WASHINGTON - MARCH 31: Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) questions witnesses during a hearing on TARP oversight on Captiol Hill March 31, 2009 in Washington, DC. Officials from Congress and the Government Accountability Office testified about oversight of the TARP -- or Troubled Asset Relief Program -- six months after the program started. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

WASHINGTON - MARCH 31: Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) questions witnesses during a hearing on TARP oversight on Captiol Hill March 31, 2009 in Washington, DC. Officials from Congress and the Government Accountability Office testified about oversight of the TARP -- or Troubled Asset Relief Program -- six months after the program started.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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."
  3. 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.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) listens to debate before the committee is set to vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) has said that she will cast a vote for the legislation in committee, the only Republican to vote for the bill.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 23: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a mark up hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill September 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Members of the committee continued to work on their version of the legislation for healthcare reform.

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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. US President Barack Obama signs the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and members of the US Congress look on October 28, 2009 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
  10. Pakistani Shiite Muslims carry a burning US flag as they shout slogans during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  11. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man torches an US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  12. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man carries a burning US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  13. The seat of US Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, remains empty on September 10, 2009 at the Congressional Oversight Committee at the US Capitol. Wilson yelled 'You lie' at US President Barack Obama on September 9 during his speech to the US Congress. Wilson has apologized for the remark.
  14. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks with U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) (Top R) and U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) (Front R) before the start of U.S. President Barack Obama's health care reform speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 9, 2009.
  15. BOSTON - AUGUST 29: Members of the US Congress enter the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help for the funeral of Senator Edward Kennedy August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedy, youngest sibling to brothers President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, died of brain cancer August 25.
  16. Protestors hold signs behind Richard Fuld, Chairman and Chief Executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings, as he takes his seat to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the causes and effects of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 6, 2008. Fuld told Congress on Monday that U.S. banking regulators knew exactly how Lehman was pricing its distressed assets and about its liquidity in the months before its collapse. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst.

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