Senator Arlen Specter Of Pennsylvania

Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit. Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan says health care cost reductions for employers will save 3.5 million jobs. Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania says the health care measure would save the country $800 billion over the coming 20 years. Republican senators aren't buying those arguments. Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee predicts the measure will collapse under its own weight during debate. And Republican Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri calls the Democratic-sponsored measure ... Read Full Story

Photo by Kevin Hoffman In a wide-ranging interview, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter gave his opinions on switching political parties, climate change, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. POTTSTOWN — The federal government should not get involved in the Read More Dear Mr. Ferraro: There's Meryl Streep, of course - and Karin Viard, who is sort of the French Streep, always different, always brilliant. But consistency is not always (or even usually) a quality of great actors. Laurence Olivier was great yet Read More Read Full Story

Political bedfellows don't get much stranger than Joe Sestak and Pat Toomey. Toomey is the conservative Republican seeking Sen. Arlen Specter's seat. The ex-congressman's popularity among the GOP faithful prompted Specter to bolt from the party in April. Sestak is the congressman who is defying influential Democratic Party leaders, including President Barack Obama, by challenging Specter in next May's primary. Together, the two men likely to be Specter's toughest opponents in his bid for a sixth term are teaming up to stage a town hall-style meeting on health care this week in Allentown. Wednesday night's event at Muhlenberg College will draw a stark contrast ... Read Full Story

Sen. Arlen Specter faced more jeers and taunts during another town hall meeting that turned into a vocal debate about health care reform. More than 400 people packed into a Penn State University ballroom Wednesday morning. Opponents occasionally drowned out the Republican-turned-Democrat. Specter encountered a similar response at events Tuesday. Among the most common questions was whether the senator would sign up for a single-payer option if passed by Congress in health care legislation. Specter said he thinks a single-payer option ought to be on the table, but has little support in Congress. Earlier Wednesday, Specter said he thinks people angrily disrupting town halls ... Read Full Story

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Sen. Arlen Specter tells the AFL-CIO that he will support legislation to make it easier to form unions. Specter also predicts Congress will pass a compromise version of the bill this year that will be "totally satisfactory to labor." His position is a change from earlier this year, when he said the struggling economy made it a bad time to pass the bill. Since then, Specter has switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party. Specter is facing a strong primary challenge from Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak and is counting on union support to help him hold onto his seat. Business groups strongly oppose ... Read Full Story

Jeers and taunts drowned out Democrats calling for a health care overhaul at town halls Tuesday, and one lawmaker said a swastika was spray-painted at his office as debate turned to noisy confrontation over President Barack Obama's plan. The president himself was treated more respectfully. The bitter sessions underscored the challenge for the administration as it tries to win over an increasingly skeptical public on the costly and far-reaching task of revamping the nation's health care system. Desperate to stop a hardening opposition, the White House created a Web site to dispel what it says are smears and House Democrats set up a health ... Read Full Story