Specter.. Quotes to Democrats

[Lumpy 1]

Okay just making a few up..

1) Sooo... this is what the underside of a bus looks like...

2) When did you say Obama's going to..... show up?

3) Sooo... Harry.. where's that Committee Chairmanship you promised..

4) I'm so lonely.. need a hug..?

 

[Intense]

I hope he retires from Washington totally.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Poor guy....

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Hey he trusted the Democrats. That's all on him. No one deserved to lose more than Arlen Specter with the exception of Pelosi & Reid. Glad to see him go. He was one of the biggest corrupt frauds in Washington. Seeeeee Yaaaa!

 

[Intense]

Poor guy....

Truly a Man Without a Party. There must be a country song somewhere to fit this Specter Moment.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Poor guy....

It is a little sad but at least he can still live off the taxpayers..

 

[keee keee]

I hope he retires from Washington totally.

Hope this prick will get his Health Insurance from this horrible Obamacare bill that passed and he voted for.but I seriously doubt it. Thank god this DINO lost!!!! This asshole is a perfect example of why we need term limits!!!! Changes colors as the wind blows!!!! What a loser!!!!

 

[LibocalypseNow]

This really is sweet irony & justice. The Republican Party actually treated Specter far better than this. He said F-U to the GOP and the Dems promised him everything. Then the Dems ended up saying F-U to him. What a happy ending. Bye bye Specter.

 

[keee keee]

Hope all the other Rinos learn this lesson. the republicans voters should flush the toilet of all rino turds in the next election.!!! Screw them before they screw us again!!! You know they will, everytime we need their vote they become rinos and vote with the dems!!!!

 

[Lumpy 1]

I hope he retires from Washington totally.

At his age you would think he'd want to..

 

[Intense]

Either that or some no show job like VP.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Either that or some no show job like VP.

Sure now.. they probably give Biden the wrong addresses.. afraid he'll talk...

 

[Intense]

Hope all the other Rinos learn this lesson. the republicans voters should flush the toilet of all rino turds in the next election.!!! Screw them before they screw us again!!! You know they will, everytime we need their vote they become rinos and vote with the dems!!!!

McCain and Graham just won't flush.

 

[VaYank5150]

Poor guy....

Truly a Man Without a Party. There must be a country song somewhere to fit this Specter Moment.

The same one Crist is singing, perhaps? Your hypocrisy is laughable. I seriously hope you don't like to be taken seriously?

 

[WillowTree]

Poor guy....

Poor old white guy.

 

[VaYank5150]

Poor guy....

Poor old white guy.

Wow...had you said rich old white guy, he would have been a candidate for the GOP!!

 

[Intense]

Poor guy....

Poor old white guy.

Wow...had you said rich old white guy, he would have been a candidate for the GOP!!

That claim shifted to the DNC side of the Aisle some time back. You make more, We donate more.

 

[Stainmaster]

As an independent, I can understand the rough road Arlen Specter has traveled. You are always alone out there, even when you are with friends. So, the least I could do was share his Wiki bio, so you can decide for yourself about Arlen Specter.

Arlen Specter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 1981
Serving with Bob Casey, Jr.
Preceded by Richard Schweiker

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Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by Dennis DeConcini
Succeeded by Richard Shelby

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Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by Alan Simpson
Succeeded by Jay Rockefeller
In office
January 20 – June 6, 2001
Preceded by Jay Rockefeller
Succeeded by Jay Rockefeller
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by Jay Rockefeller
Succeeded by Larry Craig

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Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by Orrin Hatch
Succeeded by Patrick Leahy

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District Attorney of Philadelphia
In office
1966–1974
Preceded by James Crumlish
Succeeded by Emmitt Fitzpatrick

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Born February 12, 1930 (1930-02-12) (age 80)
Wichita, Kansas
Political party Democratic
(1951-1965[1], April 28, 2009-present)
Republican
(1966–April 28, 2009)
Spouse(s) Joan Specter
Residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania (B.S.)
Yale Law School (J.D.)
Occupation Attorney
Committees Appropriations, Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Special Committee on Aging
Religion Judaism
Website United States Senator Arlen Specter
Military service
Service/branch United States Air Force
Years of service 1951–1953
Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania. Specter is a Democrat, but was a Republican from 1965 (when he changed parties in order to challenge the Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia[2]) until switching back to the Democratic Party in 2009. Elected to the Senate in 1980, Specter staked out a spot in the political center.[3] In April 2006, he was selected by Time as one of America's Ten Best Senators.[4]

On April 28, 2009, Specter announced that, after 44 years as an elected Republican, he was switching to the Democratic Party,[5][6] citing that he was increasingly "at odds with the (current) Republican philosophy."[7] On May 18, 2010, Specter was defeated in the Democratic primary by Joe Sestak.[8]

Specter was born in Wichita, Kansas, the youngest child of Lillie Shanin (Arlen's son Shanin Specter is named after her), and Harry Specter, who had emigrated from Russia in 1911.[9] The family lived at 940 South Emporia Street in Wichita before moving to Russell, Kansas. He was raised in the Jewish faith in Russell, also the hometown of fellow politician Bob Dole. Specter's father served in the U.S. infantry during World War I, and was badly wounded. During the Great Depression, Specter's father was a fruit peddler, a tailor, and a junkyard owner.

Specter studied first at the University of Oklahoma. He transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, majored in International Relations, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1951. During the Korean War, he served stateside in the United States Air Force as an officer within the Air Force Office of Special Investigations from 1951 to 1953[10].

Specter graduated from Yale Law School in 1956 and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar. That year, he married Joan Levy. They reside in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. They have two sons and four grandchildren: Silvi, Perri, Lilli, and Hatti.

After graduating from Yale Law School, Specter opened a law practice, Specter & Katz, with Marvin Katz, who is now a Federal District Court Judge in Philadelphia. Specter became an assistant district attorney under District Attorney James Crumlish, and was a member of the Democratic Party.

[edit] Early political career
At the recommendation of Representative Gerald Ford, he worked for the Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As an assistant counsel for the commission, he authored or co-authored[11] the "single bullet theory," which suggested the non-fatal wounds to Kennedy and wounds to Texas Governor John Connally were caused by the same bullet. This was a crucial assertion for the Warren Commission, since if the two had been wounded by separate bullets, that would have demonstrated the presence of a second assassin and therefore a conspiracy.[12]


Specter reproducing the assumed alignment of the single bullet theoryIn 1965, Specter ran for District Attorney, on the Republican ticket as a registered Democrat. He handily beat incumbent Jim Crumlish, and subsequently changed his registration to Republican. Although a supporter of capital punishment, as prosecutor he questioned the fairness of the Pennsylvania death penalty statute in 1972.[13]

In 1967, he was the Republican Party standard bearer together with City Controller candidate, Tom Gola, in the mayoral campaign against the Democratic incumbent James Tate. One of their slogans was, "We need THESE guys to watch THOSE guys."[14] He served two terms as District Attorney for the City of Philadelphia, but was defeated in his bid for a third term in 1973 [15].

In 1976, Specter ran in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate and was defeated by John Heinz. In 1978, he was defeated in the primary for Governor of Pennsylvania by Dick Thornburgh.[16] After several years of private practice with the prestigious Philadelphia law firm Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Specter ran for the Senate in 1980, this time, successfully. He assumed office in January 1981.

[edit] Hodgkin's disease
On February 16, 2005, Specter announced that he had been diagnosed with an advanced form of Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer. Despite this, Specter continued working during chemotherapy. He ended treatment on July 22. Senator John Sununu (R-New Hampshire) shaved his head to show solidarity with Specter when he was undergoing chemotherapy and was temporarily bald. On April 15, 2008, he announced his cancer had returned, at a stage "significantly less advanced than his Hodgkin's disease when it was originally diagnosed in 2005."[17][18] He underwent a second round of chemotherapy, which ended on July 14, 2008.[19]

[edit] Senate career
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An earlier portrait of SpecterSpecter was first elected to the Senate in 1980. He is the longest-serving Senator in Pennsylvania's history; no one else from the state has been elected to five terms in that body. According to polls by Quinnipiac University, Specter has a higher approval rating among Democrats in Pennsylvania than Republicans, 62–55 respectively.[20]

His opposition to Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork in 1987 is seen as an important factor in the nomination's failure. However, he raised the ire of many Democrats with his aggressive questioning of Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings in 1991, claiming she had committed "flat-out perjury" in her testimony.

In 1998 and 1999, Specter criticized the Republican Party for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Believing that Clinton had not received a fair trial, Specter cited Scots law to render a verdict of "not proven" on Clinton's impeachment. However, his verdict was recorded as "not guilty" in the Senate records.

On October 11, 2002, Arlen Specter voted in favor of H.J.Res.114 authorizing the Iraq War.

In a 2002 PoliticsPA Feature story designating politicians with yearbook superlatives, he was named the "Toughest to Work For."[21] In 2003, the Pennsylvania Report, a subscription-based political newsletter, described Specter as one of the "vanishing breed of Republican moderates" and described his political stance as "'Pennsylvania first' middle of-the-road politics" even though he was known as an "avid Republican partisan."[22]

Soon after the 2004 election, Specter stepped into the public spotlight as a result of controversial statements about his views of the future of the Supreme Court. At a press conference, he stated that:

“ When you talk about judges who would change the right of a woman to choose, overturn Roe v. Wade, I think [confirmation] is unlikely. The president is well aware of what happened, when a number of his nominees were sent up, with the filibuster. ... And I would expect the president to be mindful of the considerations which I am mentioning. ”

Activist groups interpreted his comments as warnings to President George W. Bush about the implications of nominating Supreme Court justices who are opposed to the Roe v. Wade decision. Specter maintained his comments were a prediction, not a warning. He met with many conservative Republican senators, and based on assurances he gave them, he was recommended for the Judiciary Committee's chairmanship in late 2004. He officially assumed that position when the 109th Congress convened on January 4, 2005.

On March 9, 2006, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law. It amended the process for interim appointments of U.S. Attorneys, a clause which Specter wrote during his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee.[23] The change allowed the Bush Administration to appoint interim U.S. attorneys without term limits, and without confirmation by the Senate. The Bush administration used the law to place at least eight interim attorneys into office in 2006. Specter claims that the changes were added by staff member Brett Tolman.[24] For more information, see dismissal of U.S. Attorneys controversy.


Specter while he was being interviewed by Margot Adler for an episode of Justice Talking on Presidential Signing statementsSpecter was very critical of Bush's wiretapping of US citizens without warrants. When the story first broke, he called the effort "inappropriate" and "clearly and categorically wrong." He said, he intended to hold hearings into the matter early in 2006, and had Alberto Gonzales appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer for the program (although Specter declined to force Gonzales to testify under oath). On January 15, 2006, Specter mentioned impeachment and criminal prosecution as potential remedies if Bush broke the law, though he downplayed the likelihood of such an outcome.

On April 9, 2006, Specter, speaking on Fox News about the Bush administration's leaking of classified intelligence, said that "The president of the United States owes a specific explanation to the American people".[25]

However, he voted for the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which placed federal electronic searches almost entirely within the executive branch.[26]

During the 2007–2008 National Football League season, Specter wrote to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell concerning the destruction of New England Patriots Spygate tapes, wondering if there was a link between the tapes and their Super Bowl victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. On February 1, 2008, Roger Goodell stated that the tapes were destroyed because "they confirmed what I already knew about the issue." Specter would release a follow up statement:

“ My strong preference is for the NFL to activate a Mitchell-type investigation, I have been careful not to call for a Congressional hearing because I believe the NFL should step forward and embrace an independent inquiry and Congress is extraordinarily busy on other matters If the NFL continues to leave a vacuum, Congress may be tempted to fill it.[27] ”

Since 2007, Specter has sponsored legislation[28] to fix a longstanding inequity in American law which shuts out a majority of U.S. Armed Forces service members from equal access to the U.S. Supreme Court.[29] In 2007, Specter cosponsored the Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007 with Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.).[28] The bill failed in the 110th Congress, and Specter again cosponsored the measure in the 2009 111th Congress.[30]

In December 2008, Specter was involved in a controversy as a result of telling "Polish jokes" at New York's Rainbow Room while speaking at the annual meeting of the Commonwealth Club.[31] This had not been his first run in with Americans of Central European descent. In 1998, Specter voted against admitting Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic into NATO.[32]

Specter voted in favor of the Senate's version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 10, 2009; he was one of only three Republicans to break ranks with the party and support the bill, which was favored by President Barack Obama and was unanimously supported by the Democratic senators.[33] As a result of his support, many in the Republican mainstream have begun to set up ads calling for his removal from office.[34] Specter was instrumental in ensuring that the act allocated an additional $10 billion to the National Institutes of Health over the next two years.[35] Since becoming a Democrat in the Senate, Specter has been denied seniority on Senate committees.[36] His senate career will end at the end of his current term, because he lost the Democratic primary election.

Specter has called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which he supported in 1996.[37]

On May 18, 2010, Specter was defeated by Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania's Democratic Primary election 54% to 46% (Sestak 564,444 votes to Specter's 481,566). His senate career is scheduled to end in January, 2011.

[edit] Committee assignments
Specter holds the following committee assignments:[38]

Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Children's Health
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Subcommittee on the Constitution
Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs (Chair)
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Specter was chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1995, when the Republicans gained control of the Senate, until 1997, when he became chairman of the Committee on Veterans Affairs. He chaired that committee until 2001 and again from 2003 to 2005, during the times the Republicans controlled the Senate. He also chaired the Judiciary Committee from 2005 to 2007.

Arlen Specter campaigning for re-electionIn 1980, Specter became the Republican nominee for Senate when Republican incumbent Richard Schweiker announced his retirement. He faced the former Mayor of Pittsburgh, Peter F. Flaherty. Specter won the election by a 2.5% margin. He was later reelected in 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2004, despite 1992 and 1998 being bad years for Republicans. Specter ran for reelection in 2010, for the first time as a Democrat, but was defeated in the Primary.[39]

[edit] 1996 Presidency bid
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Main article: United States presidential election, 1996

On March 31, 1995, Specter announced his candidacy for President of the United States, to challenge the incumbent Bill Clinton. He entered the race claiming his party needed a candidate who did not conform to the stereotypical religious conservative image. He was critical of Patrick J. Buchanan, Pat Robertson and Ralph E. Reed, Jr., saying all three were far too conservative.

“ Neither this nation nor this party can afford a Republican candidate so captive to the demands of the intolerant right that we end up re-electing a President of the incompetent left. ”

His campaign focused on balancing the federal budget, strict crime laws, and establishing relations with North Korea. Specter said:

“ My commitment to America, is to replace a President who has been inattentive, inactive and indecisive when it comes to America's vital foreign policy interests. ”

His candidacy was not expected to succeed in winning the Republican nomination due to the overwhelmingly large number of social conservatives in the Republican Party. He was, however, able to gain support. Although fellow Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum was never overly enthusiastic, he was supportive. Other supportive Republicans were hopeful Specter could trim the party's "far-right fringe." Although his campaign was ultimately unsuccessful at wooing conservatives, it was widely believed he could have had a strong showing among independents. On November 23, 1995, before the start of the primaries, Specter suspended his campaign to endorse Kansas Senator Bob Dole.

[edit] 2004 campaign
Main article: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2004
In 2004, Specter faced a challenge in the Republican primary election from conservative Congressman Pat Toomey, whose campaign theme was that Specter was not fiscally conservative enough. The match-up was closely watched nationally, being seen as a symbolic clash between the conservative and moderate wings of the Republican Party. However, most of the state and national Republican establishment, including the state's other senator at the time, Rick Santorum closed ranks behind Specter. Specter was strongly supported by President George W. Bush. Specter narrowly avoided a major upset with 51 percent of the primary vote. Once Specter defeated the challenge from the right, he was able to enjoy great support from independents and some Democrats in his race against Hoeffel.[40] Hoeffel also trailed Specter in name recognition, campaign funds and poll results.[41] Although the two minor candidates were seen as more conservative than Specter, they were only able to take four percent of the vote and Specter was easily reelected.

[edit] 2010 campaign
Main article: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2010
Specter was up for re-election to the Senate in 2010, and expressed his plans to run again. On March 18, 2009, Specter said that he was not considering running as an independent. He said, "To eliminate any doubt, I am a Republican, and I am running for reelection in 2010 as a Republican on the Republican ticket." [42] Subsequently Specter's 2004 conservative GOP primary challenger, Pat Toomey, announced he will again run for the Republican nomination in the Republican senatorial primary.[43]

However, on April 28, 2009, Specter stated that "As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party."[7] He said that he was switching party affiliation and would run as a Democrat in the 2010 election.[6][7][44] In the same announcement, Specter also said that he had "surveyed the sentiments of the Republican Party in Pennsylvania and public opinion polls, observed other public opinion polls and have found that the prospects for winning a Republican primary are bleak."[7] A March 2009 Quinnipiac poll indicated that Specter trailed his likely primary challenger, Pat Toomey, by 14 percent (41 percent for Toomey, 27 percent for Specter).[45] Additional polling found that 70 percent of Pennsylvania Republicans disapproved of his recent vote in favor of the Stimulus Bill[46] and that 52 percent of Pennsylvania Republicans disapprove of the job he is doing.[45] Following Specter's switching parties, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele criticized his leaving the Republican Party, claiming that Specter had "flipped the bird" at the GOP.[47] Specter lost the Democratic primary.

On Saturday, February 6, 2010 the Pennsylvania Democratic Party overwhelmingly endorsed US Senator Arlen Specter at the Democratic State Committee's annual endorsement convention which was held in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[48] Specter defeated Joe Sestak by winning over 77% of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee members vote which far exceeds the 2/3rds threshold needed to claim the endorsement.[49] Sestak, however, went on to win the Democratic primary nomination on May 18.[50]

[edit] Personal reputation
Over Specter's long and notable legislative career, numerous sources from within the US Senate reported that they found it difficult to work with him. For example, when Specter was still a Republican, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott needed him to sign off on an appropriations bill. Rather than following the generally understood rules of team play, Specter refused to sign the document unless Lott flew out to Pennsylvania to attend two fund raisers for him. Lott agreed, but this incident only contributed to reputation which earned Specter the nickname "Snarlin' Arlen.".[51] Similarly, Specter gained a reputation among US Embassy staff for condescending treatment and unreasonable demands such as organizing squash tournaments on his behalf.[52]

[edit] Political views
According to the National Journal, Specter voted with Democrats 90% of the time since he switched parties, while as a Republican Specter split his votes between both parties.[53] According to fivethirtyeight.com, between January-March 2009 Specter voted with the Democrats 58% of the time. Following the support of the stimulus package and the entrance of Pat Toomey in the Republican primary, Specter began to vote 16% with Democrats. When switching to become a Democrat, he voted 69% with his new party initially, until Joe Sestak entered the Democratic primary and Specter started to vote 97% of the time.[54]

[edit] Abortion
Specter states that he is "personally opposed to abortion", but is "a supporter of a woman's right to choose".[55][56] He received a 20 percent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America in 2005 based on certain votes related to the regulation of abortion; in 2008, he received 100 percent [57][58]

[edit] Gay rights
Specter supports LGBT rights. He voted to prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation, and was a co-sponsor of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act.[59] Specter is opposed to same-sex marriage, but is also opposed to a federal ban and supports civil unions.[60]

[edit] Gun control
Specter strongly opposes most gun control, voting against the Brady Bill, background checks at gun shows, the ban on assault weapons, and trigger locks for handguns.[61] His work has included numerous articles on the deterring effect the death penalty has on future crimes.

[edit] Affirmative action
He supports affirmative action and voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1991, receiving a 76 percent rating from the NAACP in 2008.[62] He was one of only four Republicans to vote against the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and in recent years has been less enthusiastic about weakening consumer protection laws than many members of his party. In 1995 he was the only Republican to vote to limit tax cuts to individuals with incomes of less than one million dollars. He voted against CAFTA. Specter also supports an increase in the federal minimum wage. He is a leading supporter of the U.S. Public Service Academy.

[edit] Illegal immigration
On immigration, Specter supports a "pathway to citizenship" and a "guest worker program" which opponents call amnesty. He introduced Senate bill S. 2611 (the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006) on 6 April 2006, which was passed by the Senate on May 25, 2006 before reaching a stalemate in the House.[63]

[edit] Health care reform
[edit] Public option
On May 3rd, 2009 Specter went on Meet the Press and was asked "Would you support health care reform that puts up a government run public plan to compete with a private plan issued by a private insurance company?" Specter said no.[64][65] Two months later, he changed his position and he now supports it.[66]

[edit] Single payer
Specter believes single payer healthcare should not be "taken off the table," according to an interview he had with John King on CNN.

[edit] Votes
On health care reform, Specter was a cosponsor of the Healthy Americans Act, a proposal he supported during both the 110th and 111th Congresses. Specter voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the healthcare bill passed through the Senate by every Democratic senator.[67]

[edit] Card check
Specter has received a 61 percent rating from AFL-CIO.[68] He voted for cloture on the Employee Free Choice Act in 2007. In early 2009, Specter announced that he would not be voting for cloture on the same act in the 111th Congress.[69] After Specter switched parties, he changed his position on the issue again and wrote a letter to the unions that he supported card check legislation.

[edit] Other
The Jewish daily The Forward reported in the wake of the July 2009 organ trafficking scandal in the U.S. involving Rabbi Levy Izhak Rosenbaum of Brooklyn that an Organ Trafficking Prohibition Act of 2009, sponsored by Specter, has yet to be officially introduced in the U.S., the preliminary reports cites Israel as a model of a country that has enacted a law providing benefits for organ donors.[70]

Specter criticized the federal government's policy on cancer, stating the day after Jack Kemp—the 1996 Republican vice presidential nominee and former congressman—died of cancer, that Kemp would still be alive if the federal government had done a better job funding cancer research.[71]

 

[Lumpy 1]

Sheez.. all that and The Democrats/Obama throw him under the Bus...

 

[Stainmaster]

Sheez.. all that and The Democrats/Obama throw him under the Bus...

I missed that story. What happened to Arlen Specter and the Democrats?