Read more Olympia Snowe stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5280/olympia-snowe.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:42:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73715/any-random-conservative-would-crush-snowe-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOlympia Snowe could be in trouble in 2012: a new poll found that a generic conservative challenger would trounce the Maine moderate in a primary. The hypothetical conservative got 59% of the vote, while Snowe received just 31%. While it can be argued that results for hypothetical candidate have little...http://www.newser.com/story/73715/any-random-conservative-would-crush-snowe-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 13:54:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72499/mccain-afghan-call-cant-wait.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe pace of President Obama's decision on troop levels in Afghanistan again dominated the Sunday dial. John McCain told Face the Nation that Obama should move regardless of the Nov. 7 runoff's outcome: "Every day we delay will be a delay in this strategy succeeding.” Orrin Hatch went so far...http://www.newser.com/story/72499/mccain-afghan-call-cant-wait.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 11:56:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72477/reid-narrows-in-on-60-votes-for-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid closed in on the 60 votes he needs to pass a health reform bill with a public option yesterday, aided by 2 Democratic moderates who pledged not to filibuster the vote. Both Mary Landrieu and Joe Lieberman said they wouldn't block the bill, which offers a public insurance...http://www.newser.com/story/72477/reid-narrows-in-on-60-votes-for-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Oct 2009 9:25:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72406/reid-goes-for-broke-with-public-option-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid is preparing to bring a health reform bill that includes a public option to the floor of the Senate, gambling that his 60-member caucus will support the plan if it contains opt-out measures for individual states. The majority leader and other senators met with Barack Obama yesterday to...http://www.newser.com/story/72406/reid-goes-for-broke-with-public-option-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 7:46:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72304/maines-other-senator-could-swing-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast week Sen. Olympia Snowe was the center of attention of Capitol Hill as she bucked the GOP line to support health care reform, but now Maine's other Republican senator, Susan Collins, is the one to watch. Both women voted for President Obama's stimulus package in February, and Democrats and...http://www.newser.com/story/72304/maines-other-senator-could-swing-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 7:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72107/public-option-now-has-legs-in-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe public option, left for dead by the Max Baucus bill that passed the Finance Committee just weeks ago, has a new lease on life in the Senate. Credit goes to a CBO report underwhelmed by that bill's efforts to encourage competition, and a big power play by the insurance...http://www.newser.com/story/72107/public-option-now-has-legs-in-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 8:58:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71758/health-debate-now-hinges-on-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House and Congress are now wrangling to reconcile the five health care bills on the floors of the House and Senate, and no issue is causing greater headaches than the so-called public option. The Senate Finance Committee's bill, which has the support of Republican Olympia Snowe, doesn't have...http://www.newser.com/story/71758/health-debate-now-hinges-on-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 7:22:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71701/six-senate-swing-votes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs health care reform bills merge and change on the Senate floor, the pool of legislators to watch has grown. The Wall Street Journal takes a look: Olympia Snowe, R-Maine: Her vote for the Finance Committee bill was clutch, but "doesn't forecast what my vote will be tomorrow," she says....http://www.newser.com/story/71701/six-senate-swing-votes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 12:55:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71617/snowe-not-palin-is-gops-real-maverick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToday’s committee vote for a key health-reform measure isn’t the first time Sen. Olympia Snowe has broken with fellow Republicans—and leads Laurie Kellman to call her, and not former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP’s real maverick. Snowe also voted for President Obama’s stimulus package, Kellman notes for the...http://www.newser.com/story/71617/snowe-not-palin-is-gops-real-maverick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 19:30:48 CDT