed a budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol, with Susan Collins voting for it. Coverage centers on her defense that the funding was needed to keep Homeland Security funded.
Lead article · Reuters · CENTERSusan Collins and Republicans advance $70 billion for ICE, Border PatrolCommunity verdict
37 VOTESThe Senate passed a budget plan to fund ICE and Border Patrol, and Susan Collins voted for it.
Center outlets center on Collins’s defense of her vote as necessary funding for Homeland Security; some also note objections tied to immigration-enforcement limits.
Outlets by lean
3 RATEDCompare by side
Center coverage presents Collins as defending her vote as necessary to fund Homeland Security and notes objections tied to immigration-enforcement limits.
How outlets portrayed Collins, by side
3 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 3 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
When each side covered it
APR 23 – 24Articles per day by side. APR 23: Left 0, Center 3, Right 0. APR 24: Left 0, Center 1, Right 0.
Legislation in this story
1 BILLOnly center outlets have covered this. We’ll alert you when a left- or right-leaning outlet does.Only center outlets have covered this so far. We’ll alert you when a left- or right-leaning outlet does.