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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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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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Snowe Explains Why She's Leaving The Senate

AP | By ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Maine Republican Olympia Snowe says the Senate spends too much time in political battle and not enough on solving problems, and more tha...

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GOP Senator Retiring

Posted 02.28.2012

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U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) will not run to keep her seat this November, according to local station WGME. "After an extraordinary amount of r...

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Top Republicans Back Crucial Expiring Provisions

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 11.23.2011

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Maine Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have come out in favor of extending unemployment benefits and the Social Security payroll tax c...

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Zach Carter

Selling Out Small Business

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Throughout Wednesday's House floor debate over the repeal of President Barack Obama's signature health care overhaul, Republicans frequently claimed t...

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Maine GOPer Announces Support For DADT Repeal

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) announced Wednesday that she would reverse course and support the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy...

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Lucia Graves

Republican Politico Calls For 'Profiling' Not 'Pat-Downs'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) called Monday for a probe into methods employed by Transportation Security Administration agents, suggestin...

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Olympia Snowe Party Switch? Dems Reportedly Pursuing Prospect

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats are mounting a new effort to chart a path for Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) to switch parties, the National Journal reports Wednesday. Sen...

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Olympia Snowe To Vote For Elena Kagan, Raising GOP Senator Count To Four

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe says she plans to vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice. The Maine lawmaker's annou...

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Wall Street Reform Conference Committee Membership Announced

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The Wall Street reform effort enters a new phase on Thursday, as the conference committee between the House and Senate will meet to begin hashing out the differences between the House and Senate versions which have already passed.

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Small Group Now Leads Closed-Door Health Care Reform Negotiations

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three senators are working on the bill behind closed doors. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) sits at the head of a wooden table at hi...

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How Lieberman Stole Reid's Candy and Drank Snowe's Milkshake

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Forty-eight hours ago, Snowe could have extracted almost anything from the Democratic leadership. Then 24 hours ago, Snowe became irrelevant -- and two hours ago, Lieberman seized his opportunity.

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Bill Nelson On Tavis Smiley Show: I Think You're Going To See A Lot More Bipartisanship On Health Care Bill

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) believes more Republicans will vote for the health care reform bill in its final phase. During an interview on Tuesday,...

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Senate GOP: We Won't Punish Snowe For Health Care Vote

Politico | LISA LERER & MANU RAJU | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitch McConnell and his deputies in the Senate Republican leadership are responding very cautiously to Olympia Snowe's decision to become the first GO...

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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Fate of Healthcare Reform Is in Joe Lieberman's Hands

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Progressive observers may be forgetting that the 60 votes in the Senate necessary to invoke cloture, in most people's calculations, includes Joe Lieberman (I-Hartford Insurance).

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Olympia Snowe WIll Vote Against Health Care Reform

Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), considered one of very few Republicans who might vote for the Senate health care bill, said Sunday that she would not. ...

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Halftime At The Healthcare Reform Superbowl

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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A football locker room. Hundreds of Democrats are sitting on benches, to hear Coach's halftime pep talk in the Health Care Reform Superbowl. Some appear exhausted, some appear battered.

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Snowe Praises Obama On Health Care, Criticizes Republican Colleagues

New York Times | JOHN HARWOOD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ms. Snowe has not endorsed either Democratic health care bill in the Senate. No Republican has. But in an interview, she offered a surprisingly rob...

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Reclaiming Control of the Health Care Debate

Sandy Maisel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sandy Maisel

The Obama administration needs to recall why he appealed to so many people early in the presidential campaign.

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Who Are These People Anyway? The Gang of Six and the Politics of Health Care Reform

Jerome Karabel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerome Karabel

With the outcome of perhaps the most significant domestic legislation since Social Security hanging in the balance, the question arises: who are these six senators and whom do they represent?

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Sam Stein

Schumer: With Franken Seated No Need To Compromise On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the leading Senate Democrats in the health care reform battle said that the seating of Al Franken has given the party the purpose and direction...

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Senate Rejects McCain In Bipartisan Fashion

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The bottom line of this story is that nine out of forty-one Republican senators just broke ranks with their party and voted to strip a McCain amendment from a budget bill.

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Will Republican "Moderates" Allow Themselves to be Used by the Right to the Gut Obama Jobs Program?

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Creamer

Senators Collins, Snowe and Gregg all represent areas that have been hard hit by the recession. Will they prove themselves true "moderates" who represent the interests of New England's working families?

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