Olympia Snowe - Revision history

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A woman of firsts

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2006 re-election campaign

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Early life

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"The Gang of 14"

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"The Gang of 14"

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 Snowe is the fourth woman to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the first to chair its seapower subcommittee, which oversees the Navy and Marine Corps. In [[2001]], Snowe became the first Republican woman to secure a full-term seat on the Senate Finance Committee.
-Snowe was the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the United States House of Representatives; she is also the only woman to have served in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of the U.S. Congress. Finally, she is the first Greek-American congresswoman. With her 1989 marriage to Maine Governor John McKernan, she became the first person to simultaneously be a member of Congress and First Lady of a state. She has never lost an election, and easily won a third Senate term in [[2006]]; she was reported - 7 months ahead of the election - to have raised a record-setting $2.1 million. [http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050720snowemoney.shtml] A grassroots campaign has emerged to convince Snowe to seek the Republican nomination for the Presidency in the 2008 Presidential election.
+Snowe was the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the United States House of Representatives; she is also the only woman to have served in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of the U.S. Congress. Finally, she is the first Greek-American congresswoman. With her 1989 marriage to Maine Governor John McKernan, she became the first person to simultaneously be a member of Congress and First Lady of a state. She has never lost an election, and easily won a third Senate term in [[2006]]; she was reported - 7 months ahead of the election - to have raised a record-setting $2.1 million. [http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050720snowemoney.shtml] An unsuccessful  grassroots campaign even emerged to convince Snowe to seek the Republican nomination for the Presidency in the 2008 Presidential election.
 ==Political views==

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 '''Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe''' (born [[February 21]], [[1947]] in Augusta, Maine, USA) is a Republican politician and the senior United States senator from Maine.
-A moderate Republican in a Senate with 44 Democrats, 55 Republicans, and one independent, Snowe often affects close votes and filibusters. This has given her enormous political influence on contentious issues; Congressional Quarterly noted “her presence at the negotiating table in the 107th Congress . . . become nearly a necessity."  She has been consistently popular in Maine [http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/100USSenatorApproval060523Approval.htm], and was noted as one of America's top ten Senators by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183967,00.html].
+A moderate Republican in a Senate with 44 Democrats, 55 Republicans, and one independent, Snowe often affects close votes and filibusters. This has given her enormous political influence on contentious issues; Congressional Quarterly noted “her presence at the negotiating table in the 107th Congress . . . become nearly a necessity."  She has been consistently popular in Maine [http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/100USSenatorApproval060523Approval.htm], and was noted as one of America's top ten Senators by ''Time'' magazine [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183967,00.html].
 Snowe married John McKernan, then-Governor of Maine, in February [[1989]]. Snowe and McKernan had served together in the '''United States House of Representatives''' from [[1983]] to [[1986]].
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 Snowe is the fourth woman to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the first to chair its seapower subcommittee, which oversees the Navy and Marine Corps. In [[2001]], Snowe became the first Republican woman to secure a full-term seat on the Senate Finance Committee.
-Snowe was the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the United States House of Representatives; she is also the only woman to have served in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of the U.S. Congress. Finally, she is the first Greek-American congresswoman. With her 1989 marriage to Maine Governor John McKernan, she became the first person to simultaneously be a member of Congress and First Lady of a state. She has never lost an election, and she recently announced that she will seek a third Senate term in [[2006]]; she is a heavy favorite to win, and was recently reported - 7 months ahead of the election - to have raised a record-setting $2.1 million, and is only facing nominal opposition. [http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050720snowemoney.shtml] A grassroots campaign has emerged to convince Snowe to seek the Republican nomination for the Presidency in the 2008 Presidential election.
+Snowe was the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the United States House of Representatives; she is also the only woman to have served in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of the U.S. Congress. Finally, she is the first Greek-American congresswoman. With her 1989 marriage to Maine Governor John McKernan, she became the first person to simultaneously be a member of Congress and First Lady of a state. She has never lost an election, and easily won a third Senate term in [[2006]]; she was reported - 7 months ahead of the election - to have raised a record-setting $2.1 million. [http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050720snowemoney.shtml] A grassroots campaign has emerged to convince Snowe to seek the Republican nomination for the Presidency in the 2008 Presidential election.
 ==Political views==

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 == 2006 re-election campaign ==
-Snowe is seeking re-election to a third term in 2006. She has never lost an election, and is expected to win this one as well. Neither of the Democratic candidates (the primary is on June 13, 2006) has ever been elected to political office.
+In the November [[2006]] election, Senator Snowe faced Democratic candidate Jean Hay Bright, and Independent candidate Bill Slavick. She won convincingly with 74% of the vote.
 [[Category:1947 births|Snowe, Olympia]]
 [[Category:Greek-Americans|Snowe, Olympia]]

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 ==Early life==
-Snowe was born Olympia Jean Bouchles, the daughter of George and Georgia Goranites Bouchles. Her father emigrated to the United States from Sparta, Greece.  She is a member of the [[Greek Orthodox]] church.
+Snowe was born Olympia Jean Bouchles, the daughter of George and Georgia Goranites Bouchles. Her father emigrated to the United States from [[Sparta]], [[Greece]].  She is a member of the [[Greek Orthodox]] church.
 Snowe's early life was riddled with tragedy; her mother died of breast cancer when she was eight, and her father died of heart disease barely a year later. Orphaned, she was moved to Auburn, Maine, to be raised by her aunt and uncle, a barber and a textile mill worker respectively, along with their five other children. Her brother John was raised separately, by other family members. Within a few years, illness would also claim her uncle's life.

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 [[Image:Snoweofficial.jpg|thumb|275px|Olympia Snowe]]
-'''Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe''' (born [[February 21]], [[1947]] in [[Augusta, Maine]]) is a Republican politician and the senior United States senator from Maine.
+'''Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe''' (born [[February 21]], [[1947]] in Augusta, Maine, USA) is a Republican politician and the senior United States senator from Maine.
 A moderate Republican in a Senate with 44 Democrats, 55 Republicans, and one independent, Snowe often affects close votes and filibusters. This has given her enormous political influence on contentious issues; Congressional Quarterly noted “her presence at the negotiating table in the 107th Congress . . . become nearly a necessity."  She has been consistently popular in Maine [http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/100USSenatorApproval060523Approval.htm], and was noted as one of America's top ten Senators by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183967,00.html].

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 =="The Gang of 14"==
-[[Image:Alito_Snowe.jpg|thumb|Snowe meets with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge [[Samuel Alito]].]]
+[[Image:Alito_Snowe.jpg|thumb|250px|Snowe meets with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito.]]
 On May 23, 2005, Snowe was one of fourteen moderate senators, known as the '''Gang of 14''', to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of the filibuster on judicial nominees. This action both curtailed the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the so-called "nuclear option", and broke Democrat opposition to three nominees brought to the Senate floor. The compromise precludes further filibusters and the implementation of the nuclear option for as long as the Gang of 14 holds together.

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	'''Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe''' (born [[February 21]], [[1947]] in [[Augusta, Maine]]) is a Republican politician and the senior United States senator from Maine.		'''Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe''' (born [[February 21]], [[1947]] in [[Augusta, Maine]]) is a Republican politician and the senior United States senator from Maine.

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 ==Committee assignments==
-In the 109th Congress, Sen. Snowe is Chair of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship|Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee]] and serves on the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Finance|Committee on Finance]]; [[U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation|Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation]] and the [[U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Select Committee On Intelligence]].
+In the 109th Congress, Sen. Snowe is Chair of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee and serves on the Committee on Finance; Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Select Committee On Intelligence.
 == 2006 re-election campaign ==