After Gabbard faced a public questioning, one of senators three still on the fence—Susan Collins—now says she's a 'yes' vote.

Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee grilled Gabbard on her foreign policy positions and her views about Edward Snowden.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced Monday that she will support the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to serve as Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. As one of President Donald Trump’s most vulnerable Cabinet nominees,

Based on a dossier financed by Hillary Clinton’s campaign, Gabbard accused intelligence agencies of abusing their power, citing the FBI’s misuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to spy on Carter Page, a Trump campaign aide.

The support comes as the Senate Intelligence Committee is set to meet on Tuesday to discuss potentially advancing Gabbard to a floor vote, where she would need the majority of the Senate to confirm her.

Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead U.S. intelligence agencies, escaped from a close committee ballot and heads to a full Senate vote.

The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday voted to favorably report the nomination of former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence. Gabbard advanced in a 9-8 vote.