Senator Collins is well accustomed to the high-wire act of being a Republican moderate in a blue state. Her vote on the GOP bill allows her to continue to walk that line.

Collins told reporters in Washington, D.C., Tuesday that she's still weighing Trump's sweeping budget bill even though the Senate voted against her efforts to increase funding for rural hospitals that will lose critical Medicaid funding.

The legislation, known by the GOP as the big, beautiful bill, passed 51-50 after a multi-day process that kicked off Saturday evening and ended with a 24-hour vote-a-rama. The big, beautiful bill will now return to the House of Representatives, which passed its version of the bill last month.