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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It is desirable to have a balance on the court. And two women, I think, are a minimum, ... My preference would be to see that kind of diversity maintained, but I don't believe anybody ought to tie the president's hands.
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We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq - that is, to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.
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The problem is, when do you get the floor time?
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Wait a minute, wait a minute. Sen. Kennedy just propounded a very, very long question. Now let him (Roberts) answer the question.
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Wait a minute. They may be misleading, but they are his answers, ... You may finish, Judge Roberts.
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Wait a minute, Senator Biden. He's not finished his answer.
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Voting in favor would put senators in a better position to oppose later or a vote in opposition would put the president on notice that he better put somebody up who was acceptable to a broad spectrum of senators.
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We have a major, major problem on our hands, ... It is a matter of very, very substantial urgency.
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The American people are entitled to some answers, ... It is not a matter of attaching blame. It is a matter of correcting errors so that we don't have a repetition of 9/11.
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Here you have a reporter in jail for 85 days and millions of Americans wonder why? I'm one of those.
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three possible verdicts: guilty, not guilty, not proved.
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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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I am concerned about the Supreme Court's judicial activism which has usurped congressional authority,