Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is switching parties, pushing Democrats one step closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority. In a statement, Specter said that "the Republican ...

RACHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. Longtime Republican Senator Arlen Specter has died. The GOP firebrand made headlines in 2009 when he switched parties.

(AP) – Reaction to the death of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who died Sunday: “He was a mentor, colleague and a political institution, and on a personal level, he was my first boss.

A hostile crowd shouted questions and made angry statements Tuesday at a town hall meeting on health care led by Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter. At one point, Specter shouted into his microphone that ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Former Senator Arlen Specter, a major political figure in Pennsylvania and Washington for more than four decades, is once again fighting cancer, his office said Tuesday. A ...

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Wednesday tried to defend the newest member of his caucus, Sen. Arlen Specter, who jumped from the GOP last week when it became apparent he would lose the Pennsylvania ...

Plenty of people succeed in politics by being everyone’s friend. It takes a special talent to make it as a guy whom allies call “abrasive,” “brutal” and “prosecutorial.” Republican Arlen Specter of ...

Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania was one of three Republicans in the Senate to vote for President Obama's economic stimulus package. That vote may end up costing him a re-election bid. As Specter ...

Senate Democratic primary is a test of the anti-Washington sentiment. May 18, 2010— -- Voters across Pennsylvania today started casting their votes in the Senate primary race that could become a ...

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