Senator Specter In The News

...was an active proponent of partial-birth abortion. In 2004, Sen. Santorum actively campaigned for radical abortion Sen. Arlen Specter instead of pro-life Congressman Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Sen. Specter, a left-wing Democrat, is a leading advocate f

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...Choice and The Republican Majority For Choice. In 2004, Sen. Santorum actively campaigned for radical abortionist Sen. Arlen Specter instead of pro-life congressman Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Today, Sen. Specter, a left-wing Democrat, is a leading advo

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...Specter said he has some “special insights” that he could share in the book, though he declined to go into detail. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) is facing a challenging primary race, and perhaps an even more challenging general-election battle with f

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...position in the administration if he dropped out of the Senate race and left incumbent Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter alone. In Colorado, the Denver Post reported last fall that Deputy White House Chief of Staff Jim Messina “offered

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...Sen. Arlen Specter, who switched to the Democratic Party last year, is writing a book about his experiences. Specter, who wrote about his battle with Hodgkin's disease in 2008, was asked by reporters Monday whether he was thinking of writing another boo

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...commissioners said, and foremost amount them is legislation to help finish Route 219. The commissioners met Monday with Sen. Arlen Specter, Sen. Robert Casey and Rep. Bill Shuster and asked for $3 million. County commissioners said the money would be al

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...of many incumbents facing tough elections. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter - all Democrats - are all enduring bruising campaign battles. Several more senators have retired to avoid the

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...cab in Kazakhstan, I don't have time to get a receipt. I don't speak Kazakh." There are exceptions, of course. Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania has returned $8,500 of the $25,000 he was given for 11 trips since 2005. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okl

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...Arlen Specter needs high voter turnout in November to keep his job. If only ''likely'' Pennsylvania voters come out this fall, Republican Pat Toomey could handily unseat him. That, at least, is the consensus of most polls released in the last month. The

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...Joe Sestak in the Democratic primary, the poll found. Specter is ahead of Sestak 53% to 29%. The primary is in May. "Sen. Arlen Specter seems to be having a good winter politically," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll

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...Arlen Specter seems to be having a good winter politically. He is back ahead of Republican Pat Toomey after having been essentially tied with him since last summer, and there remains no evidence that his primary challenger, Congressman Joe Sestak, has m

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new poll in Pennsylvania’s Senate race shows Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter now leads conservative Pat Toomey, the Republican challenger who drove Specter out of the GOP last April. The Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday

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...Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) now leads both his Democratic primary challenger, Rep. Joe Sestak, and Republican Pat Toomey, in a general election match-up, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.. "Specter's edge is that he is so much bette

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...in. That change comes in the form of U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), who faces a tough primary race against incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) this spring. Sestak has “more liberal views on almost all issues” than Specter, said Penn Students for Ses

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...related to last year’s $787 billion economic stimulus package, which only three Senate Republicans supported. (One, Sen. Arlen Specter, Pa., later switched parties.) White House and congressional leaders predicted the package would save or create 3.5

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...Rep. Pat Toomey (R) continues to lead his potential general election foes, Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak, by double digits among likely voters, according to a new Franklin & Marshall College Poll. Far more voters remain undecided, however, when

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...Pat Toomey leads Sen. Arlen Specter by 10 points in a possible November match-up, according to a new poll. (CNN) – Republican challenger Pat Toomey leads Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania by 10 points in a possible November showdown, according to a n

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...qualification was being in the right place at the right time. In the end, everyone is motivated by self interest, as Sen. Arlen Specter (D) of Pennsylvania demonstrated by switching parties last year. To keep his seat, Brown knows that he cannot go too

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...funding to cities such as Wilkes-Barre, and Mayor Leighton has asked him to do just that. Mayor Tom Leighton gives U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter a tour of the $28 million Intermodal Transportation Center in downtown Wilkes-Barre on Monday morning. The five-te

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...securities and investment firms, real estate and commercial banks. You can see the list of his donations here. Sen. Arlen Specter, who Toomey is trying to unseat, is very cozy with lawyers and law firms. He also has received a lot of money from securit

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