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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 »
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 »
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... View Photo »
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.... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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. View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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. View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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,... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
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... View Photo »
Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe McKernan (born February 21, 1947) is the senior United States Senator from Maine. Full Article
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...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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.
View Photo »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. ...
View Photo »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.
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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.
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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)...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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. ...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »We ought to look at the options for supporting alternatives instead of having more political votes
