Snowe Unlikely to Buck Gang to Cut White House Deal

• By Emily Pierce and David M. Drucker
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 3, 2009, 4:34 p.m.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) appears unlikely to walk away from bipartisan health care reform talks in the Senate Finance Committee to cut a side deal with the White House, but her spokeswoman said Thursday that she continues to keep an “open line of communication” with President Barack Obama.