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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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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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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Senator Reid is entitled to his opinion, but he's not the president of the United States, and he doesn't administer justice in this country,
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Senator Leahy and I took a look at it and agreed that it was insufficient,
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Cannibals are devouring senators.
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when the last senator stops talking - and that's always hard to predict.
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No senator that I have talked to has come down and made up his or her mind.
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I think that ... Senator Helms may really make a martyr out of Bill Weld here, ... Evans and Novak.
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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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There is no firmly established rule as to how much a nominee must say to be confirmed, ... While I personally consider it inappropriate to ask a nominee how he would vote on a specific matter likely to come before the court, senators may ask whatever they choose and the nominee is similarly free to respond as he chooses.
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I know that the president will listen to what Senator Frist has to say. I'm not saying he's going to agree with it. But what Senator Frist has had to say is weighty, and I think may bring us all together on this issue.
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I intend to do just that, Senator Grassley, now that I have your support.
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I've not said that the vice president has done anything wrong, ... What I have said is there is a basis for (an) independent counsel.