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  1. US Senator Olympia Snowe ,R-ME, listens to debate during the executive session on the revised health-care reform on September 22, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  2. US Senator Olympia Snowe ,R-ME, listens to debate during the executive session on the revised health-care reform on September 22, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) arrives at the office of Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) for a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill September 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. Members of the so-called 'Gang of Six' bipartisan senators who are negotiating health care reform have resumed their negotiations.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (R) talks with reporters after casting the only Republican vote for health care reform legislation that passed the Senate Finance Committee 14-9 on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe expressed reservations for the groundbreaking legislation but said that her vote was to move the process forward.'But when history calls, history calls and I happen to think that the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress to demonstrate its capacity to solve the monumental issues of our time,' she said.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (R) talks with reporters after casting the only Republican vote for health care reform legislation that passed the Senate Finance Committee 14-9 on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe expressed reservations for the groundbreaking legislation but said that her vote was to move the process forward.'But when history calls, history calls and I happen to think that the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress to demonstrate its capacity to solve the monumental issues of our time,' she said.
  6. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (R) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (top) talk with reporters after the committee passed health care reform legislation 14-9 on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe, who casted the only Republican vote, expressed reservations for the groundbreaking legislation but said that her vote was to move the process forward.'But when history calls, history calls and I happen to think that the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress to demonstrate its capacity to solve the monumental issues of our time,' she said.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (R) talks with reporters after casting the only Republican vote for health care reform legislation that passed the Senate Finance Committee 14-9 on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe expressed reservations for the groundbreaking legislation but said that her vote was to move the process forward.'But when history calls, history calls and I happen to think that the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress to demonstrate its capacity to solve the monumental issues of our time,' she said.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) talks with reporters on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to cast a procedural vote on the measure later today after Senate Democrats said they secured enough votes needed to propel major health care legislation to the floor for debate.
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) talks with reporters on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to cast a procedural vote on the measure later today after Senate Democrats said they secured enough votes needed to propel major health care legislation to the floor for debate.
  10. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, responds to questions during an interview at the Associated Press office in Portland, Maine, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Snowe was the only Republican on the Senate Finance Committee to vote to advance health care legislation earlier this month. But she told The Associated Press on Friday that she won't vote to proceed with the majority leader's bill as now crafted with a "public option."
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) talks with reporters after a weekly Republican policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Yesterday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the Senate's version of the health care reform legislation would include a 'public option,' which Snowe opposed when a version of the bill was before the Senate Finance Committee earlier this month.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) talks with reporters after a weekly Republican policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Yesterday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the Senate's version of the health care reform legislation would include a 'public option,' which Snowe opposed when a version of the bill was before the Senate Finance Committee earlier this month.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) talks with reporters after a weekly Republican policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Yesterday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the Senate's version of the health care reform legislation would include a 'public option,' which Snowe opposed when a version of the bill was before the Senate Finance Committee earlier this month.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) talks with reporters after a weekly Republican policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Yesterday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that the Senate's version of the health care reform legislation would include a 'public option,' which Snowe opposed when a version of the bill was before the Senate Finance Committee earlier this month.
  15. Maine's Republican Senators, Olympia Snowe, left, and Susan Collins walk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.
  16. Maine's Republican Senators, Olympia Snowe, left, and Susan Collins are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.

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