Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Senator, Is Dead at 82
WASHINGTON - Arlen Specter, the irascible senator from Pennsylvania who was at the center of many of the Senate's most divisive legal battles - from the Supreme Court nominations of Robert H. Bork and Clarence Thomas to the impeachment of ...www.nytimes.com
Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arlen Specter, a gruff, independent-minded moderate who spent three decades in the U.S. Senate but was spurned by Pennsylvania voters after switching in 2009 from Republican to Democrat, died on Sunday of cancer, his family ...nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com
Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies
HARRISBURG, Pa. Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations, died Sunday.www.cbsnews.com
Arlen Specter as Popeye: 'I am what I am'
For 30 years, Arlen Specter stood as a symbol for so much that now seems to have disappeared from today's Senate. Specter, the five-term ex-senator who died Sunday, occupied a space in the Senate that no longer fits the current political environment: ...www.washingtonpost.com
Arlen Specter dies; he was Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator
Former senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, one of the nation's most durable political figures who during three decades in the Senate became known for his command of constitutional law, died of cancer on Sunday at his home in Philadelphia.www.washingtonpost.com
Arlen Specter, Anita Hill's Dogged Senate Inquisitor, Dies at 82
Arlen Specter, who brought a prosecutor's focus on detail and disdain for deception to the job of U.S. senator, representing Pennsylvania as a Republican for 29 years and a Democrat for his unorthodox final year, has died.www.businessweek.com
Arlen Specter's Wavering Not Applicable to Jewish Causes
Arlen Specter - who lost a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma Sunday at the age of 82 - left little doubt as to his positions.www.chabad.org
Arlen Specter, Senator Who Gave No Quarter, Dies
Arlen Specter, one of the most influential senators of the last half century, died on Sunday from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.www.npr.org
Former senator Arlen Specter dies
The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Arlen Specter, seen here at age 16, was born in Wichita on Feb. 12, 1930, and raised in Russell, Kan.www.washingtonpost.com
Former Longtime Sen. Arlen Specter Dies
By KRIS MAHER. Arlen Specter was a five-term U.S. senator representing Pennsylvania, first as a Republican and then as a Democrat, who won admirers and critics for his independence and willingness to cross party lines.online.wsj.com
Former Sen. Arlen Specter dies at 82
"Arlen Specter was always a fighter," President Obama said in a statement Sunday. "From his days stamping out corruption as a prosecutor in Philadelphia to his three decades of service in the Senate, Arlen was fiercely independent - never putting party ...www.politico.com
Former Senator Arlen Specter Dies of Cancer
Former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter has died of cancer at age 82. The Republican-turned Democrat represented Pennsylvania for 30 years, playing key roles in confirmation battles for U.S.blogs.voanews.com
Arlen Specter, longtime Pa. senator, dies at 82
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Arlen Specter, the longtime moderate Jewish Republican senator from Pennsylvania whose surprise party switch helped pass President Obama's health-care reforms, has died.www.jta.org
Obama Statement on Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter died Sunday morning at his home in Philadelphia. Below, President Barack Obama's statement on Sen. Specter, as released by the White House: Statement by the President on the Passing of Arlen Specter. Arlen Specter was always a fighter.blogs.wsj.com
Former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter dead at 82
Former senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, an irascible moderate who served for three decades in a Senate increasingly dominated by conservatives and liberals, died Sunday.www.freep.com
Sen. Arlen Specter, prominent moderate, dead at age 82
HARRISBURG, Pa. - For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though often at odds with the GOP leadership. He helped end the Supreme Court hopes of ...www.galesburg.com
Specter dies as Congress is at its most polarized
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Arlen Specter, who spent much of his 30-year career in the U.S. Senate warning of the dangers of political intolerance, is remembered as one of Congress' best-known moderates and was a member of both major parties during his ...www.huffingtonpost.com
US Sen. Arlen Specter dies at 82
Arlen Specter, a canny Republican moderate who provided key votes on numerous critical issues during his five terms in the Senate and who later became a Democrat in a futile attempt to hang on to his seat, has died at age 82.old.post-gazette.com
Casey: Specter worked 'across party lines'
Casey: Specter worked 'across party lines'. Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey says that Arlen Specter 'worked to solve problems across party lines.video.msnbc.msn.com
Former Senator Arlen Specter Has Died
Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who served five terms in the Senate representing Pennsylvania, has died at the age of 82, The Associated Press reported Sunday.www.businessinsider.com
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