Olympia Snowe

Fierce Battle Ahead For Senate Control

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add u...

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Republicans Grip Up For Another Debt Showdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Debt, Debt Ceiling Fight, Jay Carney, Patty Murray, Debt Ceiling, Debt Default, Senate Republicans, Olympia Snowe, Elections 2012, Debt Fight, John Thune, Susan Collins, John Cornyn, Deficit, Dick Lugar, Video, Harry Reid, Sequester, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Despite the risk of economic and political fallout, Senate Republicans Tuesday said they're standing with House Speaker John Boehner (R-...

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Dream Act Supporters Sue The Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Would-be Dream Act beneficiaries aren't just angry that the bill failed in the Senate in 2010: Some also are joining a lawsuit seeking a...

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GOP Senator: 'I Would Look At' Filibuster Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.15.2012

WASHINGTON -- One of the Senate's departing moderate Republicans expressed openness on Tuesday to the idea of filibuster reform, lamenting the ideolog...

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Broader Reform Lessons From Dick Lugar's Primary Defeat

Rob Richie | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Proportional Representation, Fair Voting, Olympia Snowe, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Winner-take-all voting incentivizes partisanship, compels centrists to squeeze into restrictive ideological boxes and rewards the "us-versus-them" mentality moderates resist.

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Are There Any Responsible Republicans Out There?

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.11.2012

The defeat Tuesday of Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana in the Republican primary -- trounced by a Tea-Partier -- is one more nail in the coffin of the...

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Schwarzenegger Joins The Barrage Of Republicans Attacking Republicans

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.08.2012

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Republican darling former President Ronald Reagan popularized a phrase known as the Eleventh Commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Repu...

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In Race for US Senate in Maine, Record, not Gender, Matters Most to Women

Cynthia Dill | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Cynthia Dill, Women's Rights, Angus King Maine Senate, Women's Health, Maine, Olympia Snowe, Maine Senate Race 2012, Angus King, Maine Senate Race, Maine Senate, Female Politicians, Politics News

While you certainly don't have to be a woman to support women's rights, you do have to have a record of increasing the financial security of women and their families.

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Olympia Snowe War Chest May Not Go To Next Republican Nominee

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 04.24.2012

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According to a report in the Kennebec Journal, outgoing Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) may be using her campaign cash to aid candidates of her choice ra...

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Snowe Replacement Faces Problem

AP | STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 04.16.2012

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BRUNSWICK, Maine — Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one. The popular former governor is the undis...

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Senate Candidate Leaves People Guessing

AP | By STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Angus King Independent, Video, Angus King, 2012 Election, Olympia Snowe, Elections 2012, Maine Senate, Maine Senate Race, Politics News

BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Angus King is keeping people guessing whether he would side with Democrats or Republicans as a U.S. senator. But Maine's former t...

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McConnell: 'War On Women' Is A 'Manufactured Issue'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.09.2012

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) dismissed on Monday the idea that the GOP is waging a so-called war on women, calling it a "manufacture...

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Olympia Snowe Laments Death Of Bipartisanship, 'Retro' Contraception Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.02.2012

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NEW YORK -- Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe received an enthusiastic response at a gala on Monday meant to spur more women to run for elective office. The re...

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Maine Senate Candidate Pushed To Pick A Party

Posted 03.27.2012

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Angus King, the former governor of Maine who is running for Senate as an independent, is being pressured to announce which party he would caucus with ...

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Olympia Snowe Gives Obama A 'Failing' Grade Because He Didn't Talk To Her Enough

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.27.2012

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Olympia Snowe, having decided to quit the Senate, has apparently not yet reached the stage where you quietly go away and leave everybody alone. Despit...

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Scott Brown's 'Strong Willed Women' Taught Him How To Cook, Clean And Sew

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 03.27.2012

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Facing a female challenger for his Senate seat, Scott Brown has been working to bolster his support among Massachusetts women. In recent months, Brown...

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4 Kinds of Republicans

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Abortion, Jack Kemp, Gerald Ford, Rascism, William F. Buckley, Olympia Snowe, Birther, Contraception, Anti-Woman, Republican Party, Politics News

The Republican Party elite is depending on uneducated aging frightened white males and radical anti-abortion females for their votes. Long term the party is doomed.

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Are Republicans Fielding a "Delegate" When America Wants a "Trustee?"

Harvard Kennedy School Democrats | Posted 05.19.2012

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Perhaps the greatest irony of 2012's long primary is this: In their bickering over who is the most conservative, the Republican candidates have unwittingly modeled themselves as "delegate presidents" when most conservative-minded voters would prefer a "trustee president."

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Independent Shakes Up Race To Replace Snowe

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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* Poll shows King could win three-way race * Snowe had been expected to breeze to re-election By Ros Krasny ...

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Former Legislators Can Get Staggeringly Rich Peddling Influence, In Case You'd Somehow Forgotten This

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.15.2012

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If the example of Senator Olympia Snowe is any guide, then the typical "Why I Am Leaving Congress" op-ed is fairly similar to Greg Smith's now-famous ...

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Ex-Governor Not Running For Maine Senate Seat

AP | DAVID SHARP | Posted 05.14.2012

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PORTLAND, Maine — Former Gov. John Baldacci on Wednesday became the third prominent Democrat to bow out of the high-profile race for a U.S. Sena...

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Kerrey Seeks To Join Comeback Senators

AP | By DONNA CASSATA and MARGERY A. BECK | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Senate Races, Senate Elections, Video, Frank Lautenberg, Dan Coats, Senate Elections 2012, Bob Kerrey, Olympia Snowe, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Call `em the comeback crew. Republican Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana and Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey served years in the...

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Harry Reid Makes Elections Prediction

AP | Associated Press | Posted 05.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he feels confident Democrats will retain control of the Senate this fall, particularly after the ...

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Murkowski Speaks Out On Big Regret

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding...

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Welcome to the U.S. Egress

Arnie Reisman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Politics, Congress, Comedy, Olympia Snowe, GOP Congress, Congress Approval Rating, Spencer Bachus, Congress Inside Trading, Congress Gas Prices, Obama Congress, Comedy News

Today's Congress does not work and it is time to throw them all out.

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