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Near Post-mortem for the Gang of Six/Seven

…whole Committee, this would have left a Gang looking like this: D: Baucus, Rockefeller, Conrad, Bingaman to R: Grassley, Hatch, Snowe Or he could have just appointed the top seven…

The New Black Gold–will tax boondoggles never cease?

…Hit Gold, Washington Post, Mar. 28, 2009. Not surprisingly, representatives of pulp mill states seem to think the credit is great–Republican Olympia Snowe called it a “critical lifeline to thousands…

Game Changing Vote On Health Care

by Bruce Webb Key Senate committee passes health care plan The Senate Finance Committee passed a long-awaited $829 billion health care bill Tuesday by a 14-9 vote. Sen. Olympia Snowe,…

Ignani and the Ignavi

…with a Republican — Olympia Snowe. Thus he violated the terms of a very clear very public agreement with AHIP. It’s not as if I didn’t warn on September 2…

Medicare advantage. Advantage Democrats

…a private insurance program that has been criticized for high costs. All 13 Democrats on the committee were joined by one Republican, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (Maine), in voting against…

Whistling in the Dark

…concede any of his positions,” said fellow moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, noting that Specter has so far supported all of Bush’s nominees. “He obviously hasn’t changed his position with…

Next Target of Club for Growth Ads? As you’ve probably heard, the Club for Growth, a fairly extreme supply-side organization, launched ads against Olympia Snowe of Maine and George Voinovich…

The Maine Chance

…have a constitutional right to make a profit !?! In fact they seem to support a public option. It will be a bit hard for Sens Snowe and Collins to…