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Olympia Snowe
Olympia Jean Snowe is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States senator, representing Maine for three terms from 1995 to 2013. A lifelong member of the Republican Party, Snowe played an influential role in influencing the outcome of close votes in the U.S. Senate and in ending U.S. Senate filibusters. In 2006, Time magazine named her one of "America's Best Senators". Through…
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business · American politician (born 1947) · politician · businessperson · also Olympia Snowe, Olympia J. Snowe, Olympia Bouchles, Olympia Jean Snowe, Snowe
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2022· 1 entry
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2021· 1 entry
Following the January 6 Capitol violence, Snowe called on Trump to "resign from office now to allow our nation to begin to heal and prepare for the transition to the Biden presidency"
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2015· 1 entry
Washington Examiner: Olympia Snowe: Climate change is ruining our fishing
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2012· 3 entries
Snowe announced that she would not seek re-election in the 2012 U
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Citing excessive partisanship and a dispiriting political environment, Snowe announced she would not run for re-election in November 2012
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National Journal ranked Snowe a composite 57% conservative score and a 43% liberal score
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2011–2013).
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2010· 2 entries
And her highest composite liberal score was a 55
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Snowe voted against the Health Care and Education Act
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2009· 2 entries
Los Angeles Times: Olympia Snowe votes yes on healthcare overhaul, risking retaliation by fellow Republicans
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Career landmark: United States senator (2009–2011).
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2007· 2 entries
Snowe was one of several Republicans to vote in favor of legislation that would have granted citizenship to undocumented immigrants, but she voted against the DREAM Act in 2010
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Career landmark: United States senator (2007–2009).
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2006· 2 entries
Voted against banning gay marriage for a second time
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Time magazine named her one of "America's Best Senators"
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2005· 3 entries
Snowe was one of fourteen senators, known as the Gang of 14, who defused a confrontation between Senate Democrats who were filibustering several judicial nominees and the Senate Republican leadership who wanted to use th
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Career landmark: United States senator (2005–2007).
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And 2007, she voted to support embryonic stem cell research
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2004· 2 entries
Voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, an amendment banning gay marriage
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Was one of several Republicans to oppose accelerated implementation of the George W
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2003· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (2003–2005).
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However, she joined two Republican senators, Lincoln Chafee and John McCain, in voting against the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
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2001· 2 entries
Snowe became the first Republican woman to secure a full-term seat on the U
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Career landmark: United States senator (2001–2003).
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Maine Women's Hall of Fame (1999).
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Career landmark: United States senator (1999–2001).
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1997–1999).
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1995–1997).
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1993–1995).
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1991· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (1991–1993).
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Tragedy again struck Snowe when her stepson Peter McKernan died from a heart ailment at the age of 20
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1989–1991).
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1987· 2 entries
“We are not working out issues anymore. We are working on a parallel universe, with competing proposals, up or down votes.”
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Career landmark: United States representative (1987–1989).
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1985· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1985–1987).
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1983–1985).
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1981· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1981–1983).
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1979· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (1979–1981).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1979–1995).
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1978· 1 entry
Snowe became the youngest female Republican ever elected to the U
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1977· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the State Senate of Maine (1977–1979).
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1976· 1 entry
Won election to the Maine Senate, where she represented Androscoggin County
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1975· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Maine House of Representatives (1975–1977).
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1973· 1 entry
Tragedy again struck Snowe when her husband was killed in an automobile accident
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1969· 2 entries
Shortly after graduating, she married Peter Snowe, a Republican Maine Representative, in New York City
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Studied at University of Maine, Bachelor of Arts (1969).
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at Edward Little High School (1965).
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1962· 1 entry
Studied at Saint Basil Academy (1962).
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1947· 2 entries
The daughter of Georgia (née Goranites) and George John Bouchles
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Born 1947-02-21.
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