Snowe went ‘back and forth’ till end

Says ‘aye’ vote for final bill not a done deal

Olympia J. Snowe of Maine spoke with reporters after casting the only Republican vote in favor of the Senate finance committee’s health care bill. She is very deliberate; for months she has decried the “artificial deadlines’’ that Democrats set for themselves.
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By Lisa Wangsness and Susan Milligan

Globe Staff / October 14, 2009

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Nobody knew for sure what Senator Olympia J. Snowe would do yesterday when the Finance Committee gathered to vote on its health care bill - not even Snowe. (Full article: 675 words)