- Olympia Snowe: Why I’m Leaving the Senate: "The Senate of today routinely jettisons regular order; serially legislates by political brinkmanship; and habitually eschews full debate and an open amendment process in favor of competing, up-or-down, take-it-or-leave-it proposals." http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/olympia-snowe-why-im-leaving-the-senate/2012/03/01/giqapgyzlr_story.html 4 comments politics