Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have threatened to block a floor vote on a bill (S 1693) that would create a nationwide electronic health record system, CongressDaily reports. The bill -- sponsored by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.
Nanotechnology News from Nanowerk (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Sens. John Kerry and Olympia Snowe this week introduced the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008. The legislation will toughen the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) by increasing its commitment to environmental health and safety research.
THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
This is a good sign. A Republican senator, Olympia Snowe of Maine, and a Democratic senator, John Kerry of Massachusetts, have co-sponsored a bill to help Americans deal with rising energy prices. Kerry-Snowe Introduce Bill to Help States Reduce Energy Costs for Consumers
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Sens. John Kerry and Olympia Snowe introduced the "Emergency Energy Response Act of 2008" today to directly address soaring energy costs that are hurting consumers and breaking state budgets. The bill would create a grant program to help states develop and implement response plans to address the rising costs of heating oils, natural gas, and diesel, as well as other energy costs. Full...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine is helping to lead a bipartisan coalition calling for a national energy summit with President Bush to address the nation's energy crisis.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sens. John Kerry and Olympia Snowe introduced the "Emergency Energy Response Act of 2008" today to directly address soaring energy costs that are hurting consumers and breaking state budgets. The bill would create a grant program to help states develop and implement response plans to address the rising costs of heating oils, natural gas,...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON - Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have announced federal Department of Health and Human Services grants totaling $3,158,897 for health initiatives in Maine.
The Sundries Shack (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
... has tilted heavily toward Democrats in recent years. McCain could have added Lindsey Graham and Olympia Snowe and formed a basketball team called the Moderate Milquetoasts. Showing up at a campaign rally with Tom Ridge, Joe Lieberman, and Arlen Specter is not exactly showing the flag to conservatives who are about ready to walk away from the Presidential side of the election. Not...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
... from some lawmakers raised the possibility of the delay. Aides to Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who have called for modifications to the bill, said the two lawmakers would block the bill if it advanced to the floor before the recess.Snowe said that the language on consumer privacy protections in the bill is inadequate. Coburn said he objected to a...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
... said his panel ... is deeply divided over reconciliation, and he cautioned that moderate Sens. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Gordon Smith, R-Ore., hold all the cards. Reconciliation will be decided by "the extent to which I get Snowe and Smith to agree to it," Grassley said. And then less than two weeks later - on March 28, 2006 - Stevens gave Smith another $5000 for his 1996...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe are calling for a new port of entry to be built to replace the aging facility in Van Buren.
Exploring International Law (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
... Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), John Kerry (D-MA), Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Tim Johnson (D-SD) today introduced a resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities and renewed efforts toward peace in Darfur, Sudan as well as in neighboring Chad and the Central...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
... Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), John Kerry (D-MA), Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Tim Johnson (D-SD) today introduced a resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities and renewed efforts toward peace in Darfur, Sudan as well as in neighboring Chad and the Central...
The Mason Conservative (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
... Lugar, Mel Martinez, Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, Pat Roberts, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens, John Thune, David Vitter, George Voinovich, and Roger Wicker. Of course, Virginia's taxpayers were well-represented in this group; when your sitting on an inflatable donut the next time the Congress screws us out of more money, remember the name...
politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
... very great, usually just the inclusion of a slightly quirky choice (Gov Schweitzer of MT, or Sen Olympia Snowe of ME). All are reasonably strong candidates, and I am sure they have all been considered. There are many other candidates who have fallen by the wayside thanks to their near-Shermanesque denials that they would accept - Gov Bobby Jindal (LA) and Sen Jim Webb (VA) come first...
