Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specterwas an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he represented his state in the Senate for 30 years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 February 1930
CountryUnited States of America
people provisions
In our social contract, we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help.
believe court democratic states supreme united
Well, I believe that when you are confirming a United States Supreme Court Justice, that it really isn't Democratic or Republican; it's American.
choose given instead option senators suspect
Given the option in this trial, I suspect many senators would choose 'not proved' instead of 'not guilty,'
cannot dinner predict require votes
If this will require a rollcall vote, I cannot predict how many rollcall votes we will have this evening, but I would not make dinner plans.
enforce matter opinion personal
He will enforce the laws, no matter what his personal opinion may be.
floor problem
The problem is, when do you get the floor time?
debate discussion hoped serious
Unfortunately, the debate over that advertisement has become a distraction from the serious discussion we hoped to have with the American public,
caught hide tried understand
You did something you didn't understand and you got caught up in a web, ... You tried to hide it ...
answers
We don't have enough in this questionnaire, the answers so far, to go forward,
judgment rush
What you've had here . . . is not a rush to judgment -- it's a stampede to judgment,
bill education health power proposed purse send sign urge yield
We are not going to budge, it is our prerogative on the power of the purse and we're not going to yield on that point. So there is a stalemate, ... We proposed to send the a bill which has more on education funding, more on health funding, but that one point, we think we're right and we're going to urge him to sign the bill.
hard last senator stops talking
when the last senator stops talking - and that's always hard to predict.
both good justice justices next problem shift third three year
There is a possibility of a third vacancy with Justice Stevens, that has been rumored, ... He is 85, but in good health. But if that comes in the next year -- with three new justices -- a shift in the court. And that's a problem for both the right and the left.
losses president
There are some losses that the president has sustained, but by and large, I think that the president has won.