S000709 1930-02-12 711 Hart Senate Office Building http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-1229 Arlen 'd':4 'pa':5 'sen':1 'arlen':2,6,8 'specter':3,7,9 M 300092 Specter Arlen_Specter Sen. Arlen Specter [D, PA] N00001604 18888 Democrat 202-224-4254 Jewish PA Arlen Specter 1.912 http://specter.senate.gov/ 300092 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 22:25:39 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and threaten to chill newsgathering efforts critical to a free society. A chief cosponsor of the federal measure, Sen. Arlen Specter (D., Pa.), contends that if investigative journalists "can't protect sources, there is a lot of public corruption and pr 'd':27 'pa':28 'pr':46 'lot':41 'sen':24 'best':4 'free':15 'arlen':25 'chief':18 'chill':9 'feder':22 'sourc':37 'critic':12 'effort':11 'inquir':48 'measur':23 'public':43 'contend':29 'corrupt':44 'editori':1 'protect':36 'societi':16 'specter':26 'interest':5 'investig':32 'newsgath':10 'threaten':7 'cosponsor':19 'journalist':33 'philadelphia':47 6613609 true true daylife Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/inquirer/ OK http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20091107_Editorial__In_your_best_interest.html 300092 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 11:14:41 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, a state John McCain won last fall; Chris Dodd in Connecticut, hampered by a mortgage controversy; Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, the party-switching former Republican; and Barbara Boxer in California, a frequent GOP target.. '..':46 'gop':44 'won':15 '2010':1 'dodd':19 'fall':17 'fear':4 'hope':6 'john':13 'last':16 'arlen':27 'boxer':39 'chris':18 'elect':2 'miami':47 'parti':33 'state':12 'blanch':7 'former':35 'hamper':22 'herald':48 'mccain':14 'switch':34 'target':45 'arkansa':10 'barbara':38 'lincoln':8 'mortgag':25 'specter':28 'democrat':3 'frequent':43 'california':41 'republican':5,36 'connecticut':21 'controversi':26 'party-switch':32 'pennsylvania':30 6608682 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1321549.html 300092 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 22:25:39 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, a state John McCain won last fall; Chris Dodd in Connecticut, hampered by a mortgage controversy; Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, the party-switching former Republican; and Barbara Boxer in California, a frequent GOP target. 'gop':44 'won':15 '2010':1 'dodd':19 'fall':17 'fear':4 'hope':6 'john':13 'last':16 'arlen':27 'boxer':39 'chris':18 'elect':2 'parti':33 'state':12 'blanch':7 'former':35 'hamper':22 'mccain':14 'switch':34 'target':45 'arkansa':10 'barbara':38 'lincoln':8 'mortgag':25 'specter':28 'democrat':3 'frequent':43 'california':41 'republican':5,36 'connecticut':21 'controversi':26 'party-switch':32 'pennsylvania':30 'kansascity.com':46 6613608 true true daylife KansasCity.com http://www.kansascity.com/ OK http://www.kansascity.com/444/story/1554599.html 300092 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:28:30 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and the partisan antics cast a pall over the legislation — one of Obama's top priorities. "This is a very good start," Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., said. "It is regrettable that we could not move forward in a more constructive way." Specter said the v 'd':34 'v':54 'pa':35 'one':18 'san':56 'sen':30 'top':22 'u.n':4 'way':50 'back':3 'cast':12 'd-pa':33 'good':28 'jose':57 'move':44 'news':59 'pact':6 'pall':14 'said':36,52 'ambit':7 'antic':11 'arlen':31 'could':42 'obama':20 'scale':2 'start':29 'climat':5 'legisl':17 'negoti':1 'forward':45 'mercuri':58 'regrett':39 'specter':32,51 'partisan':10 'prioriti':23 'construct':49 6604512 true true daylife The San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/ OK http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13723091?source=rss 300092 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:32:44 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Arlen Specter, D-Pa., has been a longtime advocate of televising sessions of the U.S. Supreme Court, a quest that has repeatedly fallen on deaf ears across First Street NE. But Specter noted Thursday that the justices haven't exactly been camera shy. 'd':14 'ne':41 'pa':15 'tv':10 'ear':37 'saw':7 'shi':54 'u.s':26 'd-pa':13 'deaf':36 'note':1,44 'advoc':20 'arlen':11 'court':4,28 'exact':51 'first':39 'haven':49 'quest':30 'across':38 'camera':53 'fallen':34 'justic':5,48 'repeat':33 'street':40 'suprem':3,27 'law.com':55 'longtim':19 'session':23 'specter':6,12,43 'televis':22 'thursday':45 6594018 true true daylife Law.com http://www.law.com/ OK http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435217618&rss=newswire 300092 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:28:30 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... WELNA: Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter, himself a Republican until becoming a Democrat earlier this year, backed up Boxer. Senator ARLEN SPECTER (Democrat, Pennsylvania): We have a practice in the world's greatest deliberative body of disagreeing without 'gop':1 'back':23 'bodi':41 'news':46 'year':22 'arlen':11,27 'becom':17 'boxer':25 'chang':7 'delib':40 'panel':4 'senat':3,26 'welna':8 'world':37 'climat':6 'boycott':2 'disagre':43 'earlier':20 'practic':34 'specter':12,28 'without':44 'democrat':19,29 'ecoearth':45 'greatest':39 'republican':15 'pennsylvania':9,30 6604510 true true daylife EcoEarth News http://www.ecoearth.info/news/ OK http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120066031 300092 Person house of representatives Fri Nov 06 22:28:30 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Cardin (D) Barbara A. Mikulski (D) West Virginia—Robert C. Byrd (D) John D. Rockefeller (D) Pennsylvania—Bob Casey (D) Arlen Specter (R) U.S. House of Representatives All House members may be reached at 202-224-3121. The mailing address for House 'c':17 'd':9,13,19,21,23,27 'r':30 '202':42 'bob':25 'may':38 'u.s':31 '-224':43 'area':7 'byrd':18 'hous':32,36,49 'john':20 'mail':46 'news':54 'time':53 'west':14 '-3121':44 'arlen':28 'casey':26 'feder':3 'reach':40 'state':1 'cardin':8 'legisl':4 'member':37 'repres':5,34 'robert':16 'address':47 'barbara':10 'specter':29 'mikulski':12 'rockefel':22 'virginia':15 'times-new':52 'cumberland':51 'pennsylvania':24 6604511 true true daylife The Cumberland Times-News http://www.times-news.com/ OK http://www.times-news.com/editorials/local_story_310211137.html 300092 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:32:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...cannot offer amendments. This is a very good start, but as the chair has acknowledged it is a start and only a start," said Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. "It is regrettable that we could not move forward in a more constructive way." Specter said that the vo 'd':36 'pa':37 'vo':56 'gop':7 'sen':32 'way':51 'bill':5 'd-pa':35 'good':15 'move':45 'said':31,53 'amend':10 'arlen':33 'chair':20 'could':43 'globe':58 'offer':9 'senat':1 'start':16,26,30 'advanc':3 'boston':57 'cannot':8 'climat':4 'forward':46 'regrett':40 'specter':34,52 'without':6 'democrat':2 'construct':50 'acknowledg':22 6594017 true true daylife Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/ OK http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=666849f1f9d5eb6907eda4977810ecaf 300092 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 22:32:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...likely be to drive the remaining moderates out of the party — either through primary losses or party-switching à la Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) — and thereby shrink the GOP caucus even further in the name of ideological purity. It’s particularly n 'd':38 'n':57 'la':33 'pa':39 'à':32 'gop':11,44 'sen':34 'tea':4 'come':9 'd-pa':37 'even':46 'like':13 'loss':27 'name':50 'arlen':35 'drive':16 'hitch':1 'moder':12,19 'parti':23,30 'steel':6 'wagon':2 'caucus':45 'either':24 'puriti':53 'remain':18 'shrink':42 'switch':31 'ideolog':52 'partier':5 'primari':26 'specter':36 'therebi':41 'independ':60 'threaten':7 'particular':56 'washington':59 'party-switch':29 6594020 true true daylife The Washington Independent http://washingtonindependent.com/ OK http://washingtonindependent.com/66750/hitching-wagon-to-tea-partiers-steele-threatens-to-come-after-gop-moderates 300092 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 11:23:45 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...offer amendments. This is a very good start, but as the chair has acknowledged it is a start and only a start, said Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. It is regrettable that we could not move forward in a more constructive way. Specter said that the vote woul 'd':35 'pa':36 'gop':7 'sen':31 'sun':59 'way':50 'bill':5 'd-pa':34 'good':14 'move':44 'said':30,52 'vote':55 'woul':56 'amend':9 'arlen':32 'chair':19 'could':42 'offer':8 'senat':1 'start':15,25,29 'advanc':3 'climat':4 'forward':45 'jackson':58 'regrett':39 'specter':33,51 'without':6 'democrat':2 'construct':49 'acknowledg':21 6598273 true true daylife The Jackson Sun http://www.jacksonsun.com/ OK http://jacksonsun.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/91105018/1002/rss 300092 Person republican Sat Nov 07 22:25:33 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Senator Jeff Sessions said *he was troubled by Hamilton's ruling against a sectarian prayer* to open the Indiana House of Representatives. Even Senator Arlen Specter expressed concern about Hamilton while serving as a Republican, ... 'get':12 'pro':6 'top':51 'anti':3 'even':35 'hous':32 'jeff':14 'judg':8 'news':50 'open':29 'rule':23 'said':16 'serv':44 'allah':7 'arlen':37 'david':9 'jesus':4 'senat':13,36 'stori':52 'prayer':27 'repres':34 'troubl':19 'concern':40 'current':49 'express':39 'indiana':31 'session':15 'specter':38 'surpris':1 'hamilton':10,21,42 'pro-allah':5 'sectarian':26 'anti-jesus':2 'republican':47 'newsblaze.com':48 6613605 false true google blog NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories http://newsblaze.com/ OK http://newsblaze.com/story/20091107115538zzzz.nb/topstory.html 300092 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 22:25:33 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, a state John McCain won last fall; Chris Dodd in Connecticut, hampered by a mortgage controversy; Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, the party-switching former Republican; and Barbara Boxer in California, a frequent GOP target. .. 'gop':47 'won':18 '2010':1 'dodd':22 'fall':20 'fear':4 'hope':6 'john':16 'last':19 'arlen':30 'boxer':42 'chris':21 'elect':2 'obama':9,51 'parti':36 'state':15 'watch':8,50 'blanch':10 'former':38 'hamper':25 'mccain':17 'switch':37 'target':48 'arkansa':13 'barbara':41 'lincoln':11 'mortgag':28 'specter':31 'democrat':3 'frequent':46 'california':44 'republican':5,39 'connecticut':24 'controversi':29 'party-switch':35 'pennsylvania':33 6613607 false true google blog I Watch Obama http://www.iwatchobama.com/ OK http://www.iwatchobama.com/obama-news/2010-elections-democratic-fears-republican-hopes-2/ 300092 Person republican Sat Nov 07 11:14:34 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Even Senator Arlen Specter expressed concern about Hamilton while serving as a Republican, but after switching parties he broke his promise to not become a “rubber stamp” for the Obama Administration, and voted to confirm Hamilton ... 'nut':5 'case':6 'even':13 'judg':9 'name':2 'real':12 'serv':22 'vote':45 'anoth':3 'arlen':15 'becom':36 'broke':31 'liber':4 'obama':1,42 'parti':29 'posit':10 'senat':14 'stamp':39 'desert':49 'promis':33 'rubber':38 'switch':28 'concern':18 'confirm':47 'conserv':50 'express':17 'specter':16 'hamilton':20,48 'administr':43 'republican':25 6608681 false true google blog Desert Conservative http://www.desertconservative.com/ OK http://www.desertconservative.com/2009/11/06/obama-names-another-liberal-nut-case-to-a-judge-position-a-real-nut/ 300092 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:28:26 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 “I think the bill could have been improved substantially,” said Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, who voted for the bill but objected to his inability to offer amendments that would help protect his state's coal and steel interests. ... 'sen':14 'tom':1,41 'bill':6,21 'coal':37 'help':32 'said':12 'vote':18 'amend':29 'arlen':15 'could':7 'inabl':26 'offer':28 'state':35 'steel':39 'think':4 'would':31 'improv':10 'nelson':2,42 'object':23 'protect':33 'specter':16 'interest':40 'substanti':11 'pennsylvania':13 6604505 false true google blog Tom Nelson http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/ OK http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2009/11/senators-look-past-barbara-boxers.html 300092 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 22:25:33 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Still looks like the best guy for the job of speaker at the Palm Beach Truman-Kennedy Day Dinner is that great Democrat Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania! It can be the best of times (Democrats) or the worst of times (Republicans), ... 'day':28 'guy':15 'job':18 'amid':9 'best':14,43 'like':12 'look':11 'palm':4,23 'post':53 'time':45,51 'arlen':35 'beach':5,24 'great':32 'polit':55 'senat':34 'still':10 'worst':49 'counti':6 'dinner':29 'keynot':8 'truman':26 'kennedi':27 'speaker':20 'specter':36 'democrat':7,33,46 'kucinich':1 'withdraw':2 'republican':52 'pennsylvania':38 'truman-kennedi':25 6613606 false true google blog Post on Politics http://www.postonpolitics.com/ OK http://www.postonpolitics.com/2009/11/kucinich-withdraws-as-palm-beach-county-democratic-keynoter-amid-uproar-over-his-israel-stance/ 300092 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:28:30 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... Republican leaders and supported by conservative groups. Following the August 2 disruption of a town hall event hosted by Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Fox News personalities repeatedly lauded s '2':24 'd':37 'pa':38 'fox':1,47 'own':3 'sen':33 'd-pa':36 'hall':29 'hill':10 'host':31 'imag':6 'laud':51 'news':2,48 'town':28 'arlen':34 'event':30 'group':20 'human':42 'media':53 'ralli':11 'august':23 'featur':7 'follow':21 'health':40 'leader':15 'matter':54 'person':49 'promot':13 'repeat':50 'servic':43 'america':56 'capitol':9 'conserv':19 'disrupt':25 'specter':35 'support':17 'kathleen':45 'sebelius':46 'extremist':5 'secretari':44 'republican':14 6604513 false true daylife Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/ OK http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/nbAbwscgucY/200911050054 300092 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:28:26 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Arlen Specter was grateful for support from George W. Bush and Sen. Rick Santorum, when he faced a tough primary challenge from a real Republican in 2006, then switched parties in 2009, when the majority Democrats had more to offer ... 'w':20 'sen':11,23 '2006':38 '2009':43 'blog':4 'bush':21 'face':28 'purg':8 'real':35 'rick':24 'arlen':12 'feder':7 'georg':19 'grate':15 'major':46 'offer':51 'parti':10,41 'tough':30 'archiv':5 'switch':40 'liberti':3,54 'patriot':1,52 'primari':31 'specter':13 'support':17 'challeng':32 'democrat':47 'santorum':25 'republican':36 6604504 false true google blog Patriots and Liberty http://patriotsandliberty.com/ OK http://patriotsandliberty.com/?p=7275 300092 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:28:26 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Joe Sestak (D), who is running in the Keystone State's Democratic primary against Sen. Arlen Specter, a devout Phillies fan. "I'll honor any champion — as long as its not the Mets," Sestak said in explanation of his 'yes' vote. 'd':16 'll':36 'big':6 'fan':34 'joe':14 'met':46 'run':19 'sen':28 'win':7 'yes':53 'blog':11 'hill':9 'long':41 'news':55 'room':13 'said':48 'talk':4 'vote':54 'arlen':29 'brief':12 'honor':37 'state':23 'trash':3 'yanke':5 'devout':32 'explan':50 'lawmak':1 'philli':33 'sestak':15,47 'keyston':22 'primari':26 'specter':30 'champion':39 'democrat':25 'trash-talk':2 6604509 false true google blog News http://www.hillnews.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room OK http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/66757-lawmakers-trash-talk-and-vote-against-yankees-world-series-win 300092 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:28:26 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., has been a longtime advocate of televising sessions of the US Supreme Court, a quest that has repeatedly fallen on deaf ears at the high court. But in a speech on the Senate floor Thursday, Specter noted that ... 'd':16 'pa':17 'tv':10 'us':28 'ear':39 'saw':7 'sen':12 'd-pa':15 'deaf':38 'high':42 'note':1,54 'time':58 'advoc':22 'arlen':13 'court':4,30,43 'floor':51 'legal':57 'quest':32 'senat':50 'corpor':11,56 'fallen':36 'justic':5 'repeat':35 'speech':47 'suprem':3,29 'longtim':21 'magazin':59 'session':25 'specter':6,14,53 'televis':24 'thursday':52 6604507 false true google blog Corporate Legal Times Magazine http://www.cltmag.com/ OK http://www.cltmag.com/note-to-supreme-court-justices-specter-saw-you-on-tv.html 300092 Person senator Fri Nov 06 11:23:45 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...D.C. -- November 4, 2009 -- Today, Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) commented on the passage of the Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act. The bill provides 14 weeks of additional Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program (UI) benefits to al '4':11 'd':18 '14':35 'al':48 'pa':19 'ui':45 'act':31 'd.c':9 'sen':1 '2009':12 'bill':33 'busi':29 'd-pa':17 'week':36 'addit':38 'arlen':15 'feder':40 'insur':7,43 'senat':14 'state':41 'today':13 'assist':30 'extens':8 'novemb':10 'passag':4,23 'provid':34 'worker':26 'applaud':3 'benefit':46 'comment':20 'patriot':51 'program':44 'specter':2,16 'american':50 'unemploy':6,42 'federal-st':39 'homeownership':27 6598274 false true daylife All American Patriots http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/ OK http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48755975-sen-specter-applauds-passage-of-unemployment-insurance-extension