Olympia Snowe

Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe (born February 21, 1947 in Augusta, Maine) is a Republican politician and, as of 2005, the senior United States senator from Maine.

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A moderate Republican in a Senate with 45 Democrats and 55 Republicans, Snowe often affects the outcome of close votes and filibusters. This has given her outsized political influence on contentious issues; the respected magazine Congressional Quarterly has reported that ?her presence at the negotiating table in the 107th Congress has become nearly a necessity?. However, her moderate views have drawn attacks from more conservative Republicans; the Club for Growth and Concerned Women for America label her a "Republican in Name Only" ("RINO").

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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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February 21: February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 313 days remaining, 314 in leap years....

1947: 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar)....

Augusta, Maine: Augusta is the capital of the state of Maine in the United States. It is located on the Kennebec River at the head of navigation or "head of the tide". As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 18,560. It is the county seat of Kennebec County....

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