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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2005	2010	Senator	PA	Republican
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Committee Membership

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
S.Res.12 A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit filling the tree. (111th congress)	Introduced	Jan 12, 2009
S.199 A bill to establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania. (111th congress)	Introduced	Jan 09, 2009
S.32 A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold at least 1 public hearing before issuance of a permit affecting public or private land use in a locality. (111th congress)	Introduced	Jan 07, 2009

Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
S.J.Res.5 A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. On the Joint Resolution (S.J.Res. 5 )	Aye (with party) January 15, 2009
S.181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.181 )	Aye (against party) January 15, 2009
S.22 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 On Passage of the Bill (S.22 as Amended. )	Aye (against party) January 15, 2009

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2008). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Gordon Smith
Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Democrat most often votes with: Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
Republican least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Votes with party: 71%
Abstains: 2%

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Arlen Specter in the News

January 13, 2009 Specter, at Phila. rally, backs Israels efforts in Gaza

...Arlen Specter made a surprise appearance at today's pro-Israel rally in Center City's LOVE Park. Addressing a noon-time crowd estimated at 2,500 by Philadelphia Police, Specter said Israel's recent incursion into Gaza was justified because the country "

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Source: Philly.com

January 13, 2009 Former revenue secretary announces gubernatorial bid

Jim Gerlach; and Pat Toomey, a former congressman who just missed in a bid to wrest the GOP Senate nomination from Sen. Arlen Specter in 2004. ...

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Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA

January 13, 2009 Sen. Leahy: Republicans Will Vote For AG Nominee Holder

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, has raised questions about Holder, who served as deputy attorney general in ...

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Arlen Specter in the Blogs

January 12, 2009 Committee Members - Arlen Specter, Congress

MSNBC's Chris Matthews says he won't run for Senate The 'Hardball' host has decided not challenge Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania in 2010, a network spokesman says. > MSNBC host Chris Matthews ... Leave a Comment Comment ..

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January 12, 2009 The Hillâs Blog Briefing Room Â» Daily Kos

31, LithiumCola writes, asserting that it is unclear how much popular support Iraq's political parties enjoy. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), meanwhile, could face a tough primary challenge from Club for Growth President Pat Toomey, ...

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Source: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

January 12, 2009 2010 Anyone? The U.S. Senate race begins | Its Our City | WHYY

The chatter about Matthews has obscured one important question when it comes to the race. What makes the incumbent, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, think he can win? To me, the odds of Specter winning are minimal, especially if he gets an ...

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Source: Its Our City

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Featured Members of Congress

On July 01, 2008 Arlen Specter was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:

On Thursday, after what The Politico is calling "eleventh-hour dealing with the White House," Arlen Specter (R-PA) placed a tie-breaking "nay" vote on a bill that would have delayed a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors. According to The Politico, Specter, who has Hodgkin’s disease, "acknowledged that he voted no after White House representatives assured him that they would work with him on an administrative fix to increase Medicare reimbursements for oncologists."

Campaign Contributions

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Top Funding Industry: Lawyers & Lobbyists
Top Contributor: Blank Rome LLP ($234,950)

Industry	Donation	% of total
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$3,191,170	20.2 %
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$2,925,522	18.5 %
Health	$2,093,554	13.2 %
Misc Business	$1,722,039	10.9 %
Other	$1,473,061	9.3 %
Communic/Electronics	$1,089,992	6.9 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$778,361	4.9 %
Construction	$662,163	4.2 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$545,703	3.5 %
Labor	$402,809	2.5 %
Transportation	$374,015	2.4 %
Agribusiness	$362,163	2.3 %
Defense	$185,823	1.2 %
Total:	$15,806,375

Industry	Donation	% of total
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$2,929,060	20.9 %
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$2,501,568	17.9 %
Health	$1,822,029	13.0 %
Misc Business	$1,506,109	10.8 %
Other	$1,400,803	10.0 %
Communic/Electronics	$882,199	6.3 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$789,461	5.6 %
Construction	$601,981	4.3 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$441,353	3.2 %
Transportation	$345,865	2.5 %
Labor	$336,809	2.4 %
Agribusiness	$296,589	2.1 %
Defense	$152,423	1.1 %
Total:	$14,006,249

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