Senator Arlen Specter Of Pennsylvania

Senator Arlen Specter said the Bailout Bill was a "bitter pill to swallow".  

Arlen Specter told a crowd in Snyder County that legislation aimed at limiting the damage was a “bitter pill to swallow.” Despite his own reluctance, ...  

The House of Representatives passed the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act last Weds. The act will help provide money to help mentally ill individuals. Senators Edward Kennedy and Peter Domenici introduced the proposal in 2007, when Senate...  

The Penn State Political Science Association greets Sen. Arlen Specter outside Heritage Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center. Specter held a town meeting at Penn State. Photo Credit: Greg Grieco Year Taken: 2008 Also on hand to greet the senator was ...  

"U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter said he has been noticing a sense of anger among Pennsylvanians over the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package approved by Congress last week.  

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter says he plans to vote in favor of a $700 billion plan aimed at rescuing the ailing financial industry. The Republican senator says he knows the vote will be politically unpopular, but he is afraid of the ...  

HAZLE TWP. – U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter on Monday pressed health officials for answers on a rare blood cancer cluster in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill counties that was officially recognized in a scientific study released last month.  

Specter calls bailout 'very bitter pill' By CHAD UMBLE 2008-10-08 11:08:00 Lancaster New Era Speaking in Lancaster this morning, U.S. Sen Arlen Specter said that although Pennsylvanians remain "very angry" ...  

SELINSGROVE — U.S. Senator Arlen Specter remains committed to making the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway a reality. The senator told a crowd of about 100 residents, who gathered Monday morning at Susquehanna University for a town hall meeting ...  

Residents and health experts dealing with the ongoing concern about blood cancer clusters in Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties met Monday night with a U.S. senator who has battled cancer himself. Senator Arlen Specter and health experts ...  

Earl Oden of Trout Run wanted to know if U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Philadelphia, would help him in his fight with the federal government. But after leaving Tuesday's town hall meeting at Pennsylvania College of Technology, he's not so sure. Specter ...  

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and the panel s senior Republican, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, have asked trade negotiators not to make the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) too specific, notes consumer advocacy firm Public Knowledge. The ACTA...  

US senators Patrick Leahy (Democrat, Vermont) and Arlen Specter (Republican, Pennsylvania), the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee, warned the US Trade Representative not to negotiate an overly broad Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and criticised the Bush administration for not...  

HAZLETON — U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter knows what it’s like to have cancer and endure chemotherapy. Now, the Pennsylvania Republican is fighting for residents of the area where Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill counties meet and where a federal health ...  

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Worries about the economy dominated discussion at U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter’s town hall meeting Monday afternoon at Penn State Schuylkill’s Morgan Auditorium. Specter gave an introductory speech of less than 10 minutes before ...