June 30 The senator renews her call for a financial analysis of the Affordable Care Act in light of upcoming budget work.

By Kevin Miller kmiller@mainetoday.com Washington bureau chief

Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe on Friday renewed her call for a detailed analysis of the economic impacts of the Affordable Care Act and lamented the congressional partisanship that marked its creation.

Sen. Olympia Snowe

She made the comments during an interview the day after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its controversial ruling to uphold most of President Obamas signature health care reform law.

In the fall of 2009, Snowe was at the center of the political storm over how to reform the nations health care system.

The sole Republican still involved in the Senate Finance Committees attempts to craft a viable bill, Snowe spent countless hours working with Democrats and met repeatedly with President Obama.

All of which means that pretty much anything Snowe wants, she is going to get and any bill that emerges from this excruciating process will bear her stamp, Time magazine wrote in September 2009.

Of course, things didnt exactly play out that way.

Snowe would later join all of her Republican colleagues to vote against the Affordable Care Act in the full Senate. And on Thursday, she was among many GOP lawmakers who called for its repeal following the Supreme Courts divided decision that upheld most of the law.

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