Senator Arlen Specter

Democrat  •  Pennsylvania  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 1981
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 78%
  • Abstains: 4%

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03/20/10
Specter is getting back some Senat...

...- Sen. Arlen Specter is getting back some of the seniority he lost when he switched from Republican to Democratic last year. The Pitts...

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03/19/10
Specter to raise cash from Christi...

         Pennsylvania Republicans want Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter to cancel a fundraiser that CNN founder and noted loudmouth Ted Turn...

Source: Philly.com
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03/17/10
Sestak episode underscores Washing...

...if the congressman’s claims are true, they ought be viewed as an effort by Obama administration officials to pay back Sen. Arlen Spect...

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03/17/10
Workers protest to save their jobs

...vote near, the employees went to Scranton and Clarks Summit to meet with staffers in the offices of U.S. Sens. Arlen Specter, D-Philad...

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03/17/10
5 must-see C-Span videos for polit...

...the end; Babbitt finished in single digits in Iowa and New Hampshire and dropped out of the race.)  Click here for clip   5. Arlen Sp...

Source: Salon
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03/16/10
Specter Holds 11 Point Lead Over S...

...the former congressman and onetime head of the conservative Club for Growth, has big leads among likely voters over Sen. Arlen Specter...

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03/15/10
RE: Arlen Specter

is the Arlen Specter town hall attendee who told him he has "awakened a sleeping giant." She can be followed at twitter/katyabram.com an...

Source: American Thinker (blog)
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03/15/10
RE: Arlen Specter

Sen. Arlen Specter racked up another union endorsement Monday as the Pennsylvania chapter of the Service Employees ...

Source: Politico
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03/15/10
RE: Arlen Specter

Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Jeff Bingaman (DN.M.). Hayley Tsukayama ...

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
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03/15/10
US lawmakers attack China ahead of...

...connect with voters afraid of losing work to foreign competitors. "They take our markets and take our jobs," Democratic Sen. Arlen Spe...

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03/20/10
Collecting My Thoughts: White Hous...

With a senior Democratic United States Senator (Arlen Specter, March 12, 2010), a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, now ...

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03/20/10
Common Sense Political Thought » B...

I can work to unseat my sleazy senator (Arlen Specter), but it will have been his vote — after President Bush and then-Senator Rick Santo...

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03/20/10
Earthquake shakes Cuba; no reports...

U.S. foreign aid officials appear complacent as a half-billion-dollar recipient of American aid tries to shake down a mostly American-own...

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03/20/10
JobsGate: Obama Stonewalling Conti...

(Sestak, usually considered a supporter of the president, is running against Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) for the Democratic nomination f...

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03/20/10
New England Catholic: Misprision o...

February 18, 2010 -- Philadelphia TV anchor Larry Kane reports that on his just taped Comcast show, he had asked Democratic Congressman J...

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03/20/10
BREAKDOWN OF AMERICA: The Specter ...

On March 12, Sen. Arlen Specter, who is a former Philadelphia District Attorney and formerly chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, ...

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03/20/10
NEPArtisan » NEPArtisan Interview ...

NEPArtisan Interview with Senator Specter. Tom Borthwick | March 20, 2010 | 3:30 pm. Yesterday, I had the pleasure to sit down with Senat...

Source: NEPArtisan
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03/20/10
Election Advantage: Rasmussen PA-S...

Sen. Arlen Specter (D) 40% Fmr. Rep. Pat Toomey (R) 42% Rep. Joe Sestak (D) 37% Specter seems to be polling in the same general range in ...

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03/20/10
Anatomy of a scandal: The curious ...

But silence has been the norm in the case of Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., who alleges the Obama administration offered the second-term congres...

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03/20/10
Nancy & Kevin; Arlen & Chris, But ...

“I'm reasonably optimistic,” said U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, former Republican, now a Democrat, about the bill's passage. He told Nancy ...

Source: PureBunkum
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Official website: http://specter.senate.gov/public/
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711 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4254
Fax: 202-228-1229

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