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Olympia Snowe

  1. Lauren Brown Jarvis: Religious Liberty vs. Reproductive Liberty: A New Political Minefield Pits Women Against the Church
    The Huffington Post logo The Huffington Post 15 hours ago

    Yesterday, billionaire Santorum supporter Foster Friess stole the political headlines when he told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell in his day, women didn't need contraception, "they used Bayer aspirin." According to Friess, women who kept aspirin between their k

  2. Collins, Snowe ambivalent on payroll tax cut deal
    Kennebec Journal 22 hours ago

    Michaud, D-2nd District, backed the package approved by the House 293-132. But Pingree, D-1st District, was one of 41 Democrats to vote against it. Meanwhile, Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe both voted for the measure in the Senate, whic

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago
    Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, speaks during the Kennebec County Super Caucus in Augusta, Maine on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Snowe is facing a primary challenger for the first time in her political career.

    Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, speaks during the Kennebec County Super Caucus in Augusta, Maine on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Snowe is facing a primary challenger for the first time in her political career. View Photo »

  4. We ought to look at the options for supporting alternatives instead of having more political votes
    – Olympia Snowe SOURCE: The Portland Maine Press Herald 2 months ago
  5. Suffolk poll shows Brown up 9 over Warren in MA Senate race
    Hot Air logo Hot Air 23 hours ago

    Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyo

  6. Payroll tax deal faces Senate resistance
    The Portland Maine Press Herald 1 day ago

    WASHINGTON - Capitol Hill negotiators Thursday officially unveiled hard-fought compromise legislation to prevent 160 million workers from getting slapped with a payroll tax hike, but it ran into turbulence in the Senate, where Republicans withheld suppor

  7. Friday, Feb. 17, 2012: Government gridlock, Grover Norquist and protecting the North Woods
    Bangor Daily News logo Bangor Daily News 1 day ago

    I care about policy. I want my government to be both fair and representative of the people it governs. In recent years, I’ve become disgusted with the political system in Maine, and in the nation. Party gridlock puts us all at risk of bankruptcy and havi

  8. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago
    Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) and Richard Burr (R-NC) arrive at the Capitol for a series of votes in Washington December 17, 2011. The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for two months in legislation that also attempts to...

    Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) and Richard Burr (R-NC) arrive at the Capitol for a series of votes in Washington December 17, 2011. The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for two months in legislation that also attempts to... View Photo »

  9. It paints a portrait of dysfunction that further crystallizes for the American people their government's incapacity for producing solutions to our major challenges
    – Olympia Snowe SOURCE: TwinCities.com 2 months ago
  10. Sen Olympia Snowe on the future of the GOP
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  11. Republicans in the past had backed similar mandates on contraceptive benefits
    Cleveland.com logo Cleveland.com 1 day ago

    WASHINGTON -- Since President Barack Obama moved to require Catholic hospitals and universities to offer their employees contraceptive health benefits, Republicans have rushed to accuse the administration of an unprecedented attack on religious freedoms.

  12. George Allen visits Coca-Cola bottling plant, City Market building on pass through Roanoke
    Roanoke.com logo Roanoke.com 1 day ago

    U.S. Senate candidate George Allen is pushing ahead with a campaign that seems to be aimed solely at Democrat Tim Kaine. During a stop at the City Market Building in Roanoke today, Allen took a couple of shots at Kaine but didn’t mention any of his fello

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About Olympia Snowe

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Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe McKernan (born February 21, 1947) is the senior United States Senator from Maine. Full Article

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Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) and Richard Burr (R-NC) arrive at the Capitol for a series of votes in Washington December 17, 2011. The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for two months in legislation that also attempts to force President Barack Obama to...
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  1. Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) and Richard Burr (R-NC) arrive at the Capitol for a series of votes in Washington December 17, 2011. The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for two months in legislation that also attempts to force President Barack Obama to... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) and Richard Burr (R-NC) arrive at the Capitol for a series of votes in Washington December 17, 2011. The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for two months in legislation that also attempts to force President Barack Obama to...

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  2. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, comments in the U.S. Capitol Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, after leaving the floor of the Senate, where legislation was passed to extend Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months, setting the stage for another fight in February. The... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, comments in the U.S. Capitol Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, after leaving the floor of the Senate, where legislation was passed to extend Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months, setting the stage for another fight in February. The...

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  3. Sen. Olympia Snowe R-Maine lays a holiday wreaths over the grave of Lieutenant Edmund Sixtus Muskie at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington Saturday Dec. 10, 2011, during Wreaths Across America Day. Muskie was a former Maine governor, a U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State under... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    Sen. Olympia Snowe R-Maine lays a holiday wreaths over the grave of Lieutenant Edmund Sixtus Muskie at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington Saturday Dec. 10, 2011, during Wreaths Across America Day. Muskie was a former Maine governor, a U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State under...

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  4. WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Reporters crowd around U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) as she heads into weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Captiol November 29, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Senate Democratic and Republican caucuses met separately behind closed doors... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Reporters crowd around U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) as she heads into weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Captiol November 29, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Senate Democratic and Republican caucuses met separately behind closed doors...

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  5. U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe questions U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner as he testifies about the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on Capitol Hill, October 18, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe questions U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner as he testifies about the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on Capitol Hill, October 18, 2011.

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  6. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: Chairman Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (L) welcomes U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) as U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (C) looks on during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. ... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: Chairman Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (L) welcomes U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) as U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (C) looks on during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. ...

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  7. US Senator Olympia Snowe, R-ME, questions Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he testifies during a full committee hearing on 'The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 18, 2011. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    US Senator Olympia Snowe, R-ME, questions Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he testifies during a full committee hearing on 'The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 18, 2011.

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  8. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) questions U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (2nd L) while Chairman U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (2nd R) and U.S.Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) talk during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) questions U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (2nd L) while Chairman U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (2nd R) and U.S.Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) talk during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing...

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  9. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. OlympiaSnowe(R-ME) (L) questions U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on 'The... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. OlympiaSnowe(R-ME) (L) questions U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on 'The...

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  10. Chairman of the Committee on Small Business Mary Landrieu (R), D-LA, listens as ranking member Senator Olympia Snowe (L), R-ME, questions US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) as he testifies during a full committee hearing on 'The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010' on Capitol Hill in... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    Chairman of the Committee on Small Business Mary Landrieu (R), D-LA, listens as ranking member Senator Olympia Snowe (L), R-ME, questions US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) as he testifies during a full committee hearing on 'The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010' on Capitol Hill in...

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  11. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, ranking Republican on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, questions Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011, during the committee's hearing regarding the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, ranking Republican on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, questions Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011, during the committee's hearing regarding the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.

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  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 13: (L-R) Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, talks with Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) before a hearing on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2011 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on whether, ten years... Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

    WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 13: (L-R) Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, talks with Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) before a hearing on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2011 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on whether, ten years...

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  13. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) arrive to vote on a bill allowing a rise in the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington August 2, 2011. The United States is poised to step back from the brink of economic disaster as a bitterly fought deal to cut the budget deficit is expected to clear... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

    Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) arrive to vote on a bill allowing a rise in the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington August 2, 2011. The United States is poised to step back from the brink of economic disaster as a bitterly fought deal to cut the budget deficit is expected to clear...

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  14. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (2nd-L), has an aide hold up a photo to illustrate a dog and pony show, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, as Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (L), U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) (2nd-R), and U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (R)... Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (2nd-L), has an aide hold up a photo to illustrate a dog and pony show, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, as Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (L), U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) (2nd-R), and U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (R)...

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  15. Senator Orrin Hatch (L) has an aide hold up a photo to illustrate today's hearing as a dog and pony show as the top oil and gas industry executives testify during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on "Oil and Gas Tax Incentives and Rising Energy Prices" on Capitol Hill in Washington... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

    Senator Orrin Hatch (L) has an aide hold up a photo to illustrate today's hearing as a dog and pony show as the top oil and gas industry executives testify during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on "Oil and Gas Tax Incentives and Rising Energy Prices" on Capitol Hill in Washington...

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  16. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, talks to Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, ranking Republican on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, right, and Committee Chair Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. , center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, at the conclusion... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, talks to Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, ranking Republican on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, right, and Committee Chair Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. , center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, at the conclusion...

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  17. WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 09: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (C) waits for an elevator after the Senate failed to pass legislation approved last month by the House that would cut $57 billion from the federal budget at the U.S. Capitol March 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers must agree... Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 09: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (C) waits for an elevator after the Senate failed to pass legislation approved last month by the House that would cut $57 billion from the federal budget at the U.S. Capitol March 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers must agree...

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  18. Irvin Charles McCullough III, back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of National Intelligence. ... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    Irvin Charles McCullough III, back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of National Intelligence. ...

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Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) and Richard Burr (R-NC) arrive at the Capitol for a series of votes in Washington December 17, 2011. The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for two months in legislation that also attempts to force President Barack Obama to...

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  1. We ought to look at the options for supporting alternatives instead of having more political votes
    – Olympia Snowe SOURCE: The Portland Maine Press Herald 2 months ago
  2. It paints a portrait of dysfunction that further crystallizes for the American people their government's incapacity for producing solutions to our major challenges
    – Olympia Snowe SOURCE: TwinCities.com 2 months ago
  3. Perhaps we can come up with a partial plan to ease or minimize the triggers that will take effect in 2013
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