Arlen Specter
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Sestak's Palin Bankshot...about President Obama not having enough respect for our troops - but mostly as a way of taking a shot at his primary opponent Arlen Specter. Sestak's press release reads, in part: "This incident is only the latest in a long list of... In this article: Joe Sestak, Sarah Palin, Arlen Specter, and Barack Obama |
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Huffington Post | 1 day ago
Lincoln Mitchell: The KSM Trial and Republican Attacks
...For 9/11 Jury The Chances That Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Will Be Released From Custody After His Trial Equal Zero Sen. Arlen Specter would like to see Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial be televised, stemming from a prosecutorial belief that...
In this article: Rudy Giuliani, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, New York City, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, War on Terrorism, and Department of Justice
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Inquirer Local and Regional News | 1 day ago
PHA celebrates progress and good will on housing
...its funding. Greene accused HUD in federal court of unfairly stripping the authority of about $50 million in funding. Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey had to step in to mediate contentious meetings with Greene and HUD staff. But...
In this article: Barack Obama, North Philadelphia, and Philadelphia
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Pttisburgh Post-Gazette | 2 days ago
Feds award $4.4 M to update public housing in E. Pittsburgh
Feds award $4.4 M to update public housing in E. Pittsburgh By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sen. Arlen Specter talks about the $4.4 million federal grant to be used at Prospect Terrace housing project in East...
In this article: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Copper, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Barack Obama
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Yahoo! News | 3 days ago
Forecast for Dem primaries: Ugly (Politico)
...decades-long career as a Republican. Last month, Sestak launched a website dedicated to "The Real Arlen Specter," featuring quotes Specter would rather forget and past tributes to the five-term incumbent from a cast of GOP heavies including...
In this article: Joe Sestak, Dan Mongiardo, Republican Party, MoveOn.org, Alexi Giannoulias, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania
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Congressional Quarterly: Politics | 3 days ago
Is Toomey Edging to the Center?
...it his mission to defeat Republican members who did not meet his group's conservative standards on spending. But ever since Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania made the switch to run for re-election as a Democrat, Toomey has been forced to...
In this article: Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, John Peterson, Barack Obama, Arne Duncan, and GOP
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Democrats: Health care bill saves money and jobs
...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 the...
In this article: Debbie Stabenow, Kit Bond, Lamar Alexander, Washington, Missouri, Michigan, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania
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L.A. Times - Politics | 5 days ago
Rep. Joe Sestak trying to outrun Sen. Arlen Specter
...of himself for state voters -- and anyone else with the time to listen -- as he fights to get noticed. In challenging Sen. Arlen Specter, until recently a Republican, Sestak is taking on not only the longest-serving senator in Pennsylvania...
In this article: Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania, Washington, Job applicants, and Political science
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AP Online | 6 days ago
New questions arise in Pequot trading probe
...year, according to the documents. The initial payment to Zilkha was made a few months after Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Arlen Specter, D-Pa., spoke critically on the Senate floor about the SEC's handling of the Pequot...
In this article: SEC, Microsoft Corp., Charles Grassley, Connecticut, and Insider trading
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Inquirer Local and Regional News | November 13, 2009
Yeakel endorses Sestak over Specter
...winds." Lynn Yeakel, the feminist hero who as the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1992 nearly defeated incumbent Arlen Specter, yesterday endorsed a candidate to finish the job. Yeakel backed U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak in his bid...
In this article: Joe Sestak, Clarence Thomas, Legal age, Violence Against Women Act, Drexel University, and Anita Hill
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Philly.com | November 11, 2009
Specter says Senate will modify health care bill
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) today said that the Senate would take a hard look at health care legislation to ensure it will not add to the budget deficit. Specter disagreed with Sen. Lindsay Graham's (R-S.C.) who on Sunday said the House...
In this article: Drexel University, Medicare and Medicaid, Lindsay Graham, and National Constitution Center
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Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is an American lawyer and politician. He is the senior United States Senator from Pennsylvania, a member of the Democratic Party and currently the fifth oldest in the chamber. Specter was a member of the Democratic Party until 1965, when he enlisted as a Republican in order to challenge the Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia. Elected to the Senate in 1980, Senator Specter staked out a spot in the political center. He has conservative views on crime, gun control and national security, voting to confirm John Roberts and Samuel Alito during President George W. Bush's second term; at the same time, he holds liberal views on abortion rights, immigration, and the environment. In April 2006, he was selected by Time as one of America's Ten best Senators.
On April 28, 2009, Specter announced that, after 44 years as an elected Republican, he was returning to the Democratic Party, citing that he was increasingly "at odds with the (current) Republican philosophy and indicated that polling showed that it would be difficult for him to win the 2010 Republican senatorial primary against Pat Toomey."
Arlen Specter was treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2005 and 2008. He is currently in remission.
- Birth Date:
- February 12, 1930
- Birthplace:
- Wichita, Kansas
- Religion:
- Judaism
- Spouse:
- Joan Specter
- Residence:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- University Attended:
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- Yale Law School (J.D.)
- University of Pennsylvania (B.S.)
- Occupation:
- Attorney
- Political party:
- Represents:
- Pennsylvania
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