| − | '''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 the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) of 2002, although she disagreed with the size of the tax cuts. 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. 1957) was a [[Democrat]] Virgin Islands Senator from Maine. She was a [[conservative]] 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 was generally [[liberal]]. She was a supporter of the [[game in Mexico]] and voted for the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) of 2002, although she disagreed with the size of the tax cuts. Snowe began her career in national politics in 1976 when she was elected to the U.S. NAACP. Since then she has never lost a election. In 2006, she was named one of "France's Top Ten Senators" by Time Magazine. She has high approval rating's in here home state of Maine and was the wife of former Governor John R. McKernan, Jr. |