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...behind the net neutrality effort, they may have enough votes to block any telecom bill that doesn't include it from going forward. But the key to actually getting the net neutrality language into the bill will be getting some Republicans to support their cause. (Moderate GOP Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine is one of the few who currently does.) Republicans have plenty of their own potential 2008 candidates who appreciate the power of blogs. Bill Frist posts on his own site frequently (volpac.org) and John McCain made his first foray into blogging last week, posting on a conservative site...
...another large bipartisan session on immigration. The next day, Bush invited a group of about nine GOP senators, mostly chairmen of key committees, to another meeting in which he listened to their concerns on a wide range of issues. "I think it's a major outreach program," said Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine...
...elect him realize their mistake. Sue Brown West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. Bush's political antenna isn't broken; it is tuned to the interests of Big Money. The transmission is on an encrypted frequency, and it directs the President much like a radio-controlled toy car. Peter Farr Olympia, Washington, U.S. Honoring a World Champion When I turned to your March 6 coverage of the Winter Olympics in Torino, the big story I found was about the doping controversy involving Austrian skiers - nothing about the positive aspects of the Olympics. What about the "clean" participants? What about the results...
...emergency funds states have set aside to cover the gaps in Part D coverage. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt spent last week on damage-control patrol, trying to placate anxious seniors and state lawmakers angry about footing the bill for Medicare's mistakes. Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe said Leavitt reassured her on Friday that the Federal Government would use its authority to compel insurance plans to reimburse the states directly. Maine has spent $5 million...
...hard to believe. He can be very absent-minded." MARIE CORNELIUSEN, mother of artist Trevor Corneliusen of Olympia, Washington, who chained and padlocked his feet together for a self-portrait while camping in California's Mojave Desert and had to hobble for 12 hours to find help after he lost...