S000663 1947-02-21 8799 154 Russell Senate Office Building http://snowe.senate.gov/webform.htm 202-224-1946 Olympia 'r':4 'sen':1 'snow':3,7,9 'olympia':2,6,8 F 300091 Snowe Olympia_Snowe J. Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME] 3547 N00000480 15936 Republican 202-224-5344 Greek Orthodox ME Olympia Snowe 2.58260869565217 http://snowe.senate.gov/ 300091 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:26:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to a question about his thin margin for error, Reid said he's had recent conversation with Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both from Maine. "We will reach out to our Republican colleagues," he said. "We would like to work with them. B 'b':49 'sen':23 'like':44 'main':31 'reid':1,14 'said':15,41 'snow':25 'thin':10 'vote':3 'work':46 'error':13 'msnbc':50 'reach':34 'susan':27 'would':43 'collin':28 'margin':11 'recent':19 'convers':20 'crucial':2 'olympia':24 'colleagu':39 'question':7 'saturday':4 'republican':22,38 6740347 true true daylife MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ OK http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/19/2132383.aspx 300091 Person sen\. Wed Nov 18 22:27:59 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...frame. (The committee explained the disparity as accounting differences.) After some horse-trading and wooing of Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, the committee passed the bill in mid-October with an estimated cost of $829 billion and a decade-long deficit r 'r':27,51 '829':43 'mid':36 'sen':23 'woo':21 'bill':33 'care':3 'cost':41 'forb':52 'game':5 'hors':18 'long':49 'main':28 'pass':31 'snow':25 'decad':48 'estim':40 'frame':6 'octob':37 'trade':19 'differ':14 'dispar':11 'health':2 'number':4 'r-main':26 'account':13 'billion':44 'deficit':50 'explain':9 'olympia':24 'committe':8,30 'mid-octob':35 'horse-trad':17 'decade-long':47 6734981 true true daylife Forbes http://www.forbes.com/ OK http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/18/health-care-reform-business-washington-cost.html?feed=rss_news 300091 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 11:22:19 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...in the bill he released yesterday, hovers at about 43 percent, according to the poll. But the "trigger" idea long floated by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) fares no better, netting about 38 percent support. The president's approval rating remains high, bu 'r':35 '38':42 '43':18 'bu':52 'net':40 'sen':31 'bill':11 'fare':37 'high':51 'hill':54 'idea':27 'long':28 'main':36 'poll':1,23 'rate':49 'snow':33 'float':29 'hover':15 'obama':4 'voter':2 'accord':20 'approv':48 'better':39 'polici':8 'presid':46 'r-main':34 'releas':13 'remain':50 'olympia':32 'percent':19,43 'skeptic':5 'support':3,44 'trigger':26 'yesterday':14 6737385 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68581-poll-voters-support-obama-skeptical-of-his-policies 300091 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:26:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...senators attended a Fiorina event Tuesday, she said, from right-wing Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to more moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. Some see DeVore, however, as more the more conservative candidate who is likely to attract the support of the 'goe':4 'san':51 'see':33 'sen':19,27 'tom':20 'drew':1 'like':44 'main':31 'said':14 'snow':29 'wing':18 'devor':34 'event':11 'howev':35 'moder':26 'right':17 'senat':7 'attend':8 'candid':41 'coburn':21 'joseph':2 'attract':46 'conserv':40 'fiorina':3,10 'olympia':28 'right-w':16 'support':48 'tuesday':12 'chronicl':53 'oklahoma':23 'francisco':52 'washington':6 6740346 true true daylife San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/ OK http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=e9bf359cd537ad3ff419c8eb9c744692 300091 Person republican Wed Nov 18 22:27:59 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...error if all Republican Senators attempt to block the bill's introduction with a filibuster.  Even moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, who frequently breaks with the party line, has agreed to support a filibuster that could occur as early 'sen':29 'agre':42 'bill':3,20 'even':26 'line':40 'main':33 'snow':31 'abort':8 'block':18 'break':36 'could':48 'earli':51 'error':11 'fight':9 'moder':27 'occur':49 'parti':39 'senat':1,15 'health':2 'unveil':6 'attempt':16 'continu':10 'olympia':30 'support':44 'tonight':7 'filibust':25,46 'frequent':35 'introduct':22 'republican':14,28 'lifesite.net':52 6734980 true true daylife LifeSite.net http://www.lifesite.net/ OK http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/nov/09111808.html 300091 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 11:21:16 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...put him at odds with House Democrats. … He also hasn't won over the two Republicans most likely to back the bill, Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins" (Jensen and Litvan, 11/16). Reid remains at least three votes shy of passing a bill with 'odd':15 'put':12 'shi':51 'two':26 'won':23 'also':20 'back':31 'bill':11,33,55 'hasn':21 'hous':17 'like':29 'main':34 'news':58 'pass':53 'push':2 'reid':3,45 'snow':37 'vote':50 '11/16':44 'least':48 'liber':1 'medic':57 'senat':35 'stand':5 'susan':39 'three':49 'today':59 'collin':40 'health':10 'jensen':41 'litvan':43 'option':8 'public':7 'remain':46 'olympia':36 'democrat':18 'republican':27 6727594 true true daylife Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ OK http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171323.php 300091 Person democrat Tue Nov 17 22:32:54 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...put him at odds with House Democrats. … He also hasn't won over the two Republicans most likely to back the bill, Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins" (Jensen and Litvan, 11/16). Reid remains at least three votes shy of passing a bill with 'odd':15 'put':12 'shi':51 'two':26 'won':23 'also':20 'back':31 'bill':11,33,55 'hasn':21 'hous':17 'like':29 'main':34 'pass':53 'push':2 'reid':3,45 'snow':37 'vote':50 '11/16':44 'least':48 'liber':1 'senat':35 'stand':5 'susan':39 'three':49 'collin':40 'health':10 'jensen':41 'litvan':43 'option':8 'public':7 'remain':46 'olympia':36 'democrat':18 'republican':27 'news-medical.net':57 6723413 true true daylife News-Medical.net http://www.news-medical.net/ OK http://www.news-medical.net/news/20091117/Liberals-push-Reid-to-stand-by-public-option-in-health-bill.aspx 300091 Person congress Tue Nov 17 22:32:55 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...provisions that would dramatically expand executive authority over private networks. Rockefeller and co-sponsor Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) have since withdrawn the bill and said they plan to reintroduce a revised version later this session. The panelists a 'r':28 '80':5 'co':23 'u.s':1 'best':9 'bill':34 'halt':4 'main':29 'plan':38 'said':36 'sinc':31 'snow':26 'later':44 'revis':42 'would':12 'attack':7 'author':16 'dramat':13 'execut':15 'expand':14 'privat':18 'provis':10 'r-main':27 'network':19 'olympia':25 'session':46 'sponsor':24 'version':43 'panelist':48 'rockefel':20 'withdrawn':32 'co-sponsor':22 'cybersecur':2 'reintroduc':40 'internet.com':50 6723414 true true daylife Internet.com http://www.internet.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewscomSecurityNews/~3/Bma5iEiajDo/3848861 300091 Person republican Mon Nov 16 22:14:35 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...(D-W.Va.) is ailing and has missed 10 of 12 votes this month. Durbin may need to secure at least one Republican vote. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) is not pleased with Reid’s decision not to adopt major facets of the Finance Committee bill for which sh 'r':30 '10':10 '12':12 'sh':51 'ail':6 'may':17 'one':23 'sen':26 'bill':48 'fort':1 'hill':53 'hood':2 'main':31 'miss':9 'need':18 'reid':36 'snow':28 'vote':13,25 'adopt':41 'decis':38 'facet':43 'least':22 'major':42 'month':15 'pleas':34 'probe':3 'secur':20 'd-w.va':4 'durbin':16 'financ':46 'r-main':29 'olympia':27 'committe':47 'republican':24 6717838 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/opinion/editorials/68013-fort-hood-probes 300091 Person democrat Tue Nov 17 22:32:54 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Democrats to support cloture: Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), John Cornyn (Texas), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Richard Lugar (Ind.), John Thune (S.D.), Judd Gregg (N.H.), Olympia Snowe (Maine), Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska).. 'ga':20 'ind':29 'n.h':35 's.d':32 'john':21,30 'judd':33 'lisa':43 'lose':8 'main':38,41 'snow':37 'tenn':17 'texa':23 'utah':26 'vote':2 'gregg':34 'hatch':25 'lamar':15 'lugar':28 'orrin':24 'saxbi':18 'senat':1 'susan':39 'thune':31 'alaska':45 'clotur':4,14 'collin':40 'cornyn':22 'alexand':16 'olympia':36 'richard':27 'session':7 'support':13 'democrat':11 'filibust':10 'hamilton':6 'independ':48 'chambliss':19 'murkowski':44 'washington':47 6723412 true true daylife The Washington Independent http://washingtonindependent.com/ OK http://washingtonindependent.com/68143/senate-votes-for-cloture-on-hamilton-sessions-loses-on-filibuster 300091 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:26:45 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...sparse on the gender front. There was Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, or the two Maine senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, although they are those awful moderates. Beyond that, not many Republican women came to mind 'aw':37 'gov':19 'kay':15 'sen':14 'two':25 'came':45 'main':26 'mani':42 'mind':47 'snow':29 'todd':21 'brian':1 'front':11 'howey':2,48 'moder':38 'oprah':4 'polit':49 'sarah':3 'senat':27 'spars':7 'susan':31 'women':44 'bailey':16 'beyond':39 'collin':32 'former':18 'gender':10 'indiana':50 'olympia':28 'whitman':22 'although':33 'christin':20 'hutchison':17 'republican':43 6740348 false true daylife Howey Politics Indiana http://www.howeypolitics.com/ OK http://www.howeypolitics.com/2009/11/19/brian-howey-sarah-oprah-and-me/ 300091 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:26:39 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Senator Max Baucus of Montana pushed through a healthcare bill from the Senate Finance Committee that did not include a public option and as a result was able to get Republican Senator Olympia Snowe from Maine to cross the aisle and ... '1':7 'abl':37 'get':39 'max':11 'aisl':49 'bill':19 'main':45 'part':6 'push':15 'snow':43 'brief':2 'cross':47 'debat':4 'senat':10,22,41 'topic':1 'updat':5 'baucus':12 'extemp':8,51 'financ':23 'includ':28 'option':31 'public':30 'result':35 'central':9,52 'montana':14 'olympia':42 'committe':24 'healthcar':3,18 'republican':40 6740344 false true google blog Extemp Central http://speechgeek.com/extemp/ OK http://speechgeek.com/extemp/?p=1384 300091 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:26:39 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, one of only three Senate Republicans to support the stimulus package, said today she is "gravely concerned about inaccurate reporting on job creation and retention figures by the administration." ... 'r':13 'job':36 'one':15 'sen':9 'main':14 'said':26 'snow':11 'texa':6,44 'figur':40 'grave':30 'magic':4 'senat':19 'three':18 'today':27 'packag':25 'r-main':12 'report':34 'retent':39 'concern':31 'inaccur':33 'olympia':10 'phantom':1 'potomac':47 'support':22 'creation':37 'district':3 'stimulus':24 'administr':43 'disappear':5 'republican':20 'congression':2 6740345 false true google blog Texas on the Potomac http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/ OK http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2009/11/phantom_congressional_district.html 300091 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:26:39 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) seems to think his trigger-like public option amendment can win over Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME). But could it ever become part of the health care bill? 'd':15 'r':34 'de':16 'sen':11,30 'tom':12 'tpm':47 'win':28 'bill':46 'care':45 'd-de':14 'ever':39 'like':8,23 'part':41 'r-me':33 'seem':17 'snow':1,32 'amend':9,26 'becom':40 'could':37 'elect':48 'think':19 'tpmdc':10 'carper':2,13 'health':44 'option':25 'public':24 'central':49 'discuss':4 'olympia':31 'trigger':7,22 'trigger-lik':6,21 6740342 false true google blog TPM Election Central http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/ OK http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/snowe-carper-in-discussions-about-trigger-like-amendment.php 300091 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:22:19 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...care plan The Senate Finance Committee passed a long-awaited $829 billion health care bill Tuesday by a 14-9 vote. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was the lone committee member to cross party lines, breaking with other Republicans to vote for the ... US 'r':33 '-9':27 '14':26 'us':52 '829':18 'sen':29 'bill':22 'blip':54 'care':5,7,21 'line':43 'lone':37 'long':16 'main':34 'pass':13 'plan':8 'snow':31 'vote':28,49 'await':17 'break':44 'cross':41 'parti':42 'senat':2,10 'calcul':6 'financ':11 'health':4,20 'member':39 'r-main':32 'beltway':53 'billion':19 'olympia':30 'tuesday':23 'committe':12,38 'long-await':15 'republican':47 6737386 false true daylife Beltway Blips http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/ OK http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/the-senate-s-health-care-calculations/ 300091 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:22:19 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...the bill because it contains an opt-out public option. Every single Republican Senator is against the bill, including Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), who has indicated she'll vote against cloture. I guess all that ass kissing on the part of the Senate Financ 'r':36 'll':42 'act':11 'ass':50 'new':61 'opt':19 'sen':32 'bill':13,30 'care':10 'come':2 'kiss':51 'part':54 'r-me':35 'snow':34 'vote':43 'everi':23 'guess':47 'indic':40 'senat':4,26,57 'singl':24 'afford':9 'clotur':45 'financ':58 'includ':31 'mexico':62 'option':22 'public':21 'contain':16 'olympia':33 'opt-out':18 'patient':6 'protect':7 'democraci':59 'republican':25 6737384 false true daylife Democracy for New Mexico http://www.democracyfornewmexico.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/BarbWire55/democracy_for_new_mexico/~3/DuLmu99B3i0/here-comes-the-senates-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act.html 300091 Person congress Thu Nov 19 11:22:13 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 On Earth Day 2009, Congress started deliberating the No Child Left Inside Act of 2009, (S. 888/H.R. 2054) introduced by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD). ... And only five Republicans--Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe 'd':35,42 'md':43 'ri':36 'act':23 'day':13 'gun':4 'kid':1 'law':5 '2009':14,25 '2054':28 'bill':10 'd-md':41 'd-ri':34 'five':46 'jack':32 'john':39 'left':21 'rage':3 'reed':33 'road':2 'snow':53 'child':20 'earth':12 'insid':22 'senat':31,48 'start':16 'susan':49 'union':6 'collin':50 'sarban':40 '888/h.r':27 'deliber':17 'headlin':56 'olympia':52 'congress':15 'introduc':29 'republican':47 'congressman':38 'newwest.net':54 'conservationist':7 6737383 false true google blog NewWest.Net All Headlines http://www.newwest.net/ OK http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/road_rage_explained_getting_kids_outside_usa_still_rocks_and_more/C41/L41/ 300091 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:26:39 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn), $442080. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del), $409982. Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), $395400. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), $374588. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa), $339896. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), $332700 ... 'd':16,23,30,44 'r':37,51 'pa':45 'sd':31 'del':24 'eye':2,55 'rep':33,40 'sen':12,19,26,47 'tim':27 'tom':20 'conn':17 'd-pa':43 'd-sd':29 'dodd':14 'main':52 'paul':41 'pete':34 'snow':49 'texa':38 'chris':13 'd-del':22 'lobbi':9 'obama':4,57 '332700':53 '339896':46 '374588':39 '395400':32 '409982':25 '442080':18 'carper':21 'credit':7 'd-conn':15 'financ':5 'lawmak':10 'r-main':50 'r-texa':36 'compani':8 'johnson':28 'olympia':48 'session':35 'kanjorski':42 6740343 false true google blog ALL EYES ON OBAMA http://alleyesonabama.blogspot.com/ OK http://alleyesonabama.blogspot.com/2009/11/finance-and-credit-companies-lobby.html 300091 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 11:22:12 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Only two Republicans - the senators from Maine, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins - are considered possible recruits in favor of the bill. Other Republicans reacted strongly against the proposal last night. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell ... 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