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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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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I found it was easier to get out of bed than to stay in bed, so I got out of bed and went about my business,
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Getting $400,000 on a contingency basis for success is startling, to say the least, ... We need to hear from Roger Clinton, and basically, I still think we need to hear from the president as to what consideration he gave to Hugh Rodham and to his brother Roger Clinton.
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Terrorism remains the No. 1 problem in the United States today. It is not a matter of attaching blame, it is a matter of correcting any errors so that we don't have a repetition of 9/11. If there is intelligence available, it ought to be shared.
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My thinking is that the president really has to voluntarily appear,
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My No. 1 priority is to get Rick Santorum re-elected in 2006. I would vote for him to any Senate leadership job, I would help him become president.
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Look here, we're faced with a lot of undesirable alternatives. And rather than put the country through impeachment, which I don't believe would result in anything ... let him serve out his term
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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.
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He cannot be required to answer how he's going to decide a case that might come before the court, ... That would undercut the very basics of judicial independence.
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He comes across as very strong, and strength is contagious. It's good to see him and how confident he is.
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It does not signify disagreement with Roe v. Wade,
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I think if we're to re-establish (the Congress') constitutional role, to control the purse strings, we've got to say that when it comes to local control versus a Washington straitjacket, the people of the United States want the education decisions made in the local school districts, not in the White House.
I think he was impressive, ... nodded at all the right times.
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I think he ought to have to answer questions and be subject to examination, because the answers that he gave were evasive,