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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.

Arlen Specter

It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.

Arlen Specter

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

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There is just no sensible, logical reason why we would not make use of stem cell research.

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Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.

Arlen Specter

I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans,

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There ought to be a million-person march on the Mall... that can be heard in the living quarters of the White House.

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I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

Arlen Specter

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.

Arlen Specter

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.

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Arlen Specter

Arlen Specter

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Born: February 12, 1930

Died: October 14, 2012 (aged 82)

Bio: Arlen Specter was an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party.

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