| − | Olympia J. Snowe (b. 1947) is a [[Republican]] United States Senator from Maine. She is a [[liberal]] on many current issues and calls herself a moderate. She supports [[abortion]], [[gay]] rights and amnesty for Illegal Aliens. In fiscal matters and on defense, Snowe is generally [[conservative]]. She is a supporter of the [[war in Iraq]] and voted for President Bush's tax cuts (even though she has worked to reduce them). Some critics to her Right have labeled her as a "Republican in name only." Snowe began her career in national politics in 1978 when she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Since then she has never lost an election. In 2006, she was named one of "America's Top Ten Senators" by Time Magazine. She has high approval rating's in here home state of Maine and is the wife of former Governor John R. McKernan, Jr. | + | '''Olympia J. Snowe''' (b. 1947) is a [[Republican]] United States Senator from Maine. She is a [[liberal]] on many current issues and calls herself a moderate. She supports [[abortion]], [[gay]] rights and amnesty for Illegal Aliens. In fiscal matters and on defense, Snowe is generally [[conservative]]. She is a supporter of the [[war in Iraq]] and voted for President Bush's tax cuts (even though she has worked to reduce them). Some critics to her Right have labeled her as a "Republican in name only." Snowe began her career in national politics in 1978 when she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Since then she has never lost an election. In 2006, she was named one of "America's Top Ten Senators" by Time Magazine. She has high approval rating's in here home state of Maine and is the wife of former Governor John R. McKernan, Jr. |