Olympia Snowe
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican politician; U.S. Senator for Maine
Olympia Jean Snowe is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States senator, representing Maine for three terms from 1995 to 2013. S. S. Senate filibusters. In 2006, Time magazine named her one of "America's Best Senators". S.
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Snowe as a Maine Senator in 1977
Snowe's official photo as a U.S. Representative in 1982
Snowe and President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in September 1986
Snowe and her husband, former Maine governor John R. McKernan Jr., with President George W. Bush and Laura Bush at a White House holiday reception in December 2002
Snowe and the U.S. secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter meeting at Supervisor Shipbuilding at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, in January 2006
Snowe and fellow U.S. senator from Maine Susan Collins touring damaged areas of Maine in June 2007![In March 2008, while Snowe was a U.S. senator, the record for the world's largest snowman or snowwoman was set in Bethel, Maine, with a snowwoman standing 122 feet 1 inch (37.21 m) in height and named Olympia in honor of Snowe.[19][20]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/OlympiaSnowWomanBethelMaine.jpg/1280px-OlympiaSnowWomanBethelMaine.jpg)
In March 2008, while Snowe was a U.S. senator, the record for the world's largest snowman or snowwoman was set in Bethel, Maine, with a snowwoman standing 122 feet 1 inch (37.21 m) in height and named Olympia in honor of Snowe.[19][20]In their own words 6
What are our obligations to the country and to the people we represent? It's the coming up with effective solutions, sitting down and working with the issues.
As quoted in "Andrea Mitchell's exclusive interview with Sen. Olympia Snowe" by Weesie Vieira (29 February 2012).
We are not working out issues anymore. We are working on a parallel universe, with competing proposals, up or down votes.
As quoted in "Andrea Mitchell's exclusive interview with Sen. Olympia Snowe" by Weesie Vieira (29 February 2012).
It's not healthy for the country to have parties with polar opposite views without that bridge that you need to build consensus.
Statement of April 2009, as quoted in "US Sen. Olympia Snowe in her own words" by The Associated Press (28 February 2012).
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Margaret Chase SmithAlso won Maine Women's Hall of Fame
Joan Benoit SamuelsonAlso won Maine Women's Hall of Fame
Jessica MeirAlso won Maine Women's Hall of FamePatricia M. CollinsAlso won Maine Women's Hall of Fame
Chellie PingreeAlso won Maine Women's Hall of Fame
Julia ClukeyAlso won Maine Women's Hall of FameAbout this person
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". Throughout her U.S. Senate career, she was considered one of the chamber's most moderate members.
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