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.

Collins, a key vote in advancing the proposal over the weekend, was one of three GOP holdouts on Tuesday that forced Vice President VD Vance to break a tie.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday began voting on President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill after an all-night debate that laid bare Republican concerns about its $3.3 trillion price tag. S