Senator Olympia J. Snowe announced her retirement from the Senate Thursday, citing growing partisanship in Washington as a reason for her departure.

Spinners and Winners If there were ever a Republican for President Obama to work with, it was Maine Senator Olympia Snowe. She was one of just three Republicans in the entire Congress to vote for ...

Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, a member of the bipartisan gang of six, may be the one Republican who votes for a health care bill in the Senate. "What we have to do is develop a plan that's going to ...

Voters say they want bipartisan solutions to the nation's problems. But they congregate and vote in ways that ensure partisan warfare, driving the Republicans further right and the Democratic ...

Worth noting because Snowe did not retire from politics. Rather, she retired from the Senate in order to devote herself to promoting bipartisanship, compromise, working across the aisle and across ...

As a Republican senator from Maine, Olympia Snowe was known for her willingness to stand alone. A moderate with independent views, she had substantial influence in the health care debate as both ...

Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, the iconic Republican moderate from Maine, announced her retirement from the Senate on Tuesday, saying she would not seek a fourth term because political partisanship has ...

Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) paid tribute to retiring Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX). Senator Hutchison responded to her remarks.

The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe interviews Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) about why she’s leaving the Senate, meeting her husband on the Hill and her next steps in politics. (Video: The ...

Democrats on Capitol Hill just collectively exhaled, joyously. Maine Senator Olympia Snowe has told the Senate Finance Committee that she intends to vote yes on Max Baucus's health care reform ...

Spinners and Winners If there were ever a Republican for President Obama to work with, it was Maine Senator Olympia Snowe. She was one of just three Republicans in the entire Congress to vote for ...