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
There isn't anything we could have done that we haven't done, ... It's been a real 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week, 365-day-a-year effort. So you don't see me perspiring today, and you don't see me tense.
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There likely will be a national debate about whether the president really has the kind of power he's been using.
demonstrated that he would take a fair, non-ideological approach.
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An imperial president has become more imperial, simply because the Congress has not taken steps to secure its power of the purse.
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And there is a lot more to the issue of a woman's right to choose than how you may feel about it personally. We have a long tradition in the court.
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And that's why I believe -- and I have seen with my experience in the Senate the value of public hearings -- when FBI Director Mueller has to answer these questions, when CIA Director Tenet has to answer why the president wasn't warned in the August 6 briefing about the tall buildings being in jeopardy, the White House and the CIA headquarters.
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are the epitome of the 'throw money at the problem' approach repeatedly rejected by administration spokesmen.
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And then events overtook us with the passing of the chief justice,
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a sad episode in the history of Washington D.C.
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The breadth and scope of the proposed amendments are such that they will not only have serious, adverse economic and practical implications for legitimate industries but could very likely place (the current reporting law) into a questionable constitutional stature which would threaten to undermine our shared goal of protecting children from exploitation,
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a very heavy commitment to legal interpretation which might differ from his own personal views.
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a very careful balance of protecting the country against terrorism with due regard for civil liberties.
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a window of opportunity at this time to resolve the disagreement on drug-interdiction policies.
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The whole confirmation process is in her hands. If she does well (in her public testimony) she will be confirmed. It's up to her as to how well she does.