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
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especially in light of your close relationship with the president and the key positions you have held in the White House.
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We have done more than cut the fat. We have done more than cut through the muscle. We have done more than cut through to the bone. We have cut into the marrow. It is that serious.
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Everything I know about her is good, but there needs to be, obviously, a very thorough inquiry into her background.
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blatant court-stripping, taking away the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and setting a very bad precedent.
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Bill Weld has gotten tremendous national exposure, and there are a number of people within the Republican Party who may disagree philosophically with Senator Helms, and (Weld) may be rallying a lot of people to his cause.
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Bin Laden is at war with the United States, and it is time that we reciprocated, ... We have the capacity, we have the capability, the military strength to do what is necessary.
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biggest challenge of the year and perhaps the decade.
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The sooner we get into a hearing room where there's a stenographer and public record, the better off the process is,
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So my record is pretty plain, that, although I am pro-choice, I have supported many pro-life nominees,
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so much of this has already been in the public domain, and I think that the American people need to know what happened here.
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As the record shows, I have supported every one of President Bush's nominees in the Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor. I have never and would never apply any litmus test on the abortion issue and, as the record shows, I have voted to confirm Chief Justice (William) Rehnquist, Justice (Sandra Day) O'Connor, and Justice (Anthony) Kennedy and led the fight to confirm Justice (Clarence) Thomas.
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As the president ponders the nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, it is my hope that there will be a balance maintained on the court.
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Confidential files -- records about our customers or our employees, as well as our trade secrets and other proprietary information -- can too easily be obtained and disseminated under investigative powers expanded by the Patriot Act, ... These new powers lack sufficient checks and balances.
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Contrary to press accounts, I did not warn the president about anything and was very respectful of his Constitutional authority on the appointment of federal judges,