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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I think that it would be very, very difficult for the president to explain that, in the context of information leading up to why that would be so,
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I think that it is more reason to question him closely at the hearing.
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I think that is probably a good idea, That's something that we could look into.
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It is imperative that the White House provide expeditiously those documents it intends to release,
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It is my hope that the president will now send us a nominee for Justice O'Connor's spot in the mold of Judge Roberts,
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It is my hope that partisanship will stop at the columns of the Senate.
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I will not support any budget resolution that does not provide adequate funding for domestic discretionary programs.
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We may not finish before Thanksgiving. We're going to have to take whatever time we need. We do not have much paperwork. We do not have much of a record.
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resist, if not refuse to confirm, Supreme Court nominees who refuse to answer questions on fundamental issues.
homeland security
Regrettably, you need homeland security, and I think you are going to need it if not forever, for the foreseeable future,
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Given the option in this trial, I suspect many senators would choose 'not proved' instead of 'not guilty,'
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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.
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He will enforce the laws, no matter what his personal opinion may be.
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He did not give a definitive answer because obviously that question is going to be before the court again; it's going to be on the next term, ... But I think he - as they said in the old song, 'Kansas City,' he went about as far as he could go.