... and allow us the opportunity to work," said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, one of the lawmakers involved in talks ... Senate swing votes, Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. On Wednesday, he met with a group of ...

... demands at a later date. "We want to know the president is working in good faith along the way as we are," said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, after meeting with Nancy-Ann DeParle, the top White House official on the issue. Baucus appeared ...

... Lugar of Indiana, the Senate's most senior Republican, Mel Martinez of Florida, its lone Hispanic Republican, and Olympia Snowe of Maine all announced they'd vote for Sotomayor, praising her qualifications and her testimony at four days of ...

... Nebraska, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, as well as Maine Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. Snowe has been deeply involved in talks in recent days aimed at ...

... agreed to trim about $100 billion on Friday. - Advertisement - As a result, Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania broke ranks to cast their votes to advance the bill. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ...

... procedural hurdle on Monday and advance the bill to a final vote. In addition to Collins and Specter, Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine pledged to vote for the legislation. The end-stage negotiations played out against a backdrop of yet another ...

... billions in spending from the original $820 billion House-passed bill, enough to obtain the backing of GOP Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. As the final compromise took shape in a frenzied round ...

... allies eventually came up drew the support of only three Republicans in Congress moderate Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Their support was critical, though, in helping the bill squeak through ...

... institutions to compensate taxpayers if they paid their executives large bonuses after receiving federal bailout money. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, a co-sponsor of the amendment to Obama's stimulus bill, said striking it "left open an escape hatch ...

... Republicans realize this as well. One of the more plaintive reactions to Specter's move came from moderate Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine, who fretted over the party's turn away from social liberalism. Snowe was speaking on behalf of a number ...