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July 23, 2008 American mobile users may gain mobile phone tax break

Senator’s Olympia Snowe and Ron Wyden put forth the bill which would declare a year moratorium on mobile phone taxes from being added to the ever growing list of state and local wireless taxes. Senator Wyden said: “Americans are being ...

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July 22, 2008 Trade powers struggle to save WTO round

"At a time when our economy is slowing, there couldn't be a worst time to entertain foreign countries' attacks on our domestic trade laws," said Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, one of the signatories of the letter. ...

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July 22, 2008 Bilbray Brings Bardella Back

... who is leaving at the end of July to join the staff of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders as Director of Communications.Last December, Bardella left Bilbray’s office to become press secretary for US Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). ...

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July 22, 2008 Ridiculous Celluar Taxes & Fees

Thanks to the pro-consumer and bipartisan leadership of Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), they have recently introduced S. 3249, the 'Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act.' This legislation would provide for a ...

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July 21, 2008 Small Business Commends Rep. Giffords for Introducing the Diesel ...

US Senator Olympia Snowe (Maine), ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, introduced the Diesel Tax Parity Act, S. 2896, the Senate version of this bill, earlier this year. ...

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July 21, 2008 [nanotech] The Nanogirl News~

US Senators John Kerry and Olympia Snowe this week introduced the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008. The legislation was passed by the House of Representatives last month. The legislation aims to toughen the ...

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July 19, 2008 National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act enters US Senate

US Senators John Kerry and Olympia Snowe this week introduced the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008. The legislation was passed by the House of Representatives last month. The legislation aims to toughen the ...

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July 17, 2008 Daily TIPs: Bartering Goes High-Tech, Obama Touts Cyber Czar ...

Ars Technica tells us that Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine and Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon have introduced a bill to fund prizes for advancements in nanotechnology. They’re hoping the fund will attract money from ...

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July 16, 2008 Bill Action: Introduced: S. 3282: A bill to amend the Energy ...

Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME] introduced S. 3282: A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide assistance to States to establish and implement response plans to address rising heating oil, natural gas, diesel, and other energy ...

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July 16, 2008 Keyword News: [Olympia Snowe]

(AP) - Senator Ron Wyden has introduced a bill to encourage nanotechnology development by offering prizes. The Oregon Democrat joined Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine to propose at least four categories of prizes from the US ...

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July 16, 2008 Michael Johns is coming to Patriot Action Live

... as a White House speechwriter to President George HW Bush, a senior aide to former New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean (R-NJ), and as a senior United States Senate aide to US Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). ...

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July 16, 2008 Oregon senator offers nanotech prizes

Senator Ron Wyden has introduced a bill to encourage nanotechnology development by offering prizes. The Oregon Democrat joined Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine to propose at least four cat...

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July 16, 2008 Snowe promotes national energy summit

WASHINGTON, DC — Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine is helping to lead a bipartisan coalition calling for a national energy summit with President Bush to address the nation's energy crisis.

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July 16, 2008 Sue Casey: Girlfriends forVEEP

Senator Olympia Snowe, R (ME). She's experienced. After serving sixteen years in the House, she is now in her third term in the United States Senate. A centrist Republican in the mold of Margaret Chase Smith and Howard Baker, ...

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July 16, 2008 Rasmussen RI-SEN: Reed Throttling Tingle

In 2004, the biggest winner was actually John McCain, who was re-elected to his AZ Senate seat 77%-21%. In 2006, the biggest winner was Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), who won 74%-21%. This year, it looks like Reed is the frontrunner for ...

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July 16, 2008 Wyden, Snowe bill creates nanotechnology prize

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is joining Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe to create a big prize for small technology. Wyden and Snowe introduced Wednesday the Nanotechnology Innovation and Prize Competition Act, which sets up competition through the US ...

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July 16, 2008 Mobile phone taxes unfairly target the poor.

Kudos to Senators Ron Wyden and Olympia Snowe for introducing the Cell Tax Fairness Act, a measure to freeze taxes on all wireless goods and services for 5 years. I’ll be sending an email to my Senator telling them I support it, ...

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July 15, 2008 Did we get lied into war?

11 attacks. Its findings were endorsed by all eight committee Democrats and two Republicans, Senators Olympia Snowe of Maine and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska.” The chairman of the committee, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (DW.Va. ...

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July 15, 2008 EPA says climate rules are the job of US Congress

"The deliberate efforts to delay adherence to the Supreme Court's decision is reckless and irresponsible," Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican, said in a release, "After more than seven years, this administration is still not willing

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July 14, 2008 House Energy And Commerce Committee Hopes To Vote On EHR Bill By August, Seeks To Make ‘Privacy A Priority’

House Energy And Commerce Committee Hopes To Vote On EHR Bill By August, Seeks To Make ‘Privacy A Priority’ July 14th, ... with the bill need to be addressed. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and other GOP lawmakers object to

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July 14, 2008 McCain in South Portland on Monday

George HW Bush, Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, and former Gov. John McKernan. Let's give Senator McSame a big welcome. No doubt he'd like to expand the museum to include a wing commemorating 100 years in Iraq.

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July 14, 2008 TURN OFF TO NATURE, OK !

ast week, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, told reporters in Washington after a visit here that conditions inside the zone were “infinitely worse” than she’d experienced during a visit last year. “I was concerned then,” she said. ...

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July 14, 2008 Right wing bloggers name Snowe and Collins to top ten

Forty two responded and came up with the following list (with total votes in parentheses): Our own Senator Olympia Snowe finished in the top 3 with 20 votes, just one vote ahead of Arnold Schwarzenegger, while Senator Collins was only ...

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July 14, 2008 McCain: ‘Birth Control? Viagra? Uh, I Was Absent That Day’

Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine describes this dramatic change: “Two decades ago, I don’t think there was much of a divide on contraception and family planning. It was one area both sides could agree on as a way to reduce ...

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July 12, 2008 Crackberry Addiction: Is It Real? Does It Matter?

your cell phone, the phantom vibrations you are feeling may be coming from your. head bone.” Jake Ward, former press secretary of Sen. Olympia Snowe, “claims to ‘pre-feel’ a new. message or call. I’ll feel it, look at it. ...

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July 12, 2008 Possible Ban on Cell Phone Tax Increases

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-MN) have co-sponsored the Mobile Wireless Tax Reform Act of 2008 and, if passed, would declare a five year moratorium on the ridiculous rates passed on to cell phone users. ...

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July 11, 2008 Senators Propose Bill Banning Higher Cellphone Taxes; We Like This ...

The bill, dubbed the Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2008, is a aisle-crossing affair, as it’s co-sponsered by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). If the bill is passed, the taxes won’t be lowered, ...

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July 11, 2008 Senator visits namesake snowwoman

Source: News / Breaking Weather 3/19/08 Raw Video: Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, got her first look at the world's tallest snowwoman which was named after her. The snowwoman is 122 feet tall.

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July 11, 2008 EPA says climate rules are the job of US Congress

"The deliberate efforts to delay adherence to the Supreme Court's decision is reckless and irresponsible," Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican, said in a release,. "After more than seven years, this administration is still not ...

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July 11, 2008 When did Christie Todd Whitman become an editor at Conde Nast?

His train wreck of an article is worth a read, but his cheerleading for Sen. Olympia Snowe was my favorite part (emphasis mine): The senior senator from Maine has been in the Senate for 14 years and served in the House before that. ...

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