S000709 1930-02-12 13833 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] 6016 N00001604 19474 Democrat 202-224-4254 Jewish PA Arlen Specter 1.85271317829457 http://specter.senate.gov/ 300092 Person republican Tue Nov 24 11:20:22 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...support. Sometimes he went along with them; other times he stood alone against his fellow Republicans. Eventually, he, like Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, felt compelled to leave the Republican Party altogether. Blanche Lincoln is the only one of t 'one':40 'sen':22 'alon':14 'felt':27 'leav':30 'like':21 'time':11 'went':6 'along':7 'arlen':23 'lurch':1 'parti':33 'stood':13 'blanch':35 'compel':28 'eventu':19 'fellow':17 'herald':44 'forward':2 'lincoln':36 'rutland':43 'sometim':4 'specter':24 'support':3 'altogeth':34 'republican':18,32 'pennsylvania':26 6771306 true true daylife Rutland Herald http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=RSS OK http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20091124/OPINION01/911240304/1038/OPINION01 300092 Person democrat Mon Nov 23 22:56:22 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Pennsylvania Democrat Arlen Specter pointed out to "Fox News Sunday" that the controversial proposal recommending delaying mammograms for ten years for many ... 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He wa 'wa':57 'u.s':58 'call':28 'issu':44 'news':59 'risk':46 'side':51 'arlen':35 'money':17 'senat':21 'spend':16 'stand':4 'voter':55 'world':60 'wrong':50 'bennet':1,45 'carpet':31 'courag':14 'profil':12 'report':61 'sestak':37 'concess':7 'florida':20 'primari':22,38 'realiti':9 'shouldn':23 'similar':27 'colorado':54 'democrat':25 'healthcar':3,39 'specter/joe':36 'pennsylvania':33 6766582 true true daylife U.S. News & World Report http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm OK http://www.usnews.com/blogs/doug-heye/2009/11/23/bennets-healthcare-stand-is-a-concession-to-reality-not-a-profile-in-courage.html?s_cid=rss:doug-heye:bennets-healthcare-stand-is-a-concession-to-reality-not-a-profile-in-courage 300092 Person congress Mon Nov 23 22:56:22 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Yesterday's cast of characters included the tag team of Lamar Alexander and Kit Bond on the right and Debbie Stabenow and Arlen Specter on the left. ... 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Meanwhile, Senator Arlen Specter, a Republican it became inconvenient, is starting to make self-described socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont se 'se':46 'get':4 'amaz':21 'blog':49 'hous':10 'like':7 'make':36 'self':38 'well':20 'arlen':26 'becam':31 'berni':42 'senat':6,25,41 'start':34 'state':9,48 'andrew':12 'bennet':8,15 'buckey':47 'happen':23 'sander':43 'describ':39 'primari':18 'speaker':11 'specter':27 'vermont':45 'challeng':14 'meanwhil':24 'romanoff':13 'inconveni':32 'socialist':40 'republican':29 'self-describ':37 6771307 false true daylife Buckeye State Blog http://www.buckeyestateblog.com/ OK http://buckeyestateblog.com/where_we_can_get_more_senators_like_bennet 300092 Person sen\. Tue Nov 24 11:20:17 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Earlier this year he was fanning his tail feathers, for all to see and admire, while he berated on live TV a young mother who dared to confront Sen. Arlen Specter (D R D-Penn) at a health care town hall over the summer. ... 'd':42,45 'o':3 'r':43 'tv':31 'fan':16 'see':23 'sen':39 'blog':57 'call':5 'care':50 'dare':36 'hack':10 'hall':52 'live':30 'penn':46 'tail':18 'town':51 'year':13 'admir':25 'arlen':40 'berat':28 'msnbc':1 'polit':9 'young':33 'bishop':7 'cathol':6 'd-penn':44 'donnel':4 'health':49 'mother':34 'summer':55 'earlier':11 'feather':19 'specter':41 'confront':38 'newsreal':56 6771301 false true google blog NewsReal Blog http://newsrealblog.com/ OK http://newsrealblog.com/2009/11/24/odonnell-v-catholic-bishop/ 300092 Person republican Tue Nov 24 11:20:17 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009 President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid played major roles in allowing Sen. Lieberman to retain his committee gavel in 2008. ... and then-Republican Arlen Specter (Pa.). “That was arguably the most significant legislative accomplishment of 'pa':38 'one':1 'sen':23 'top':48 '2008':31 'news':49 'play':18 'reid':17 'role':20 'year':2 'allow':22 'arlen':36 'gavel':6,29 'harri':16 'major':14,19 'obama':11 'senat':13 'health':9 'leader':15 'legisl':45 'presid':10 'retain':4,26 'arguabl':41 'specter':37 'committe':28 'signific':44 'threaten':8 'lieberman':7,24 'accomplish':46 'republican':35 'then-republican':33 6771300 false true google blog Top News http://www.hillnews.com/ OK http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/69235-one-year-after-retaining-his-gavel-lieberman-a-threat-to-health-bill 300092 Person congress Tue Nov 24 11:20:17 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009 One is the sitting Senator, Arlen Specter, hilariously trying to re-invent himself as a Democrat at his age. Against him in the primary is Congressman Joe Sestak, a social ultraliberal and a war agenda enthusiast who duly endorsed ... 're':17 'age':25 'joe':33 'one':6 'sit':9 'tri':14 'war':40 'duli':44 'need':4 'arlen':11 'david':1,46 'senat':10 'agenda':41 'endors':45 'hilari':13 'invent':18 'luksik':5 're-inv':16 'sestak':34 'social':36 'lindsay':2,47 'primari':30 'specter':12 'democrat':3,22 'enthusiast':42 'ultraliber':37 'congressman':32 6771299 false true google blog David Lindsay http://davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/ OK http://davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/2009/11/democrats-need-luksik.html 300092 Person congress Tue Nov 24 11:20:17 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009 By Former Vice-President Al Gore. 6) J-E-W-S By former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. 7) How to Lose Friends and Influence No One By Sen. Arlen Specter. 8) There's No Business Like Show Business By Sen. Chuck Schumer ... 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Specter has cast Sestak as ineffective and op 'op':48 'dem':3 'joe':31 'rep':30 'sen':26 'cast':43 'slug':34 'tear':9 'term':40 'ugli':5 'apart':12 'arlen':27 'close':18 'parti':11 'senat':20 'state':15 'unusu':38 'watch':19 'person':39 'sestak':32,44 'primari':4,21 'specter':28,41 'forecast':1 'ineffect':46 'politico':50 'pennsylvania':24 6766581 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29821.html 300092 Person democrat Tue Nov 24 11:20:17 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan says health care cost reductions for employers will save 3.5 million jobs. Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania says the health care measure would save the country $800 billion over ... 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