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 my hope that partisanship will stop at the columns of the Senate.
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when the last senator stops talking - and that's always hard to predict.
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We're going to have a vote on this one day soon.
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We're facing a daunting workload with a very heavy backlog of controversial and contested judicial nominees.
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We are proceeding in a matter of the utmost, utmost gravity -- the potential for impeachment of the president of the United States -- and I think American people will demand and are entitled to that kind of bipartisanship,
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When you talk about judges who would change the right of a woman to choose, who'd overturn Roe versus Wade, I think that is unlikely, ... And I have said that bluntly during the course of the campaign, that Roe versus Wade was inviolate.
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We're not going to start these hearings until you're prepared. And she said November 7th she'd be ready to go.
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Would you think that Roe might be a super-duper precedent?
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There is no doubt that this is inappropriate.
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There is no doubt about the value of investigative reporting to the public interests in exposing corruption, malfeasance, misconduct, waste ... there are weighty considerations on law enforcement, on their point of view, and national security interests. All of those factors have to be taken into account.
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I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.
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Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.
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When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
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When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.