Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) faces a dilemma as he decides whether to vote for Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s confirmation as a Supreme Court justice: He is the only Democratic senator who has previously voted against her.
When Kagan came up for a confirmation vote on March 19, 2009, More…
Ask any lawmaker on Capitol Hill about the worst part of his job and the answer will usually be the same: They all claim to hate the hours a week they spend attending fundraisers or dialing for dollars to see them through the next election.
That they’re not doing anything More…
The new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll has Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) holding onto a lead in the Democratic primary against Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) and also leading Republican challenger Pat Toomey. Specter leads Toomey by 6 points, 47 to 41. That’s on the heels of a Quinnipiac poll that More…
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) gets his first good news in a while with a Quinnipiac poll that has him recovering a lead over Pat Toomey, the GOP candidate who nearly ousted the senator in 2004. He has a 49-42 lead and a 48 percent approval rating.
Other, ambient good More…
Nobody wants the first Saturday morning speaking spot — the faces of the people who drag themselves into the CPAC ballroom bear the evidence of Friday night’s happy hours and parties. But former senator Rick Santorum did his best with it, alternating an apology for the Bush years (“we failed”), More…
In the final stretch of the Massachusetts special election for Senate, Republican candidate Scott Brown has focused on “restoring balance” to Washington. He’ll be the “41st vote” to filibuster legislation; the Democrats’ hold on 60 votes has let liberals run the country into the ground. “That’s not what the founders More…
Brian Beutler at TPM reports that under pressure from Senate primary challenger Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) says he’d vote for Office of Legal Counsel chief nominee Dawn Johnsen, whose nomination has been stalled for almost a year:
“After voting ‘pass’ (which means no position) in
For many in America, 2009 was a year of beginnings: of the Obama presidency, comprehensive health care reform, movement in the battle against climate change, and the new Republican identity as the opposition party. For these ten politicians, however, it marked the end of a chapter of their political More…
Last year, an Arizona housing developer known for building affordable homes for Hispanics filed a complaint against the City of Yuma, which denied his application to build homes for low to moderate income families in a predominately white high-income neighborhood. The developer sued for discrimination under the Fair Housing Act, More…
Nine Democratic senators sent a letter to President Obama this morning laying out ten conditions that will allow them to support domestic and international climate deals. The senators, who all hail from manufacturing of fossil fuel-dependent states, are mostly moderates, and their votes will be crucial to passing a More…
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