Arlen Specter

thumb|Arlen Specter Arlen J. Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. 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 is the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years. Quotes You testified this morning, in response to Senator Biden, that the most embarrassing question involved — and this is not too bad — women’s large breasts. That is a word we use all the time. Addressing Anita Hill in 1991 during the Clarence Thomas hearings according to 30 Years After Her Testimony, Anita Hill Still Wants Something From Joe Biden (By KATELYN FOSSETT 10/01/2021 12:23 PM EDT) There is just no sensible, logical reason why we would not make use of stem cell research. Promoting a proposed new bill; reported in "Senate poised to pass stem cell bill", NBC News (July 17, 2006). We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president’s acts declared unconstitutional. Preparing a bill to allow Congress to sue the president in federal court; reported in "[Sen. Specter preparing bill to sue Bush", NBC News (July 24, 2006). There ought to be a million-person march on the Mall... that can be heard in the living quarters of the White House. On President Bush's potential veto of a new bill on stem-cell research; reported in Stem cell bill backers hopeful of success", NBC News (January 9, 2007). We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July. It's not going to work. In a hearing on Congress's War Powers; reported in "Senate Republicans divided in dissent on Iraq", NBC News (January 30, 2007)/ I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility. In a hearing on Congress's War Powers (January 30, 2007). Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here. In a hearing on Congress's War Powers (January 30, 2007). I didn't want to get into a political debate with him, but my patience was running thin...My shorts were getting a little tight. About disagreeing with President Bush on Iraq (January 30, 2007) . About Arlen Specter I had a special project to do a campaign for a Philadelphia politician named Arlen Spector [sic]. “When do I get to see Arlen Spector?” I asked. “You don’t.” Spector was a district attorney in Philadelphia, running for mayor. He wanted New York advertising but he had placed through a Philadelphia agency. I complained about not being able to see Arlen Spector. “Are you crazy?” his people said. “Nobody gets to meet Arlen Spector. We can’t even see him.” “All right,” I said, “what’s Arlen Spector for?” “Arlen Spector is for getting elected.” “All right,” I said, “what’s Arlen Spector against?” “Arlen Spector is against losing.” I did the campaign, but Arlen Spector lost. Jerry Della Femina, From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor: Front-Line Dispatches from the Advertising War (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970), chap. 13. External links Official website Category:Members of the United States Senate Category:Lawyers from the United States Category:Jews from the United States Category:1930 births Category:2012 deaths Category:United States presidential candidates, 1996 Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians' Category:People from Wichita Category:Politicians from Philadelphia Category:University of Pennsylvania faculty Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni Category:Yale University alumni