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Article: Olympia Snowe gives healthcare reform its first Republican vote.(national)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) of Maine broke party ranks Tuesday to vote in favor of the Senate Finance Committee's healthcare reform bill - giving Democrats their first GOP vote for reform in either the House or Senate.
But her reservations - along with those of many Democrats on the panel - signal how tough it may be to hold that reform coalition through final floor votes.
"Is this the bill that I would want? Far from it. But when history calls, history calls, and I happen to think that the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress taking every opportunity to demonstrate its capacity to solve ...