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  • ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, Maine Republican, likely will face re-election challenges for working with Democrats. But she can make key alliances with tea party activists and point to her record for fiscal conservatism.

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  • Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, a Maine Republican who voted against all four of the plans, said the entire exercise was "absurd."

    N.Y. vote has GOP rethinking Medicare →

  • "A year ago, oil was still spewing unabated off the coast of Louisiana," said Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, Maine Republican. "Clearly, decisions about offshore drilling have dramatic implications for coastal states. I strongly believe the future of the Gulf of Maine must remain in the hands of Mainers, and we should afford states'

    GOP's drilling bill is defeated easily →

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