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      <excerpt>...through the Bipartisan Policy Center. But Republicans weren't interested in these concessions--apparentl because, except for Olympia Snowe, they weren't genuinely interested in bipartisan agreement. And that's their prerogative, by the way. But if that </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Graham (R-S.C.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). The legislation establishes a nationwide trading systems for SO2 and NOX emissions. SO2 emissions woul</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The only two possible candidates for such cooperation appear to be the Maine delegation of Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. Snowe did vote to bring Senator ... </excerpt>
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