Olympia Snowe Health Care

Olympia Snowe Talking To Democrats About Advancing Health Care Reform

POLITICO | Meredith Shiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) said Friday that she has been in conversation with Democrats and Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus about a way forwar...

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Frist: Snowe Not Enough, Five More GOPers Needed For Successful Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist caused a stir inside political circles two weeks ago when he said that he'd vote for Democratic-authored heal...

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Senate "Moderates" Delaying Health Care Bill With Demands

The Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Moderate lawmakers are exerting their outsize influence in the divided Senate to secure changes to health-care reform legislation, potentially adding ...

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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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Olympia Snowe Still Opposes Public Option Because it's Too Good

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Weiler

Snowe's blindly ideological view on health care asserts, against common sense, that even when the outcome is likely to be inferior, we should prefer "private" solutions.

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Misfits: Eight Politicians Who Should Just Switch Parties

Politics Daily | Jill Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011

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RINOs and conservadems are cutting quite a swath these days -- making demands, frustrating their colleagues, wielding clout and even influencing elect...

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Why Olympia Snowe Should Vote Against the Baucus Plan

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Reich

Here's what's likely to happen if Snowe signs on to the Baucus bill, and if she doesn't. The next few weeks are crucial.

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