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Snowe Public Option

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

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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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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Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Reid Is Only One Or Two Votes Shy On Opt-Out Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is just one or two Senate votes shy of having a filibuster-proof majority in favor of a public option for health ins...

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Olympia Snowe and the Importance of Being Pivotal

Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

Olympia Snowe's vote might not have been a tie-breaker, but it was a mood-shifter. And at least she's not the kind who gloats, flaunts her influence and does a victory dance when the bargaining is done.

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Sam Stein

Reid Aide: Snowe Will Not Be At Negotiating Table

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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Senator Harry Reid's office is pushing back against reports that the Majority Leader is planning to include Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) among the group ...

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Snowe's Constituents Want A Public Option: Poll

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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A new poll from Democracy Corps reveals that Sen. Olympia Snowe's (R-Maine) constituents support President Obama's sweeping health care plan. Democ...

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Rockefeller: GOP Bringing "The Hammer" Down On Snowe

The Plum Line | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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There's a very revealing moment in an interview that public option hero Jay Rockefeller gave to Ezra Klein. Rockefeller suggests he has first-hand kno...

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White House Deep In Talks With Snowe On Health Care Bill With "Trigger"

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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AP WASHINGTON — Hoping to salvage his politically endangered health care overhaul, President Barack Obama will give a State of the Union-style a...

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Sam Stein

Snowe's Ties To Health Care Industry Raise Concern As Reform Talk Heats Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

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The Senate Republican who is front and center in the health care debate has received more than $1 million in campaign contributions from the health ca...

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