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July 23, 2008 Diesel tax cut proposed

Giffords has introduced a bill modeled after identical legislation being pushed in the Senate by Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. ...

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Source: Arizona Daily Star, AZ


July 22, 2008 Trade powers struggle to save WTO round

... 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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Source: Reuters South Africa, South Africa


July 22, 2008 Trade powers struggle to save WTO round

... time to entertain foreign countries' attacks on ourdomestic trade laws," said Republican Senator Olympia Snowe,one of the signatories of the letter. ...

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Source: elEconomista.es, Spain


July 22, 2008 Energy Overload

Olympia Snowe wants a bi-partisan energy summit. In a press release Senator Snowe said, "There is no excuse, no reason why the White House and the Congress ...

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 22, 2008 The McCain Administration

If we see Mike Huckabee as VP, Arnold Schwartzenegger at EPA and Olympia Snowe anywhere, we conservatives are staying home or voting for someone else. ...

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Source: American Thinker, WA


July 21, 2008 Energy Overload

Olympia Snowe wants a bi-partisan energy summit. In a press release Senator Snowe said, "There is no excuse, no reason why the White House and the Congress ...

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Source: Politicker Maine, ME


July 21, 2008 Liberty wins grant for new ambulance

“Mainers depend on emergency personnel to quickly and efficiently respond to fire disasters and health emergencies,” said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, ...

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Source: VillageSoup Belfast,  USA


July 21, 2008 Walking the line in war-weary Iraq

It would be roughly equivalent to shutting down two miles of Portland's Congress Street to all traffic and visitors so Sen. Olympia Snowe could meet the ...

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Source: Brunswick Times Record,  United States


July 21, 2008 ME: McCain 2008 announces Maine Leadership Team

In addition to Honorary State Chair McKernan, Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins will serve as State Co-Chairs. House Republican Leader Rep. ...

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Source: York Weekly, NH


July 20, 2008 Senator John McCain Arrives In Maine

As he stepped out of his Straight Talk Express jet, a group of state leaders, including Senator Olympia Snowe and State Representative Josh Tardy, ...

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Source: WCSH-TV, ME


July 18, 2008 National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act enters US Senate

July 18, 2008 -- US Senators John Kerry and Olympia Snowe this week introduced the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008. ...

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Source: Small Times


July 18, 2008 Christmas - in July

At a recent meeting of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, Senator Olympia Snowe stated that there were parts of Maine that could ...

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Source: Boothbay Register, ME USA


July 18, 2008 Snowe, Wyden push nanotechnology competition

WASHINGTON — Working to stimulate innovation and private investment in nanotechnology, US Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, joined with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ...

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Source: Portsmouth Herald News, NH


July 18, 2008 Mass. GOP plans to broadcast convention online

Mitt Romney (R) is expected to speak to the delegation, and Willington also hopes to schedule Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) and Rhode Island Gov. ...

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 17, 2008 Olympia Snowe

The bill, the "Emergency Energy Response Act of 2008" was presented by Kerry and US Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the chairman and ranking member of the ...

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 16, 2008 Sen. Snowe Meets with SBA Nominee

Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, met with Baruah this afternoon for ...

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Source: Washington Post, United States


July 15, 2008 Maine delegation at odds in debate over BIW warships

US Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, opposes discontinuing construction of the DDG-1000 destroyers in order to build more Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51s. ...

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Source: Bangor Daily News, ME


July 11, 2008 Senate committee OKs more cash for SBA

... create new or improved products and services, which ultimately translates into thousands of jobs," said Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine.

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Source: Bizjournals.com, NC


July 11, 2008 Senators propose 5 year ban on higher cell phone taxes

The bill is co-sponsored by Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), who has previously partnered with Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) on network neutrality legislation. ...

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Source: Ars Technica, MA


July 10, 2008 Snowe urges infrastructure changes

By Meghan Malloy July 10, 2008 03:24 PM US Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) today urged Congress to transform national transportation policy. ...

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Source: Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME


July 08, 2008 The energy crisis deepens

The words were those of US Sen. Olympia Snowe and they came last week at a meeting of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. ...

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Source: Foster's Daily Democrat, NH


July 05, 2008 Heating oil efficiency

Sen. Olympia Snowe is the committee’s senior Republican member. "The one thing ‘energy efficiency’ does not mean is making do with less," he added, ...

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Source: Bangor Daily News, ME


July 03, 2008 Inside Windham

US Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, also sent congratulations in a letter which board member Tony Oberley read. It was a very successful evening and Operation ...

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Source: KeepMEcurrent.com, ME


June 30, 2008 SBA urged to expand women's program or defer it

John Kerry, D-Mass., who chairs the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, and Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, the committee's ranking ...

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Source: Los Angeles Business, CA


June 29, 2008 Offshore drilling here isn't option, economically or politically

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both Republicans — opposes lifting the offshore ban. Snowe and Collins have said drilling could harm the state's fishing ...

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Source: Foster's Daily Democrat, NH


June 29, 2008 The race for Mainers' hearts

"He needs to emphasize that he's a Maine Republican, he's an Olympia Snowe Republican," said Brewer. This would seem to be an easy case to make, ...

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Source: York Weekly, NH


June 29, 2008 Northeast braces for home heating oil increases

Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, the panel's ranking Republican member, said high oil prices are a matter of life and death. She said parts of Maine could ...

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Source: USA Today


June 28, 2008 Rockland Designated A Coast Guard City

Sen. Olympia Snowe announced Friday that Congress approved Rockland's nomination for the honor. The city was nominated by Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen ...

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Source: WMTW, ME


June 27, 2008 McCain courts undecided Ohio voters

She recommended Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe as his running mate and asked him, among other things, what he would do as president to end oppression of women ...

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Source: Zanesville Times Recorder, OH


June 27, 2008 McCain says spending much time on VP choice

... one member of the audience recommended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, while another tossed out the name of Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe. ...

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Source: guardian.co.uk, UK


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